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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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Was lange währt...
Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 17, 57/58, p. 94-95 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Des Unbekannten Zähmung. Abschied vom Gegensatz Natur versus Kultur
Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 59, p. 27-28 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Über Effizienz und Suffizienz hinaus: Zur methodischen Weiterentwicklung des Stoffstrommanagements mit Blick auf Nachhaltigkeit
Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 62, p. 34-38 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Welche Planung braucht eine nachhaltige Entwicklung ? - Ein Blick zurück nach vorn
Hofmeister, S., 2000, Perspektiven der Umweltwissenschaften. Brandt, E. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 83-105 23 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Regionale Weiterbildung – Chance oder Sackgasse für Frauen in Sozialen und Gesundheitsberufen
Mayer, M., 2001, In: Zeitschrift für Frauenforschung & Geschlechterstudien. 19, 4, p. 63-74 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Daseinsvorsorge, Wettbewerbsentwicklungen und die Sozialberufe – Sozialmanagerinnen in Europa
Mayer, M. & Herrenbrück, S., 2002, European Services of General Interest : Touchstone for the German Social Economy: Europäische Daseinsvorsorge : Prüfsteine für die deutsche Sozialwirtschaft. Herrmann, P. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 106-121 15 p. (Editon SocialManagement; no. 18).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Frauenansichten in der administrativen Sozialen Arbeit: Eine empirische Untersuchung zu frauenspezifischen Perspektiven von Sozialarbeiterinnen im Allgemeinen Sozialen Dienst
Mayer, M., 2003, In: Gilde-Rundbrief. 57, 2, p. 62-63 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research