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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Towards a ‘Sustainable University’: Scenarios for sustainable university development
Barth, M., Adomßent, M., Albrecht, P., Burandt, S., Godemann, J., Franz-Balsen, A. & Rieckmann, M., 10.2011, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5, 4, p. 313-332 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Natur und Gesellschaft: Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Regulation und Gestaltung einer Wechselbeziehung
Kruse, S. (Editor) & Baerlocher, B. (Editor), 2011, Basel: edition gesowip. 285 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Normative Verortungen und Vorgehen im Forschungsprozess: Das Nachhaltigkeitsverständnis im Forschungsprojekt PoNa
Friedrich, B., Lindner, A., Sulmowski, J. A., Szumelda, A. U., Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T., 2010, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (PoNa-Paper; no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Globales Lernen und Biodiversität in der außerschulischen Bildung in Deutschland: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie
Wendler, M., Rode, H. & Michelsen, G., 2010, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 33, 2, p. 4-9 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sustainability in Higher Education: Psychological Research for Effective Pedagogy
Myers, O. E. & Beringer, A., 2010, In: Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 40, 2, p. 51-77 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rekonstruktionen des Erwerbs überfachlicher Schlüsselkompetenzen am Beispiel des Erwerbs von Gestaltungskompetenz beim Lernen mit Neuen Medien
Barth, M., 2009, In: ZQF - Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung. 10, 2, p. 241-262 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hochschule und Nachhaltigkeit: Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Adomßent, M., 2010, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 33, 4, p. 33-34 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Von Exellenz-Leuchttürmen, Glühwürmchen und anderweitig Erleuchteten: Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Innovation und Profilbildungsmerkmal in der bundesdeutschen Hochschullandschaft
Adomßent, M., 2010, Nachhaltige Entwicklung - das neue Paradigma in der Ökonomie. Hagemann, H. & Hauff, M. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 571-597 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sport und Naturschutz - 10 Thesen zur Optimierung der gemeinsamen Kommunikation
Adomßent, M., 2010, In: Natur und Landschaft. 85, 9-10, p. 425-429 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Management klimarelevanter Reportinginformationen: Eine explorative Untersuchung in deutschen Unternehmen
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Controlling & Management. 55, 2, p. 92-96 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review