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 impact of weather variability and climate change on pesticide applications in the US - An empirical investigation
Koleva, N. G., Schneider, U. A. & Tol, R. S. J., 2010, In: International Journal of Ecological Economics & Statistics (IJEES). 18, S10, p. 64-81 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Scenarios for the Implementation of EU Waste Legislation at National Level and their Consequences for Emissions from Municipal Waste Incineration
Saner, D., Blumer, Y. B., Lang, D. & Koehler, A., 12.2011, In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 57, p. 67-77 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental impacts of a transition toward e-mobility: the present and future role of lithium carbonate production
Stamp, A., Lang, D. J. & Wäger, P. A., 03.2012, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 23, 1, p. 104-112 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges
Lang, D. J., Wiek, A., Bergmann, M., Stauffacher, M., Martens, P., Moll, P., Swilling, M. & Thomas, C. J., 02.2012, In: Sustainability Science. 7, SUPPL. 1, p. 25-43 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Aquatectur - Wasser als Produkt und Spiegel der Landschaft
Brüll, A. & Bürgow, G., 2001, In: Zukünfte. 10, 36, p. 54-55 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Ecosystem Services
Guterstam, B., Werker, A., Adamsson, M., Barker, D., Brüll, A., Dakers, A., Gossling, S., Heeb, J., Loiselle, S., Mander, U., Melaku Canu, D., Roggenbauer, R., Roux, M., Santopietro, G. D., Stuart, D., Trudeau, M. & van Bohemen, H. D., 01.01.2002, Understanding and solving environmental problems in the 21st century: Toward a new, integrated hard problem science. Costanza, R. & Jørgensen, S. E. (eds.). Elsevier B.V., p. 127-138 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sommer, Sonne - Ozonalarm? Perspektiven für eine umweltgerechte Mobilität in der Stadt
Bergmann, M. & Loose, W., 1996, Freiburg: Öko-Institut. 235 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Regionalisierung der Energieversorgung und Förderung von Energiespeichern: Virtuelle Kraftwerke und dezentrale Stromspeicher
Schomerus, T., 2012, Erneuerbare Energien: Ambivalenzen, Governance, Rechtsfragen. Ekhardt, F., Henning, B. & Unnerstall, H. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, Vol. 1. p. 227-252 26 p. (Beiträge zur Sozialwissenschaftlichen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Complementary biomass strategy: applying the ecosystem services concept in sustainable landscape management
Brüll, A., 2009, European landscapes in transformation: Challenges for landscape ecology and management. Jürgen, B., Finka, M. & Kozová, M. (eds.). Universität Salzburg, p. 404-408 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Benefits of Ecological Engineering Practices
Brüll, A., Bohemen, H. V., Costanza, R. & Mitsch, W. J., 2011, In: Procedia Environmental Sciences. 9, p. 16-20 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review