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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Zwischen Klugheits- und Moralgebot: Das Leitbild Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Herausforderung zur Erneuerung der Ökonomie jenseits ihrer Bindungen an die dichotomen Konstrukte des sozialen Geschlechter- und Naturverhältnisses
Hofmeister, S., 2001, Ethik und Nachhaltigkeit: Grundsatzfragen und Handlungsperspektiven im universitären Agendaprozess.. Altner, G. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Frankfurt a.M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 155-173 19 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung ; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Wertorientiertes Energiemanagement
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Teil: Grundwerk - Loseblattsammlung. Beck, H.-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. Müller, Vol. 1. p. 2-14 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kooperation und Konkurrenz unter gleichrangigen Partnern
Salisch, M., 2000, Sozialisation zur Mitbürgerlichkeit. Kuhn, H.-P. & Uhlendorff, H. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 59-76 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Praxis-Wörterbuch Umwelt, Naturschutz, Nachhaltigkeit: Deutsch-Englisch
Schreiner, J. & Hutter, C.-P., 2008, 2. ed. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. 729 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Entwicklung einer Kennartenliste für die ergebnisorientierte Honorierung im Grünland Nordwestdeutschlands
Bathke, M., Brahms, E., Diekmann, M., Garve, E., Gehlken, B., Hertwig, R., Horr, C., Isselstein, J., Keienburg, T., Kleine-Limberg, W., Klimek, S., Most, A., Prüter, J., Richter, A., Schreiner, J., Steinmann, H.-H., Wicke, G., Wittig, B. & Zacharias, D., 2006, Entwicklung und Erprobung von Methoden für die ergebnisorientierte Honorierung ökologischer Leistungen im Grünland Nordwestdeutschlands. Keienburg, T., Most, A. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 20-30 11 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 19, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum im Handwerk: wie kann nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in kleinen und mittleren Handwerksbetrieben gefördert werden?
Herzig, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2004, Perspektiven der Mittelstandsforschung: ökonomische Analysen zur Selbstständigkeit, freien Berufen und KMU . Merz, J. & Wagner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 331-353 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Auswirkungen des kontrollierten Brennens auf die pflanzenverfügbaren Nährstoffe in Podsol-Böden (NSG "Lüneburger Heide")
Falk, K., Härdtle, W. & Mohamed, A., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 108-111 4 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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OBI: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit dem FOX
Botschen, S., Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 2002, Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien. Schaltegger, S. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 259-281 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Children's emotional development: challenges in their relationships to parents, peers, and friends
Salisch, M., 01.07.2001, In: International Journal of Behavioral Development. 25, 4, p. 310-319 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Nationale Verantwortlichkeit und Rote Listen - Carabus nodulosus als Fallbeispiel für die Zusammenführung von Verbreitungsdaten und Gefährdungssituation und die damit verbundenen Probleme
Aßmann, T. & Matern, A., 2004, Ermittlung der Verantwortlichkeit für die Erhaltung mitteleuropäischer Arten: Referate und Ergebnisse des Symposiums "Ermittlung der Verantwortlichkeit für die Weltweite Erhaltung von Tierarten mit Vorkommen in Mitteleuropa" auf der Insel Vilm vom 17. - 20. November 2003. Gruttke, H. (ed.). Bonn-Bad Godesberg: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 235-254 20 p. (Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research