School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
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Global emission inventories for C4-C14 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid (PFCA) homologues from 1951 to 2030, part II: the remaining pieces of the puzzle
Wang, Z., Cousins, I. T., Scheringer, M., Buck, R. C. & Hungerbühler, K., 01.08.2014, In: Environmental international. 69, p. 166-176 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comparing measured and modelled PFOS concentrations in a UK freshwater catchment and estimating emission rates
Earnshaw, M. R., Paul, A. G., Loos, R., Tavazzi, S., Paracchini, B., Scheringer, M., Hungerbühler, K., Jones, K. C. & Sweetman, A. J., 01.09.2014, In: Environmental international. 70, p. 25-31 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Polychlorinated biphenyls in glaciers: 2. Model results of deposition and incorporation processes
Steinlin, C., Bogdal, C., Scheringer, M., Pavlova, P. A., Schwikowski, M., Schmid, P. & Hungerbühler, K., 15.07.2014, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 48, 14, p. 7849-7857 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Heteroaggregation of titanium dioxide nanoparticles with model natural colloids under environmentally relevant conditions
Praetorius, A., Labille, J., Scheringer, M., Thill, A., Hungerbühler, K. & Bottero, J.-Y., 16.09.2014, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 48, 18, p. 10690-10698 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Socio-economic analysis for the authorisation of chemicals under REACH: a case of very high concern?
Gabbert, S., Scheringer, M., Ng, C. A. & Stolzenberg, H.-C., 11.2014, In: Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP. 70, 2, p. 564-571 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comment on "Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments"
Buser, A. M., Bogdal, C. & Scheringer, M., 01.02.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 505, p. 1225-1227 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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A modeling assessment of the physicochemical properties and environmental fate of emerging and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Gomis, M. I., Wang, Z., Scheringer, M. & Cousins, I. T., 01.02.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 505, p. 981-991 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Multimedia mass-balance models for chemicals in the environment: Reliable tools or bold oversimplifications?
Scheringer, M., 01.01.2015, In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11, 1, p. 177-178 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A chaque profil de population son modèle d’économies d’énergie.
Huber, A., Girard, S. & le Marre, P., 2014, L’énergie au coeur du projet urbain. Masboungi, A. (ed.). Paris: Editions du Moniteur, p. 136-139 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Reining in rascal geographies of neoliberalism in the periphery?
Challies, E., 07.2014, In: Dialogues in Human Geography. 4, 2, p. 131-136 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research