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 Balanced Scorecard als Konzept für die Integration von Daten zur betrieblichen Nachhaltigkeit
Möller, A. & Wilke, R., 2006, Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme - System- und unternehmensübergreifender Daten- und Informationsaustausch: 6. Managementsymposium "Produktion und Umwelt" - Stoffstrommanagement - auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit. Rey, U., Lang-Koetz, C. & Tuma, A. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 61-82 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Government Strategies to Promote Corporate Environmental Management Accounting
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 187-198 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zukunft versiegelt? kommunale Verkehrspolitik und Klimaschutz
Grischkat, S., 2004, Bonn. 43 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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"Chronotone" und "Choratone" als Spielräume: Annäherung an die Frage nach der Be-Wertung von raumzeitlichen Übergängen
Hofmeister, S., 2001, Ökonomische Be-Wertungen in gesellschaftlichen Prozessen: Markt - Macht - Diskurs. A. B., Grenzdörffer, K. & Elsner, W. (eds.). Herbolzheim: Centaurus Verlag, p. 99-118 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Late pleistocene vegetation of NE-Peleponnese (Basin of Phlious), Greece
Urban, B., 2006, 150 years of Neanderthal discoveries: Early Europeans - Continuity & Discontinuity. von Koenigswald, W. (ed.). Bonn: GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, Vol. 2. p. 137-138 2 p. (Terra nostra - Schriften der GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung; vol. 2/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Der Mensch und das Naturverständnis der Humanökologie
Katz, C., 2004, Naturverständnisse in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Rink, D. & Wächter, M. (eds.). Frankfurt [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 73-102 29 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von den Leidenschaften junger Menschen oder wie sich Ausdruck und Regulierung von Emotionen in Kindheit und Jugend verändert
Salisch, M., 2004, Nonverbale Prozesse in der Psychotherapie. Hermer, M. & Klinzing, H. G. (eds.). Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag, p. 57-78 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ausgerechnet Texas: von Öl und Gas zur Windenergie ; Bericht über die Tagung des "Wind Energy Institute", University of Texas, School of Law, 26.-27. Februar 2007, Austin, Texas
Schomerus, T., 2007, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 11, 1, p. 50 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Development and validation of a method for the determination of trace alkylphenols and phthalates in the atmosphere
Xie, Z., Selzer, J., Ebinghaus, R., Caba, A. & Ruck, W., 21.04.2006, In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 565, 2, p. 198-207 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation
Barth, M., 2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). 1 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 266-273 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research