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.

  1. Published

    Genehmigungsrecht und Finanzierung bei Erneuerbaren-Energien-Anlagen

    Schomerus, T., 2008, In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Blätter. 57, 9, p. 1 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Oberirdisches und unterirdisches Einzugsgebiet - Bedeutung für den Wasserhaushalt

    Wittenberg, H., Matz, R. & Rhode, C., 2003, Klima - Wasser - Flussgebietsmanagement - im Lichte der Flut: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 20./21. März 2003 in Freiburg i.Br.. Kleeberg, H.-B. (ed.). Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, Vol. 1. p. 29-32 4 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; vol. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Stoffstrommanagement (im Rahmen der Verträglichkeitsanalyse)

    Möller, A., 2004, Prozessverbesserung und Umweltentlastung durch Systemtechnik. V.-K. U. (ed.). VDI Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, (VDI-Berichte ; no. 1822).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Coastal Energy Management: Integration erneuerbarer Energieerzeugung an der Küste

    Runge, K. (Editor), 2002, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 92 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Bodensaure Eichen- und Eichenmischwälder Europas

    Härdtle, W., 2004, In: Tuexenia. 24, p. 57-72 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Artenvielfalt in norddeutschen Wäldern: welche Gefäßpflanzen sind waldtypisch?

    Schmidt, M., Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W. U. & Ellenberg, H., 2003, In: AFZ, der Wald. 58, 2, p. 96-99 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation

    Barth, M., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 266-275 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Energieversorgungsunternehmen: informationspflichtige Stellen nach dem Umweltinformationsrecht?

    Schomerus, T., 2006, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 10, 3, p. 223-229 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Bioassay-directed chemical analysis utilizing LC-MS: a tool for identifying estrogenic compounds in water samples?

    Heisterkamp, I., Gandrass, J. & Ruck, W., 01.02.2004, In: Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry. 378, 3, p. 709-715 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review