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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Die Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen: ein (re)produktionstheoretischer Beitrag
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2008, Fruchtbarkeit unter Kontrolle?. Herzog-Schröder, G., Gottwald, F.-T. & Walterspiel, V. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 432-454 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Themes in the development of emotion regulation in childhood and adolescence and a transactional model
Salisch, M., 26.03.2009, Regulating emotions: Culture, Social Necessity, and Biological Inheritance. Vandekerckhove, M. (ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 146-167 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Préserver les ressources par une gestion durable
Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: La Vie économique. 81, 9, p. 45 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Wissen, Erfahrungen und Interessen von Grundschulkindern, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ökologischer Fragen
Godemann, J., 2002, Nachhaltigkeit lernen mit Kindern: Wahrnehmung, Wissen und Erfahrungen von Grundschulkindern unter der Perspektive einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Stoltenberg, U. (ed.). Bad Heilbrunn/Obb.: Klinkhardt, p. 65-83 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ressourcensicherung durch Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: Die Volkswirtschaft. 81, 9, p. 45 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Komplexität verstehen, Zukunftsperspektiven erschließen: das General Studies Modul "Studienprogramm Nachhaltigkeit"
Barth, M. & Godemann, J., 2006, Persönlichkeitsbildung und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit: Konzeptionen von General Studies und ihre Umsetzungen . Michelsen, G. & Märkt, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: UniversitätsVerlagWebler, p. 33-51 19 p. (Hochschulwesen, Wissenschaft und Praxis : HSW ; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht
Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2004, 2. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 146 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education
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Zur theoretisch-wissenschaftlichen Fundierung Vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens
Hofmeister, S., 2000, Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften: Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des Guten Lebens. Biesecker, A., Mathes, M., Schön, S. & Scurrell, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 27-69 43 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kommunikation und Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeit – eine transdisziplinäre Aufgabe
Stoltenberg, U., 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. 76-81 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Corporate Citizenship
Dubielzig, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2005, Handlexikon Public Affairs. Althaus, M. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 235-238 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research