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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CO2-Mikrosonde für die Verbrauchssenkung in Kraftfahrzeugen
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2007, Control and prediction of casting characteristics using thermal analysis technique: Tagungsband 8. Maschinenbautage Magdeburg. Kasper, R. (ed.). Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, p. 43-51 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Completion of the OBD- with the OBM-(On-Board-Measurement)-Technology
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2007, Onboard-Diagnose II: Status der Gesetzgebung und Auswirkungen auf die Fahrzeugentwicklung. Predelli, O. (ed.). Renningen: Expert Verlag, p. 12-32 21 p. (Haus der Technik Fachbuch; vol. 81).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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On-Board-Diagnose und On-Board-Measurement: im Kraftfahrzeug-, Schiffs- und Flugzeugbau
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2008, Renningen: Expert Verlag. 253 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Environmental impacts of droughts: key challenges.
Olsson, O., 23.02.2010, BrüsselResearch output: other publications › Slides › Research
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Nutzung und Einfluss von Bildschirmspielen bei Kindern
von Salisch, M., 2011, Generation digital: Neue Medien in der Erziehungsberatung. B. E. (ed.). Benedict Press, p. 65-81 17 p. (Materialien zur Beratung ; vol. 19).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit als Zielhorizont von Hochschulbildung - Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für die TA-Lehre
Michelsen, G. & Adomßent, M., 2012, Technikfolgen abschätzen lernen: Bildungspotenziale transdisziplinärer Methoden. Dusseldorp, M. & Beecroft, R. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 115-137 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Enhanced reservoir operation as an instrument for supporting water stress mitigation: the Italian case study.
Bauer, M., Botti, P., Zaccolo, S. & Olsson, O., 10.06.2009, The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy: Providing Research Support for the Implementation of EU Water Policy Under Aquastress. Koundouri, P. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 196-220 25 p. (Routledge explorations in environmental economics; no. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Analyses of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
Ali, I., Aboul-Enein, H. Y. & Kümmerer, K., 05.07.2011, Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Environmental Systems. Xing, B., Senesi, N. & Ming, P. (eds.). 1 ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 439-462 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Economic analysis of trade-offs between justices
Baumgärtner, S., Glotzbach, S., Hoberg, N., Quaas, M. F. & Stumpf, K. H., 01.2012, In: Intergenerational Justice Review. 6, 1, p. 4-9 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wie gesellschaftsfähig ist Natur? Warum der Elbe-Biber nicht Männchen macht
Mölders, T., 2011, Wissenschaft verstehen: die Preisträger des Wettbewerbs 2010. Hufe, S. (ed.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 19-21 3 p. (Sonderveröffentlichung der Zeitschrift GAIA - Ökologische Perspektiven für Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review