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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Nachhaltigkeit braucht Institutionen - zur Institutionalisierung von Nachhaltigkeitsräten
Schomerus, T., 01.2011, In: Natur und Recht. 33, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Eigenverbrauchsregelung in § 33 Abs. 2 EEG nach der Photovoltaik-Novelle 2010
Schomerus, T. & Scheel, B., 2010, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 14, 6, p. 559-563 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Private Bodies as Public Authorities under International, European, English and German Environmental Information Laws
Schomerus, T. & Bünger, D., 2011, In: Journal for European Environmental & Planning Law. 8, 1, p. 62-81 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kläranlagen als Quelle für polyfluorierte Verbindungen in der Atmosphäre
Vierke, L., Ahrens, L., Shoeib, M., Harner, T., Palm, W.-U. & Ebinghaus, R., 2010, In: Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung. 22, 4, p. 328-329 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Durchströmte Reinigungswände zur in situ-Behandlung von kontaminierten Grundwässern - Aufgaben, Ziele und Ergebnisse des BMBF -Förderschwerpunktes "RUBIN" 2000-2010
Viegelahn, L., Burmeier, H., Mänz, J. S., Schlanges, I., Palm, W.-U., Ruck, W., Birke, V. & Schütt, C., 2009, Altlasten 2009: 10 Jahre BBodSchV in Deutschland ; Auswirkungen auf die Altlastenbewertung ; Spannungsfeld zwischen Gefahrenabwehr, Verhältnismäßigkeit und Investorenziel Altlastenfreiheit. Eggloffstein, T. & Burkhardt, G. (eds.). Karlsruhe: ICP-Eigenverlag Bauen und Umwelt, p. 111-118 8 p. (ICP-Eigenverlag Bauen und Umwelt; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Einfluss der Teeölaltlast "Zeche Victoria" in Lünen auf die Belastung des Fließgewässersedimentes der Lippe durch NSO-Heterocyclen, PAK und Phenole
Mänz, J. S., Siemers, A.-K., Palm, W.-U. & Ruck, W., 2010, In: Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung. 22, 4, 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Photochemischer Abbau von 9-Methylacridin: Quantenausbeuten, Produkte und der Einfluss der photochemischen Senke im System Sediment-Wasser
Palm, W.-U., Mänz, J. S., Siemers, A.-K. & Ruck, W., 2010, In: Environmental Sciences Europe. 22, 4, p. 337 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Bildung halogenierter flüchtiger Verbindungen aus Huminsäuren in salzhaltigen wässrigen Lösungen
Palm, W.-U., Kopetzky, R., Ruck, W. & Zetsch, C., 2006, Kurzreferate. 72. Jahrestagung 2006 der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft - Fachgruppe in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker : 22. - 24. Mai 2006, Celle. W. G. (ed.). GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, p. 206-209 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Publicly Mediated Inter-Organizational Networks: A Solution for Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in SMEs ?
Hansen, E. G. & Klewitz, J., 2012, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability. Wagner, M. (ed.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 254-278 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Identification of polybrominated debenzofurans from photolysis of decabromdiphenylether by uv spectroscopy
Geller, A. M., Krüger, H.-U., Palm, W.-U. & Zetsch, C., 2006, In: Organohalogen Compounds. 68, p. 2019-2022 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education › peer-review