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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Streit unter Freunden: Was tun Schulkinder, wenn sie sich über andere ärgern?
Salisch, M., 2005, Aufwachsen zwischen Freunden und Institutionen. Alt, C. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 63-82 20 p. (Kinderleben - Aufwachsen zwischen Familie, Freunden und Institutionen; vol. 2)(Schriften des Deutschen Jugendinstituts; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Zukunft der europäischen Chemikalienpolitik: zum Stand und möglichen Entwicklungen der REACh-Verordnung
Heitmann, K. & Tschochohei, H., 06.03.2007, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 15, 1, p. 40-48 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Herausforderung neue Medien
Möller, A., 2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). 1 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 76-84 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Natur" und "Arbeit" in der Landwirtschaft: eine (re)produktionstheoretische Interpretation
Mölders, T., 2008, Nachhaltige Agrarpolitik als reflexive Politik: Plädoyer für einen neuen Diskurs zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft. Feindt, P. H., Gottschick, M., Mölders, T., Müller, F., Sodtke, R. & Weiland, S. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 181-211 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Betriebliches Umweltmanagement
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2000, Einführung in die Umweltwissenschaften. Althaus, W. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). Hagen [u.a.]: FernUniversität in Hagen, p. 209-229 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltige Agrarpolitik als kontroverses Diskursfeld: Naturkonzepte und gesellschaftliche Ordnungsvorstellungen in den agrarpolitischen Paradigmen
Feindt, P. H., Gottschick, M., Mölders, T., Müller, F., Sodtke, R. & Weiland, S., 2008, Nachhaltige Agrarpolitik als reflexive Politik: Plädoyer für einen neuen Diskurs zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft. Feindt, P. H., Gottschick, M., Mölders, T., Müller, F., Sodtke, R. & Weiland, S. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 277-302 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vegetation der Stromtalwiesen im niedersächsischen Elbetal
Redecker, B. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 117-126 10 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit in Bildungsinstitutionen für den Elementarbereich: Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Bildungskonzepts für Schleswig-Holstein
Adomßent, M. & Rieckmann, M., 01.01.2006, Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Aktuelle Forschungsfelder und -ansätze. Rieß, W. & Apel, H. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 101-113 13 p. (Schriftenreihe "Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft").Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Klimaschutz in der strategischen Umweltprüfung: Am Beispiel der Windenergienutzung in der ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszone
Schomerus, T. & Runge, K., 2007, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 18, 9, p. 410-415 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Naturschutz, Zukunftsaufgabe
Schreiner, J., 2005, Neue Horizonte - Zukunftsaufgabe Naturschutz: Referate und Ergebnisse des 27. Deutschen Naturschutztages 2004 in Potsdam. B. B. N. (ed.). Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz, Vol. 55. p. 9-20 12 p. (Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege; vol. 55).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research