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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Energiespeicherung in Bundeswasserstraßen
Schomerus, T. & Degenhart, H., 07.2011, In: Solarzeitalter. 23, 2, p. 34-38 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Internationale Hochschulpartnerschaften - Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung und Globalen Lernens ?
Rieckmann, M., 07.2011, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 34, 2, p. 10-16 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Instruments for co-operative planning in spatial management concerned with flooding issues
Evers, M. & Krause, K.-U., 2008, Urban and regional data managemeent : UDMS Annual 2007 : proceedings of the Urban Management Society Symposium 2007. Coors, V., Rumor, M., Fendel, E. M. & Zlatanova, S. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 485-493 9 p. ( BALKEMA - proceedings and monographs in engineering, water and earth sciences).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Does habitat heterogeneity increase farmland biodiversity ?
Batary, P., Fischer, J., Baldi, A., Crist, T. O. & Tscharntke, T., 04.2011, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9, 3, p. 152-153 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Australia’s Stock Route Network: 2. Representation of fertile landscapes
Lentini, P. E., Fischer, J., Gibbons, P., Lindenmayer, D. & Martin, T., 08.2011, In: Ecological Management & Restoration. 12, 2, p. 148-151 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Australia’s Stock Route Network: 1. A review of its values, and implications for future management
Lentini, P. E., Fischer, J., Gibbons, P., Lindenmayer, D. & Martin, T., 08.2011, In: Ecological Management & Restoration. 12, 2, p. 119-127 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Contribution of Pollinator-Mediated Crops to Nutrients in the Human Food Supply
Eilers, E. J., Kremen, C., Smith Greenleaf, S., Garber, A. K. & Klein, A.-M., 22.06.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 6, 6 p., e21363.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Social Entrepreneurship and Institutional Logics: How Social Entrepreneurs use a Nonprofit-/For-Profit Organizational Mix to Deal with Multiple Institutional Logics : EGOS Conference Version
Zeyen, A. & Beckmann, M., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 34 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Social Media als Impuls für partizipative Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation?
Schulz, D., 2010, Entscheidungen mit Umweltfolgen zwischen Freiheit und Zwang: Tagungsband der 7. Tagung der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie . Faber, F., Jay, M., Reinecke, S. & Westermeyer, T. (eds.). Institut für Forstökonomie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 13 p. (Arbeitsbericht; vol. 55).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Beyond Markets: Strategic Sustainability Management Control
Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2011, EURAM 2011: Management Culture in the 21st Century : European Academy of Management (EURAM). Alas, R. & Bessant, J. (eds.). Tallinn, Estonia: Estonian Business School, 28 p. (EURAM Conference).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review