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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Wassergefährdende Stoffe und Europäisches Chemikalienrecht
Sanden, J., 2010, In: Zeitschrift für Wasserrecht. 49, 1, p. 32-53 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Anpassung und Kündigung öffentlich-rechtlicher Verträge am Beispiel des Altlastensanierungsvertrags
Sanden, J., 2009, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht. 28, 8, p. 491-496 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ein Meer voller Plastik: Kunststoffe als Thema im Sachunterricht
Barth, M. & Barth, K., 2012, In: Grundschule Sachunterricht. 56, 4, p. 18-25 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Nachhaltigkeit in die Schule gebracht: Befunde aus einer empirischen Studie
Barth, M., 2013, Nachhaltig konsumieren lernen: Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt BINK. Michelsen, G. & D. F. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Vol. 11. p. 105-129 24 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen: Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How they all connect
Thomas, I., Barth, M. & Day, T., 07.2013, In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education. 29, 1, p. 33-51 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Many roads lead to sustainability: A process-oriented analysis of change in higher education
Barth, M., 04.2013, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 14, 2, p. 160-175 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Special Issue 'Communication for and about Sustainability'
Barth, M. (Editor) & Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2013, MDPI AG. (Sustainability; vol. 2013, no. 05)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education: Learning in an Age of Transformation
Barth, M., 2015, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 220 p. (Routledge studies in sustainable development)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education › peer-review
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Key Competencies: Reconciling Means and Ends in Education for Sustainable Consumption
Fischer, D. & Barth, M., 01.01.2015, Schools for Health and Sustainability: Theory, Research and Practice. Simovska, V. & Mannix McNamara, P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer, p. 41-60 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Die Prinzipien des Umweltgesetzbuchs: eine kritische Betrachtung aus rechtstheoretischer Sicht
Sanden, J., 2009, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 1, p. 3-9 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review