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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"Gute Kinder schlechter Eltern": Familienleben, Jugendfürsorge und Sorgerechtsentzug in Hamburg, 1884 - 1914
Richter, J., 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 666 p. (VS Research)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Biotische Eisenoxidation - Einfluss von Phosphat auf das Wachstum von Gallionella ferruginea
Eggerichs, T., Bauer, J., Opel, O. & Ruck, W., 2011, Wasser 2011: Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft ; Kurzreferate. GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, p. 187-191 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Die UN-Dekade "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" als Plattform für das Thema biologische Vielfalt. Empirische Daten und Erfolgsfaktoren
Adomßent, M., Stoltenberg, U. & Bittner, A., 2011, Frischer Wind und weite Horizonte: 30. Deutscher Naturschutztag 2010, DNT. Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz, p. 28-41 14 p. (Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege; vol. 58,3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Beratungsarbeit im "Zwischen": Professionalisierungswege der Weiterbildungsberatung für Frauen
Mayer, M., 2011, Leverkusen: Verlag Babara Budrich. 375 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Structural elucidation of main ozonation products of the artificial sweeteners cyclamate and acesulfame
Scheurer, M., Godejohann, M., Wick, A., Happel, O., Ternes, T. A., Brauch, H.-J., Ruck, W. & Lange, F. T., 05.2012, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 19, 4, p. 1107-1118 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Verfahren, Wärmespeicher und Wärmespeichersystem zur Erwärmung und Abkühlung eines Arbeitsfluides
Ruck, W., Opel, O. & Homberger, G., 18.08.2011, IPC No. F01K25/06 , F01K3/00 , F28D17/00 , F28D20/003, Y02E60/14, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. WO2011098228A2, 03.02.2011, Priority date 15.02.2010, Priority No. DE102010008111AResearch output: Patents › Patent
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Was und wo sind POPs ?
Lammel, G., Palm, W.-U. & Zetzsch, C., 2011, Chemie über den Wolken: ... und darunter: Das offizielle Buch der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker zum Internationalen Jahr der Chemie 2011. Zellner, R. (ed.). 1 ed. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag, p. 211-220 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Correlation of six anthropogenic markers in wastewater, surface water, bank filtrate, and soil aquifer treatment
Scheurer, M., Storck, F. R., Graf, C., Brauch, H.-J., Ruck, W., Lev, O. & Lange, F. T., 04.2011, In: Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13, 4, p. 966-973 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Defined mechanochemical reductive dechlorination of 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene at room temperature in a ball mill
Birke, V., Schütt, C., Burmeier, H. & Ruck, W. K. L., 2011, In: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 20, 10a, p. 2794-2805 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A new approach to data evaluation in the non-target screening of organic trace substances in water analysis
Müller, A., Ruck, W., Weber, W. H. & Schulz, W., 11.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 8, p. 1211–1219 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review