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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Interaktive Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen: Konzeption und Analyse der Internetnutzung von GF-500-Unternehmen hinsichtlich der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung
Kim, K., 2005, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 248 p. (Europäische Hochschulschriften)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance
Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Wagner, M. (Editor), 2006, Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing. 625 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Bonin, H. E. G., 2005, Informatik 2005 - Informatik live!: Beiträge der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), 19. bis 22. September 2005 in Bonn. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Vol. 2. p. 365-369 5 p. (INFORMATIK - Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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How Does it Pay to Be Green? An Analysis of the Relationship Between Environmental and Economic Performance at the Firm Level and the Influence of Corporate Environmental Strategy Choice
Wagner, M., 2003, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 244 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Integrative Management of Sustainability Performance, Measurement and Reporting
Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 19.06.2006, In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation. 3, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The insurance value of biodiversity in the provision of ecosystem services
Baumgärtner, S., 03.2007, In: Natural Resource Modeling. 20, 1, p. 87-127 41 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Latitudinal Gradient of Airborne Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances in the Marine Atmosphere between Germany and South Africa (53° N−33° S)
Jahnke, A., Berger, U., Ebinghaus, R. & Temme, C., 01.05.2007, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 41, 9, p. 3055-3061 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Effect of Corporate Environmental Strategy Choice and Environmental Performance on Competitiveness and Economic Performance: An Empirical Study of EU Manufacturing
Wagner, M. & Schaltegger, S., 10.2004, In: European Management Journal. 22, 5, p. 557-572 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Trend oder Modeerscheinung
Müller, M. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2008, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 262 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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40. Chronology and climate forcing of the last four interglacials
Sirocko, F., Claussen, M., Litt, T., Fernanda Sánchez Goñi, M., Berger, A., Boettger, T., Diehl, M., Desprat, S., Delmonte, B., Degering, D., Frechen, M., A. Geyh, M., Groeger, M., Kageyama, M., Kaspar, F., Kühl, N., Kubatzki, C., Lohmann, G., Loutre, M. F., Müller, U., Rein, B., Rosendahl, W., Roucoux, K., Rousseau, D. D., Seelos, K., Siddall, M., Scholz, D., Spötl, C., Urban, B., Vautravers, M., Velichko, A., Wenzel, S., Widmann, M. & Wünnemann, B., 01.01.2007, In: Developments in Quaternary Science. 7, C, p. 597-614 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review