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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Services from plant-pollinator interactions in the Neotropics
Garibaldi, L. A., Muchhala, N., Motzke, I., Bravo-Monroy, L., Olschewski, R. & Klein, A.-M., 01.01.2012, Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and Agroforestry: Measurement and Payment. Rapidel, B., DeClerck, F., Le Coq, J. F. & Beer, J. (eds.). 1 ed. London: Earthscan Publications Ltd., p. 119-140 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Ecosystem services in Agricultural landscapes
Smukler, S. M., Philpott, S. M., Jackson, L. E., Klein, A.-M., DeClerck, F., Winowiecki, L. & Palm, C. A., 01.01.2012, Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction: Ecological Dimensions. Ingram, J. C., Clerck, F. A. D. & Rio, C. R. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 17-51 35 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Ecosystem services between sustainability and efficiency
Olschewski, R. & Klein, A.-M., 01.04.2011, In: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy. 7, 1, p. 69-73 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Social Entrepreneurs and Social Change: Tracing impacts of social entrepreneurship through ideas, structures, and practices
Ney, S., Beckmann, M., Gräbnitz, D. & Mirkovic , R., 2014, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 6, 1, p. 51-68 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ordnungsverantwortung: Rational Choice als ordonomisches Forschungsprogramm
Beckmann, M., 11.03.2010, Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin. 342 p. (Ökonomik und Ethik; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Partizipation und neue Formen der Governance
Newig, J., 2011, Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. Groß, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 486-502 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltige Entwicklung durch gesellschaftliche Partizipation und Kooperation? – eine kritische Revision zentraler Theorien und Konzepte
Newig, J., Kuhn, K. & Heinrichs, H., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 27-45 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Partizipation und Kooperation zur Effektivitätssteigerung in Politik und Governance?
Newig, J., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 65-79 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltige Gesellschaft: Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?
Heinrichs, H. (Editor), Kuhn, K. (Editor) & Newig, J. (Editor), 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 222 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Multi-Level Water Governance: Coping with Problems of Scale
Newig, J. (Editor) & Moss, T. (Editor), 2010, Springer. 142 p. (Environmental Management; vol. 46, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research