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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Urban Wilderness in Central Europe: Rewilding at the urban fringe
Hofmeister, S., Held, M. & Diemer, M., 12.2003, In: International Journal of Wilderness. 9, 3, p. 7-11 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ist Wildnis planbar? Werte- und Interessenskonflikte in der raumbezogenen Umweltplanung anhand ausgewählter Wildnisprojekte
Brouns, E., 2003, Oekom Verlag. 153 p. (Hochschulschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Zwischen Existenzkampf und Professionalisierung: Handlungsstrategien von Expertinnen in der bildungs- und berufsbiographischen Beratungsarbeit und der Regionalen Frauenförderung
Mayer, M., 2006, Bildungs- und Karrierewege von Frauen. Wissen – Erfahrungen – biographisches Lernen. Schlüter, A. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 111-127 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Temporäre Nutzungen: Stadtgestalt zwischen Selbstorganisation und Steuerung
Kruse, S. & Steglich, A., 2006, Dissidente Praktiken: Erfahrungen mit herrschafts- und warenkritischer Selbstorganisation. Möller, C., Peters, U. & Vellay, I. (eds.). Königstein: Ulrike Helmer Verlag, p. 73-92 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Temporäre Nutzungen urbaner Brachflächen: Übergänge in der nachhaltigen Siedlungsentwicklung
Kruse, S., 2006, Fläche – Zukunft – Raum: Strategien und Instrumente für Regionen im Umbruch. Genske, D., Huch, M. & Müller, B. (eds.). Hannover: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung, p. 194-202 9 p. (Schriften der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften; no. 37).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Erhalten durch Gestalten: Plädoyer für eine Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen
Hofmeister, S., 2004, Erhalten durch Gestalten: Nachdenken über eine (re)produktive Ökonomie. Biesecker, A. & Elsner, W. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 13-34 21 p. (Institutionelle und Sozial-Ökonomie ; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Mobilitätsverhalten und Klimaschutz: Minderung von Treibhausgasen durch zielgruppenspezifische Mobilitätsdienstleistungen
Hunecke, M., Grischkat, S., Haustein, S. & Böhler, S., 2007, In: mobilogisch!. 28, 2, p. 17-21 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Potential of mobility services: Results of a user-oriented survey in Germany
Grischkat, S., Böhler, S., Hunecke, M. & Haustein, S., 2008, Passenger Intermodality: Current Frameworks, trends and perspectives. Gronau, W. (ed.). Mannheim: Verlag MetaGIS Infosysteme, Vol. 1. p. 91-104 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Raum- und Umweltplanung
Hofmeister, S., 2008, In: Tutzinger Materialien. 90, p. 55-56 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ecological justice in agricultural systems: An evaluation of success factors and barriers by the example of the Philippine farmer network MASIPAG
Glotzbach, S., 01.2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 28 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 225).Research output: Working paper › Working papers