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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Persönlichkeitsbildung und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit: Konzeptionen von General Studies und ihre Umsetzungen
Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2006, Wiesbaden: UniversitätsVerlagWebler. 156 p. (Hochschulwesen, Wissenschaft und Praxis : HSW; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Probabilistic approach to modelling of recession curves
Aksoy, H., Bayazit, M. & Wittenberg, H., 01.04.2001, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-285 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Persistente organische Schadstoffe in Flusssedimenten Norddeutschlands: Verteilung polyaromatischer Kohlenwasserstoffe (PAK), polychlorierter Biphenyle (PCB) und organochlorierter Pestizide auf die Korngrößenfraktionen
Opel, O., 2008, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. 132 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht
Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2002, Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 144 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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A Framework and Typology of Ecopreneurship: Leading Bioneers and Environmental Managers to Ecopreneurship
Schaltegger, S., 28.09.2005, Making Ecopreneurs: Developing Sustainable Entrepreneurship (Corporate Social Responsibility). Schaper, M. (ed.). Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited, p. 43-60 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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8. Uranium-series dating of peat from central and Northern Europe
Frechen, M., Sierralta, M., Oezen, D. & Urban, B., 2007, The climate of past interglacials. Sirocko, F., Claussen, M., Litt, T. & Sanchez-Goni, M. F. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier Scientific Publishing, p. 93-117 25 p. (Developments in Quaternary Science; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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European Union law by Alina Kaczorowska
Schomerus, T., 05.2009, In: The Modern Law Review. 72, 3, p. 517-518 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Vom Integrated Coastal Zone Management zum Coastal Energy Management
Runge, K., 2002, Coastal Energy Management: Integration Erneuerbarer Energieerzeugung an der Küste . Runge, K. (ed.). Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, p. 11-20 10 p. (Energierecht und Energiewirtschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Quartäre Vegetations- und Klimaentwicklung im Tagebau Schöningen
Urban, B., 2007, Die Schöninger Speere: Mensch und Jagd vor 400000 Jahren . Thieme, H. (ed.). Stuttgart: Theiss Verlag, p. 66-75 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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"Sustainable University": nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung
Michelsen, G. (Editor), Adomßent, M. (Editor) & Godemann, J. (Editor), 2008, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 186 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research