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 in Bildungsinstitutionen in Schleswig-Holstein. Entwicklung eines Bildungskonzeptes für ausgewählte Zielgruppen
Stoltenberg, U., Adomßent, M. & Rieckmann, M., 2004, Neumünster: Akademie für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, 80 p. (Akademie aktuell).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Beech forests and climate change
Manthey, M., Leuschner, C. & Härdtle, W., 2008, Beech Forests - a German contribution to the global forest biodiversity. Knapp, H. D. (ed.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 47-52 6 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 233).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Was macht zukunftsfähiges Wirtschaften aus? die Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2009, Gemeinwesen gestalten - Lernen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. Europäischen Masterstudiengang „Gemeinwesensentwicklung, Quartiermanagement und Lokale Ökonomie“ an der Hochschule München" (ed.). Neu-Ulm: Verein zur Förderung der sozialpolitischen Arbeit, p. 77-104 28 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung und Regionalentwicklung: Netzwerke für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. & Nemnich, C., 2007, Nachhaltige Entwicklung in Polen und Deutschland.: Landwirtschaft – Tourismus – Bildung. Banse, G. & Kiepas, A. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 263-268 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Environment-Induced Systematisation of Economic Risks
Figge, F., 2001, Sustainable banking: the greening of finance. Bouma, J. J., Jeucken, M. & Klinkers, L. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 268-279 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wann ersetzen Stakeholder Marktprozesse durch Macht?
Schaltegger, S., 2004, Unternehmensethik in turbulenten Zeiten: Wirtschaftsführer über Ethik im Management . Brink, A. & Karitzki, O. (eds.). Bern: Haupt Verlag, p. 169-184 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Das Projekt ELLA international: Entstehungsgeschichte, Ziele und Struktur
Stoltenberg, U. & Muraca, B., 2005, Nachhaltigkeit ist machbar: das "Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" als innovatives Projekt zur Kommunikation und Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeit . Stoltenberg, U., Muraca, B. & Nora, E. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 30-41 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften aus Sicht des "Business Case of Sustainability"
Schaltegger, S. & Hasenmüller, P., 2006, Berufliche Bildung für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften: Konzepte, Curricula, Methoden, Beispiele . Tiemeyer, E. & Wilbers, K. (eds.). Bielefeld: WBV Bertelsmann Verlag, p. 71-86 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Hochschule im Horizont nachhaltiger Entwicklung
Adomßent, M., Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 815-827 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kulturelle Lernorte für Schulklassen: Bedeutung, Chancen und Möglichkeiten
Hallmann, K., 2008, Schule außerhalb der Schule. Burk, K., Rauterberg, M. & Schönknecht, G. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Arbeitskreis Grundschule des Grundschulverbands e.V., p. 306-317 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research