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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Die Erweiterung der Ökodesign-Richtlinie - auf dem Weg zur "Super-Umweltrichtlinie"?
Schomerus, T. & Spengler, L., 2010, In: Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht. 8, 2, p. 54-61 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Hochschulen im Horizont einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Michelsen, G., 2009, Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Recht der Umweltbildung, Studienprogramme Nachhaltigkeit, Umweltbildung und Wirtschaft. Kerschner, F. & Büchl-Krammerstätter, K. (eds.). Wien: MANZ Verlag, p. 3-18 16 p. (Schriftenreihe Recht der Umwelt ; vol. 27).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Instruments for comprehensive land use planning and river basin management
Evers, M., 2009, Sustainable Land Use and Water Management: ERSEC - International conference Proceeding. UNESCO-Publishing, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, p. 240-256 17 p. (Ecological Research for Sustaining the Environment in China (ERSEC); no. CN/SC/2008/RP/H/2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Umwälzung der Erde: Konflikte um Ressourcen
Altner, G. (Editor), Leitschuh, H. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Simonis, U. E. (Editor) & Weizsäcker, E. U. V. (Editor), 2009, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 248 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie ...)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Von der Herausforderung das Leitbild der Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren
Michelsen, G., 2009, Brot und Fisch: Leben für die Ostsee. Heling, A. (ed.). Hamburg-Schenefeld: EB-Verlag, p. 172-183 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Medialisierung der Wissenschaft und ihre Relevanz für das Verhältnis zur Politik
Peters, H.-P., Brossard, D., de Cheiveigne, S., Dunwoody, S., Heinrichs, H., Jung, A., Kallfass, M., Miller, S., Petersen, I., Tsuchida, S., Cain, A. & Paquez, A.-S., 2009, Medienorientierung biomedizinischer Forscher im internationalen Vergleich. Peters, H. P. (ed.). Jülich: Forschungszentrum, p. 9-46 38 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kulturelle Bildung für Kulturelle Vielfalt. Bildung und Bewusstseinsbildung in der Öffentlichkeit
Stoltenberg, U., 2009, Kulturelle Vielfalt gestalten: Handlungsempfehlungen aus der Zivilgesellschaft zur Umsetzung des UNESCO-Übereinkommens zur Vielfalt kultureller Ausdrucksformen (2005) in und durch Deutschland. Lüdtke, H. (ed.). Bonn: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, p. 27-30 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bloggen für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung?!
Schulz, D., 2009, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 17, 1, p. 149-154 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Weitere Vereinfachung des Abfallrechts - Auf dem Weg zum Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz
Schomerus, T. & Versteyl, L. A., 2010, 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 366 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 14)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Decision support systems for integrated river basin management: requirements for appropriate tools and structures for a comprehensive planning approach
Evers, M., 2008, Aachen: Shaker Verlag. 322 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research