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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Kultur-Evolution: Partizipation und Nachhaltigkeit
Heinrichs, H., 11.07.2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). 1 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 709-720 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kultur-Evolution: Partizipation und Nachhaltigkeit
Heinrichs, H., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). 2 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 715-726 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Herausforderung Nachhaltigkeit – Transformation durch Partizipation?
Heinrichs, H., 12.2005, Partizipation, Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung, Nachhaltigkeit. Perspektiven der politischen Ökonomie. Feindt, P. H. & Newig, J. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 43-65 23 p. (Ökologie und Wirtschaftsforschung ; vol. 62).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Medien, Expertise und politische Entscheidung: das Fallbeispiel Stammzellforschung
Heinrichs, H., Petersen, I. & Peters, H. P., 2006, Deutsche Stammzellpolitik im Zeitalter der Transnationalisierung. Wink, R. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 119-140 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Media communication, citizens and transnational risks: The case of climate change and coastal protection
Heinrichs, H. & Peters, H. P., 31.10.2006, Risk Society and the Culture of Precaution. Richter, I. K., Berking, S. & Müller-Schmid, R. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 229-253 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Accounting
Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Burritt, R. (Editor), 2006, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 70 p. (Business Strategy and the Environment; vol. 15, no. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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A longitudinal analysis of the knowledge and application of sustainability management tools in large German companies
Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Herzig, C., 01.12.2012, In: Society and Economy. 34, 4, p. 549-579 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Politische Meinungsbildung im Dialog von Wissenschaft und Politik: Eine sozialwissenschaftliche Reflexion der Erfolgsbedingungen anhand des Agrarbereiches
Heinrichs, H., Kropp, C. & Wagner, J., 2007, Die Zukunft der Wissenskommunikation: Perspektiven für einen reflexiven Dialog von Wissenschaft und Politik - am Beispiel des Agrarbereichs. Kropp, C., Schiller, F. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 51-79 29 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das öffentliche Konstrukt der Risiken durch Sturmfluten und Klimawandel
Peters, H. P. & Heinrichs, H., 2007, Land unter? : Klimwandel, Küstenschutz und Risikomanagement in Nordwestdeutschland: die Perspektive 2050. Schuchardt, B. & Schirmer, M. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 115-144 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Medialisierung der Wissenschaft als Voraussetzung ihrer Legitimierung und politischen Relevanz
Peters, H. P., Heinrichs, H., Jung, A., Kallfass, M. & Petersen, I., 27.05.2008, Wissensproduktion und Wissenstransfer: Wissen im Spannungsfeld von Wissenschaft, Politik und Öffentlichkeit. Mayntz, R., Neidhardt, F., Weingart, P. & Wengenroth, U. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 269-292 24 p. (Science Studies).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review