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.
- Published
Mehr als nur Begleitmusik: nachhaltige Entwicklung aus kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
Kuhn, K., 2005, In: Politische Ökologie. 94, Werte schöpfen, p. 78-79 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Published
Am selbstverdienstlichsten ist es, über das zu reden, was ist: Ärger in der Freundschaft und Selbstwert-Entwicklung im Jugendalter
Salisch, M., Oppl, C. & Vogelsang, J., 31.01.2002, Wege zum Selbst: Soziale Herausforderungen für Kinder und Jugendliche. Uhlendorff, H., Oswald, H. & Azmitia, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: Lucius & Lucius, p. 135-155 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Published
Starke Nachhaltigkeit fordert eine Ökonomie der (Re)Produktivität: der Beitrag des Schlüsselbegriffs Naturproduktivität zur Fundierung einer Theorie der Nachhaltigkeit
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2009, Die Greifswalder Theorie starker Nachhaltigkeit: Ausbau, Anwendung, Kritik. Egan-Krieger, T., Schultz, J., Thapa, P. P. & Voget, L. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 169-192 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Published
Im Namen der Natur! Welcher Natur? Naturverständnisse und -verhältnisse bei ausgewählten Natur- und Umweltschutzverbänden
Mölders, T., Katz, C. & Unterreiner, S., 2004, Naturverständnisse in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Rink, D. & Wächter, M. (eds.). Frankfurt [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 173-202 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- Published
Zusammenhänge und Kinetik biotischer und abiotischer Eisenoxidation bei der Brunnenverockerung und Ansätze zur Modellierung
Opel, O., Eggerichs, T., Eler, N. & Ruck, W., 2009, Wasser 2009: Tagungsband der Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft 2009, 18-20 Mai 2009 in Stralsund. Wasserchemische Gesellschaft (ed.). Mühlheim an der Ruhr: GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, p. 325-329 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
- Published
"Green-ness" Can Be Measured
Berkhout, F., Hertin, J., Carlens, J., Tyteca, D., Olsthoorn, X., Wagner, M. & Wehrmeyer, W., 2001, In: European Business Forum. 6, p. 42-47 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Published
Nur wenig Angaben zu CO2 und Energie
Hroch, N. & Schaltegger, S., 2001, In: Umwelt-Focus. 4, p. 67-69 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
- Published
Umweltkommunikation in der Landwirtschaft: eine empirische Untersuchung der bäuerlichen Lebenswelt als kommunikative Lernsituation im Kontext nachhaltiger Entwicklung
Adomßent, M., 2004, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 281 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- Published
REACH and the Role of Stakeholders in its Socio-Economic Analysis
Ingerowski, J. B., Kölsch, D. & Tschochohei, H., 2009, In: Journal of Business Chemistry. 6, 2, p. 69-87 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Dynamik von Artenvielfalt und Artenzusammensetzung krautiger Gefäßpflanzen in gezäunten und ungezäunten Vergleichsflächenpaaren
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Ellenberg, H., 01.01.2003, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 174, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review