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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Alltagsvorstellungen und chemische erklärungskonzepte: “Die Teilchen saugen das Aroma aus dem Tee”
Steffensky, M., Parchmann, I. & Schmidt, S., 01.08.2005, In: Chemie in Unserer Zeit. 39, 4, p. 274-278 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Detection of significant tracer gases by means of polymer gas sensors
Meyer, J. T., Georgiadis, A., Persaud, K. C. & Scorsonne, E., 01.08.2005, In: Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 77, 8, p. 1144-1144 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research
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Online hands-on trainings (real worlds in virtual environments)
Meyer, J.-T., Georgiadis, A. & Schwarz, S., 01.08.2005, In: Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 77, 8, p. 1254-1254 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research
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The courtship behavior of Meloe decorus Brandt and Erichson and Sitaris muralis Foerster (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
Lückmann, J., 01.03.2005, In: Coleopterists Bulletin. 59, 1, p. 55-61 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative Information Systems zur Selbstorganisation von ad-hoc-Helfern
Bonin, H. E. G., 2005, INFORMATIK 2005 - Informatik LIVE!, Beitrage der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 365-369 5 p. (INFORMATIK 2005 - Informatik LIVE!, Beitrage der 35. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI); vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Das "harmonisierte" EG-Vergaberecht im Spannungsfeld zwischen Umweltschutz und Binnenmarkt
Losch, A., 2005, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 438 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Monitoring gentechnisch veränderter Organismen: Supranationale und deutsche Rechtsfragen des Ausbringens transgener Pflanzen zur Erforschung hypothetischer Risiken
Regenbrecht, G., 2005, Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin. 195 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Biotopverbund im Naturschutzrecht
Krüsemann, E., 2005, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 294 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; vol. 15)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Grundschulkinder und Regionalräume : vom Wissen über die Region zu Wissen für Europa
Thiedke, M., 2005, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt. 296 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Förderregelungen für erneuerbare Energien im Lichte des europäischen Wirtschaftsrechts
Witthohn, A., 2005, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 312 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; vol. 16)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research