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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The Role of Accountants in Controlling Sustainability Information
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2013, EMAN-EU 2013 Conference MATERIAL FLOW COST ACCOUNTING: CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. Guenther, E. & Bergmann, A. (eds.). Dresden: TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, p. 121-125 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The Discipline of Environmental Management Accounting (EMA): A Bibliometric Literature Review
Schaltegger, S., Gibassier, D. & Zvezdov, D., 2013, EMAN - EU 2013 Conference MATERIAL FLOW COST A CCOUNTING: CONFERENCE PROCEED INGS. Guenther, E. & Bergmann, A. (eds.). Dresden: TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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What Triggers Corporate Sustainability: A Quantitative Multi-Model Analysis
Hörisch, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference “Managing to Make a Difference”. British Academy of Management, 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Multidimensional Performance Measurement Meets Sustainability: A Systematic Review of the Sustainability Balanced Scorecard
Hansen, E. G. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Proceeding of British Academy of Management 2013: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM). Holloway, J., Jones, O. & Zundel, M. (eds.). British Academy of Management, 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Management Control for Sustainability: Exploring patterns in Large European Firms
Crutzen, N., Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, EMAN-EU 2013 conference on Material Flow Cost Accounting: Conference Proceedings. Guenther, E. & Bergmann, A. (eds.). TU Dresden, Faculty of Business and Economics, p. 17-21 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Pragmatism, Truth and Social Accounting Research
Baker, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, APIRA KOBE 2013: The Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, July 26-28, Kobe International Conference Center, abstracts. Kokubu, K., Sawabe, N. & Sakaue, M. (eds.). Kobe University, p. 115 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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In Control of Sustainability Information: Untangling the Role of Accountants
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2013, Proceedings of the EMAN Global 2013 Conference. Lee, K.-H. & Sands, J. (eds.). Griffith Business School, p. 112-119 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Internetbasierte kognitiv-behaviorale Behandlungsansätze: state of the art und Einsatzmöglichkeiten in der Rehabilitation
Lin, J., Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Berking, M. & Baumeister, H., 06.2013, In: Die Rehabilitation. 52, 3, p. 155-163 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Developing Carbon Accounting: Between Driving Carbon Reductions and Complying with a Carbon Reporting Standard
Gibassier, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 25 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Hydraulic fracturing wastewater in Germany: Composition, treatment, concerns
Olsson, O., Weichgrebe, D. & Rosenwinkel, K.-H., 12.2013, In: Environmental Earth Sciences . 70, 8, p. 3895-3906 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review