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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Evolutionäres Management für den ewigen Frühling
Möller, A., 01.03.2009, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 24, 1, p. 47-50 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Factors of success and failure for computer-aided instruments in environmental planning
Evers, M., 2008, Environmental informatics and industrial ecology: proceedings of the 22nd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, September 10 - 12, 2008, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany . Möller, A., Page, B. & Schreiber, M. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 75-92 18 p. (Enrivo Info).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Selection harvest in temperate deciduous forests: impact on herb layer richness and composition
Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.02.2009, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 18, 2, p. 271-287 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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§ 60 Nutzung von Seewasserstraßen
Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 974-977 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Research
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§ 32 Solare Strahlungsenergie
Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 679-704 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Research
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Value of semi-open corridors for simultaneously connecting open and wooded habitats: A case study with ground beetles
Eggers, B., Matern, A., Drees, C., Eggers, J., Haerdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 02.2010, In: Conservation Biology. 24, 1, p. 256-266 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Warum werden so wenige Waldpflanzenarten vom Schalenwild ausgebreitet?
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W. U., Schmidt, M., Heinken, T. & Ellenberg, H., 2009, In: Forstarchiv. 80, 5, p. 215-221 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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§ 33 Solare Strahlungsenergie an oder auf Gebäuden
Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 705-720 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Research
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Verwaltungsrecht: [Prüfungswissen, Multiple-Choice-Tests, Gesetze, Urteile ; neu: zusätzliche Übungsaufgaben zu jedem Kapitel]
Schomerus, T. & Hobro, Y., 2007, 2. ed. Freiburg: Haufe Mediengruppe. 148 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Synästhetische Ansätze in der Kunstvermittlung
Hallmann, K., 2009, Die Landung: Projekte der Kunstvermittlung. Maset, P. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 47-56 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research