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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The restoration of a floodplain in the upper Rhine area: managing the interface of large-scale policy and small-scale implementation
Kruse, S., 2008, Restoring floodplains in Europe: Policy Contexts and Project Experiences. Moss, T. & Monstadt, J. (eds.). London: IWA Publishing, p. 151-176 26 p. (Water Intelligence Online).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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EMA Links with Management Systems and Other Stakeholders
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting Policies and Linkages. Savage, D. E. (ed.). New York, NY: United Nations Publications, p. 91-238 148 p. (Economic & Social Affairs).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stratigraphie und Befunde
Neugebauer-Maresch, C., Peticzka, R., Frank, C. & Urban, B., 2008, Krems-Hundssteig - Mammutjägerlager der Eiszeit: ein Nutzungsareal paläolithischer Jäger- und Sammler(innen) vor 41000 - 27000 Jahren. Neugebauer-Maresch, C. (ed.). Wien: Verlag der Oesterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, p. 68-147 80 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Erstförderung von Neuzuwanderern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Perspektiven von Fremdsein und Statuspassage
Wagner, B., 2007, Frankfurt, Main: IKO-Verlag für Interkulturelle Kommunikation. 296 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Reale Utopien: Perspektiven für eine friedliche und gerechte Welt; [Ergebnis des Symposiums Reale Utopien - Perspektiven für eine Friedliche und Gerechte Welt, das ... zu Ehren von Mohssen Massarrat anlässlich seiner Verabschiedung aus dem aktiven Hochschuldienst stattfand]
Gottschlich, D. (Editor), Rolf, U. (Editor), Werning, R. (Editor), Wollek, E. (Editor) & Massarrat, M. (Editor), 2008, Köln: PapyRossa Verlag. 295 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Laufkäferuntersuchungen in nordwestdeutschen Hudewäldern und Hudelandschaften
Falke, B. & Aßmann, T., 2002, Laufkäfer im Wald. Filderstadt: Gesellschaft für Angewandte Carabidologie, p. 51-54 4 p. (Angewandte Carabidologie Supplement II; vol. Sup. 2001).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Verwendung von Kompost zur Erhöhung der Wasserhaltefähigkeit von Böden in Nordost-Niedersachsen
Urban, B., Grocholl, J. & Shaban, M., 2008, No regret - genug Wasser für die Landwirtschaft?!. Streun, M. (ed.). Uelzen: Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Bezirksstelle Uelzen, Fachgruppe 2, p. 200-213 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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Bedrohte Vielfalt: Biodiversität
Busch, A. & Kuhn, K., 26.08.2008, 1. ed. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 72 p. (Themenblätter im Unterricht; no. 75)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Back to the roots and back to the future: towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology
Penev, L. (Editor), Erwin, T. L. (Editor) & Aßmann, T. (Editor), 2008, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 509 p. (Pensoft series faunistica)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Zeitforschung ist Nachhaltigkeitsforschung - Zeitpolitik ist Nachhaltigkeitspolitik: mit der Zeit Grenzen zwischen Forschungs- und Politikfeldern überschreiten ...
Hofmeister, S., 2003, Zeit für Zeitpolitik. Kirner, E. (ed.). Bremen: Atlantik-Verlag, p. 33-41 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research