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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Conservation: Limits of land sparing
Fischer, J., Batáry, P., Bawa, K. S., Brussaard, L., Chappell, M. J., Clough, Y., Daily, G. C., Dorrough, J., Hartel, T., Jackson, L. E., Klein, A. M., Kremen, C., Kuemmerle, T., Lindenmayer, D. B., Mooney, H. A., Perfecto, I., Philpott, S. M., Tscharntke, T., Vandermeer, J., Wanger, T. C. & von Wehrden, H., 04.11.2011, In: Science. 334, 6056, p. 593-594 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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The Interaction of Global Value Chains and Rural Livelihoods: The case of smallholder raspberry growers in Chile
Challies, E. R. T. & Murray, W. E., 01.2011, In: Journal of Agrarian Change. 11, 1, p. 29-59 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bildungsorganisationale Konsumkultur als Kontext jugendlichen Konsumlernens
Barth, M., Fischer, D., Michelsen, G. & Rode, H., 2011, Wesen und Wege nachhaltigen Konsums: Ergebnisse aus dem Themenschwerpunkt "Vom Wissen zum Handeln - Neue Wege zum nachhaltigen Konsum". Defila, R., DeGiulio, A. & Kaufmann-Hayoz, R. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 247–263 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Methodenkombination in der Forschung zu nachhaltigem Konsum: Herangehensweisen, Herausforderungen und Mehrwert
Jäger-Erben, M., Schäfer, M., Dalichau, D., Dehmel, C., Götz, K., Fischer, D., Homburg, A., Schulz, M. & Zundel, S., 2011, Wesen und Wege nachhaltigen Konsums: Ergebnisse aus dem Themenschwerpunkt "Vom Wissen zum Handeln - Neue Wege zum nachhaltigen Konsum". Defila, R., DiGiulio, A. & Kaufmann-Hayoz, R. (eds.). oekom verlag GmbH, p. 157–175 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Reporting in the German Banking Sector during the Financial Crisis
Herzig, C., Giese, N., Hetze, K. & Godemann, J., 05.2012, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 6, 2, p. 184-218 35 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Naturverhältnisse, Geschlechterverhältnisse, Nachhaltigkeit
Hofmeister, S. & Katz, C., 2011, Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Groß, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 365-398 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Kategorie Geschlecht in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Eine andere Perspektive auf nachhaltige Entwicklung
Hofmeister, S. & van Riesen, K., 2011, Vielfalt und Geschlecht - relevante Kategorien in der Wissenschaft. Jansen-Schulz, B. & Ardner, R. (eds.). Opladen, Farmingtin Hills: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltig beeindruckt? Frauenaktivitäten rund um den Weltgipfel in Johannesburg
Mölders, T., Brinkmann, V. & Grüning, J., 2003, In: Wir Frauen. 22, 1, p. 16-18 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Transfer
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Jugendhilfe im Wandel: Neun Jahre Kinder- und Jugendhilfeforschung
Baros, W., Bock, K., Coelen, T., Heite, C., Munsch, C., Oelkers, N. & Rosenbauer, N., 2011, Jugendhilfeforschung: Kontroversen – Transformationen – Adressierungen. A. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 11-17 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions
Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 41 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 209).Research output: Working paper › Working papers