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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Wie klingt das Bild? Bilder zum Klingen bringen
Hallmann, K., 2007, In: Grundschule Musik. 43, p. 28-32 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Hochschulen und nachhaltige Entwicklung: Analysen, Konzepte, europäische Perspektiven
Adomssent, M., Franz-Balsen, A. & Kruse-Graumann, L., 25.03.2017, In: GAIA. 16, 1, p. 78-80 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Implementierung einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in den Kindergarten aus organisationaler Perspektive
Godemann, J., 2002, Umweltbewusstsein unter dem Leitbild nachhaltige Entwicklung. Bolscho, D. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 127-167 41 p. („Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft“ der Kommission „Umweltbildung“; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Management of Biodiversity in Protected Areas with Sustainability Control
Hellmann, K., 2005, Ecosystems and sustainable development V. Tiezzi, E. (ed.). WIT Press, (WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment ; no. 81).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 06.10.2008, Agrobiodiversity conservation and economic development. Kontoleon, A., Pascual, U. & Smale, M. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293-317 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Drees, C., Friedman, A.-L.-L., Levanony, T., Matern, A., Timm, A. & Wrase, D. W., 04.07.2008, In: ZooKeys. 1, p. 9-22 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Peer-Ablehnung, Wettbewerbsorientierung und Probleme bei der Zusammenarbeit von gleichaltrigen Kindern
Salisch, M., 2002, In: Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 49, 2, p. 89-101 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Offene Rituale in der Gruppenarbeit mit Kindern: Wie können Rituale, die rhythmisieren, Gruppendynamiken stärken und Verbindlichkeiten fördern, gestaltet werden?
Wagner, B., 2009, In: KiTa aktuell : Fachzeitschrift für die Leitung von Kindertageseinrichtungen ; Ausgabe Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen. 17, 5, p. 1-2 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Erwerb von Schlüsselkompetenzen ermöglichen. Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Hochschulbildung
Barth, M., Godemann, J., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 2008, Sustainable University. Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 110-129 20 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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(Re)Produktivität: der "blinde Fleck" im Diskurs zu Nachhaltiger Entwicklung
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2003, Zwischentöne gestalten: Dialoge zur Verbindung von Geschlechterverhältnissen und Nachhaltigkeit. Hofmeister, S., Mölders, T. & Karsten, M. E. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 38-56 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research