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.

  1. Published

    The Political Role of the Business Firm: An Ordonomic Concept of Corporate Citizen-ship Developed in Comparison with the Aristo-telian Idea of Individual Citizenship

    Pies, I., Beckmann, M. & Hielscher, S., 2012, Halle-Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 37 p. (Diskussionspapiere; vol. 2012, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Nonylphenol polyethoxylate in hospital wastewater: A study of the subproducts of electrocoagulation

    Henriques, D. M., Kümmerer, K., Mayer, F. M., Vasconcelos, T. G. & Martins, A. F., 01.02.2012, In: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering. 47, 3, p. 497-505 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Zeitlandschaften: Perspektiven öko-sozialer Zeitpolitik

    Hofmeister, S. (Editor) & Spitzner, M. (Editor), 1999, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 328 p. (Edition Universitas)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Nachhaltigkeit und Feminismus: Neue Perspektiven - alte Blockaden

    Weller, I. (Editor), Hoffmann, E. (Editor) & Hofmeister, S. (Editor), 1999, Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag. 223 p. (Wissenschaftliche Reihe; vol. 109)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Auf der Suche nach zeitpolitischen Pfaden: Spaziergang in eine vielgestaltige und zukunftsoffene Landschaft der Zeiten

    Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M., 1999, Zeitlandschaften - Perspektiven öko-soziale Zeitpolitik. Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 9-32 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Natur der Zeiten - Zeiten der Natur oder "Momos Entdeckung". Zur Bedeutung der Verbindung von Reproduktion und Innovation für das Verständnis einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, Zeitlandschaften - Perspektiven öko-soziale Zeitpolitik. Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 83-106 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Die Wiederentdeckung der Zeiten: Eine Chance auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit. Umrisse öko-sozialer Zeitpolitik

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, Perspektiven der Raum- und Umweltplanung angesichts Globalisierung, Europäischer Integration und Nachhaltiger Entwicklung.: Festschrift für Karl-Hermann Hübler. Weiland, U. (ed.). Berlin: VWF-Verlag für Wissenschaft und Forschung, p. 119-142 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Über die Produktivität des Reproduktiven: Der Beitrag des Konzeptes Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften zum Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, Nachhaltigkeit und Feminismus - Neue Perspektiven, alte Blockaden. Weller, I., Hoffmann, E. & Hofmeister, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 73-95 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Der „verwilderte Garten“ als zweite Wildnis - Abschied vom Gegensatz "Natur versus Kultur"

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, Schön wild sollte es sein... Wertschätzung und ökonomische Bedeutung von Wildnis: gemeinsame Fachtagung 16. - 18. November 1998 in St. Oswald / Evangelische Akademie Tutzing. Heringer, J. & Held, M. (eds.). Laufen: Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, p. 15-27 12 p. (Laufener Seminarbeiträge; no. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Der Stoff, der in der Zukunft ist: Zur Verbindung von ökologischer Stoffwirtschaft und Zeitpolitik

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 57/58, p. 46-49 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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