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. 2010
  2. Published

    Optimal Harvest Licensing when Harvest Success is Uncertain

    Hussain, A. M. T. & Tschirhart, J., 01.2010, In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 92, 1, p. 125-140 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    § 13 Umweltschutz im Planungsrecht

    Sanden, J., 2010, Umweltrecht. Koch, H.-J. (ed.). 3 ed. Neuwied: Verlag Franz Vahlen, p. 675-719 45 p.

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

  4. Published

    § 23 Wasserkraft

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 490-513 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  5. Published

    § 24 Deponiegas

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 514-521 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  6. Published

    § 25 Klärgas

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 522-525 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  7. Published

    § 29 Windenergie

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 597-634 38 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  8. Published

    § 30 Windenergie Repowering

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 635-658 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  9. Published

    § 31 Windenergie Offshore

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 659-678 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  10. Published

    § 32 Solare Strahlungsenergie

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 679-704 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  11. Published

    § 33 Solare Strahlungsenergie an oder auf Gebäuden

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 705-720 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  12. Published

    § 60 Nutzung von Seewasserstraßen

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 974-977 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  13. Published

    § 62 Bußgeldvorschriften

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 992-998 7 p.

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  14. Published

    § 63 Fachaufsicht

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 999-1004 6 p.

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  15. Published

    § 64 Verordnungsermächtigung

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1007-1023 17 p.

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  16. Published

    § 65 Erfahrungsbericht

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1024-1036 13 p.

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  17. Published

    § 66 Übergangsbestimmungen

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J. & Altenschmidt, S. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1037-1064 28 p.

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  18. Published

    § 8 Bodenschutz und Altlastenrecht

    Sanden, J., 2010, Umweltrecht. Koch, H.-J. (ed.). 3 ed. München: Verlag Franz Vahlen, p. 418-459 42 p.

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

  19. Published

    Abgaben als Instrument des Klimaschutzes

    Schomerus, T., 2010, In: Zeitschrift für Zölle und Verbrauchsteuern. 86, p. 141-149 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  20. Published

    About the Sense of Useless Software

    Möller, A., 2010, Integration of Environmental Information in Europe: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection Cologne/Bonn, Germany / EnviroInfo 2010. Greve, K. & Cremers, A. B. (eds.). Shaker Verlag, p. 279-287 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Abschied vom grünen Rock? Forstverwaltungen, waldbezogene Umweltbildung und Geschlechterverhältnisse im Wandel

    Hehn, M. (Editor), Katz, C. (Editor), Mayer, M. (Editor) & Westermayer, T. (Editor), 2010, München: Oekom Verlag. 227 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch