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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Defining and reorienting competencies for sustainable global change
Barth, M. & Drovandi, A., 2009, World in Transition: Sustainability Perspectives for Higher Education. Adomssent, M., Beringer, A. & Barth, M. (eds.). Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 64-65 2 p. (Higher education for sustainability; no. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Gegenwart und Zukunft gestalten beginnt im Kindergarten
Stoltenberg, U., 2009, In: Umwelt & Bildung. 11, 4, p. 14-15 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Innovative Instrumente für ein integriertes Flussgebietsmanagement
Evers, M. & Hegner, J., 2009, Hydrologische Systeme im Wandel: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 26./27. März 2009 an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel . Fohrer, N. (ed.). Hennef: Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, p. 77-78 2 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung ; vol. 26).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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§ 31 Windenergie Offshore
Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 659-678 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Research
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Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht
Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2009, 3. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 150 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education
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Elbe DSS: a planning support system for strategic river basin planning
Hahn, B. M., Kofalk, S., Kok, J.-L., Berlekamp, J. & Evers, M., 01.01.2009, Planning support systems: best practice and new methods. Geertman, S. & Stillwell, J. (eds.). [Dordrecht]: Springer, p. 113-136 24 p. (GeoJournal Library; vol. 95).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Agrarsubventionen als Gegenstand des Umweltinformations- und Informationsfreiheitsrechts
Schomerus, T. & Scheel , B., 2010, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 21, 4, p. 188-192 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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KUNTIKUM: Klimatrends und nachhaltige Tourismusentwicklung in Küsten- und Mittelgebirgsregionen: Produkt und Infrastruktur-Innovation durch kooperative Lernprozesse und strategische Entscheidungsfindung
Heinrichs, H., Jetzkowitz, J., Kreilkamp, E., Matzarakis, A., Möller, A. & Michelsen, G., 2007, Proceedings zur 6. Fachtagung BIOMET des Fachausschusses Biometeorologie der Deutschen Meteorologischen Gesellschaft e.V.. Matzarakis, A. & Mayer, H. (eds.). Freiburg: Meteorologisches Institut der Universität Freiburg, p. 87-93 7 p. (Berichte des Meteorologischen Institutes der Universität Freiburg; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The complexity of integrated flood management: decision support systems
Evers, M., 2006, Frontiers in flood research: Le Point De La Recherche Sur Les Crues. Tchiguirinskaia, I., Thein, K. N. N. & Hubert, P. (eds.). IAHS Press, p. 187-196 10 p. (IAHS Publication; no. 305).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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More input, better output: Does citizen involvement improve environmental governance?
Newig, J. & Fritsch, O., 2009, In search of legitimacy. Blühdorn, I. (ed.). Opladen [u.a.]: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 205-224 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research