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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Realisierungspotenziale kooperativen Lernens mit Hilfe virtueller Kommunikation
Adomßent, M., 01.06.2001, In: Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie. 32, 2, p. 161-175 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Umweltökonomie
Gschwendtner, H., 01.01.2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 5-69 65 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Grundlagen der Umweltpolitik
Gschwendtner, H., 01.01.2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 71-110 40 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Plant species diversity and endemism on islands and archipelagos, with special reference to the Macaronesian Islands
Hobohm, C., 01.01.2000, In: Flora. 195, 1, p. 9-24 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Scientific consensus on sustainability: The case of the natural step
Upham, P., 2000, In: Sustainable Development. 8, 4, p. 180-190 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Lokale Agenda 21 / Akteure und Aktionen in Deutschland und Italien. Agenda 21 locale / Attori ed azioni in Germania ed in Italia
Stoltenberg, U. (Editor) & Nora, E. (Editor), 2000, Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 293 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Lebenswelt Hochschule: Raum-Bildung, Konsum-Muster und Kommunikation für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Editor), 2000, Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 181 p. (Reihe Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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A world of abundance
McDonough, W. & Braungart, M., 01.06.2000, In: Interfaces. 30, 3, p. 55-65 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Umweltbildung - den Möglichkeitssinn wecken: Beiträge aus der Ringvorlesung an der Universität Lüneburg
Stoltenberg, U. (Editor) & Strohschneider, R. (Editor), 1999, Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz. 58 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 12, no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Methoden der Umweltbildungsforschung
Bolscho, D. (Editor) & Michelsen, G. (Editor), 1999, Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag. 270 p. (Schriftenreihe "Okologie und Erziehungswissenschaft" der Arbeitsgruppe "Umweltbildung" der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Erziehungswissenschaft; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research