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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Aphaenopidius kamnikensis Drovenik 1987 in Kärnten
Drovenik, B., Weber, F., Paill, W. & Aßmann, T., 2007, In: Angewandte Carabidologie. 8, p. 73-76 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ausgerechnet Texas: von Öl und Gas zur Windenergie ; Bericht über die Tagung des "Wind Energy Institute", University of Texas, School of Law, 26.-27. Februar 2007, Austin, Texas
Schomerus, T., 2007, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 11, 1, p. 50 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Berechnung von Eisengehalten und Verockerungspotential von Schluckbrunnen mithilfe von Temperatur-, Redoxpotential-, pH-Wert-, Leitfähigkeits- und Sauerstoffsättigungsdaten
Opel, O. & Novio Liñares, J. A., 2007, Der Geothermiekongress 2007 - Energie für alle Fälle: 29.-31.10.2007 in Bochum. Tagungsband. CD-ROM. Geeste: Bundesverband Geothermie e.V.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Besonderheiten der Evaluation transdisziplinärer Forschung und der Stellenwert von Kompetenz
Godemann, J., 2007, Evaluation inter- und transdisziplinärer Forschung: Humanökologie und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung auf dem Prüfstand. Stoll-Kleemann, S. & Pohl, C. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 123-136 14 p. (Edition Humanökologie : Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Humanökologie ; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: ein motivierendes Konzept
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Jahrbuch für Nachhaltigkeit 2007. Hellwig, M. & Hemker, R. (eds.). Münster: ecotransfer Verlags- und Bildungsgesellschaft, p. 50-52 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als regionales Projekt
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Tradition und Innovation: Region und Bildung in einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Stoltenberg, U. & Emmermann, C. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 80-92 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung und das eigene Leben
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Der (Sach-)Unterricht und das eigene Leben. Schomaker, C. & Stockmann, R. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 201-212 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung und Region: ein neues Verhältnis für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, In: Umwelt & Bildung. 9, 2, p. 10-12 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Bildung und Regionalentwicklung: Netzwerke für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. & Nemnich, C., 2007, Nachhaltige Entwicklung in Polen und Deutschland.: Landwirtschaft – Tourismus – Bildung. Banse, G. & Kiepas, A. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 263-268 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Blockierter Wandel? Denk- und Handlungsspielräume für eine nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
Behrendt, M., Biesecker, A., Ergenzinger, A., Friese, M., Hofmeister, S., Knothe, B., Kruse, S. & Mölders, T., 2007, München: Oekom Verlag. 195 p. (Ergebnisse sozial-ökologischer Forschung; vol. 6)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Buchenwälder und Klimawandel
Manthey, M., Leuschner, C. & Härdtle, W., 2007, In: Natur und Landschaft. 82, 9/10, p. 441-445 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Carl H. Lindroth und sein Beitrag zur Carabidologie
Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Vermeulen, H. J. W. & Matern, A., 2007, In: Angewandte Carabidologie. 8, p. 77-83 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Chemikalien-Governance: Regulierung von KMU in der chemischen Industrie
Tschochohei, H., 2007, Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen: Unternehmensnachfolge und Innovationspotenzial: Forschungsbeiträge. Schöning, S., Richter, J., Wetzel, H. & Nissen, D. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 241-262 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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CO2-Mikrosonde für die Verbrauchssenkung in Kraftfahrzeugen
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2007, Control and prediction of casting characteristics using thermal analysis technique: Tagungsband 8. Maschinenbautage Magdeburg. Kasper, R. (ed.). Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, p. 43-51 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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College and sustainability - A international dialogue
Franz-Balsen, A. & Adomssent, M., 2007, In: GAIA. 16, 3, p. 232-234 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Completion of the OBD- with the OBM-(On-Board-Measurement)-Technology
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2007, Onboard-Diagnose II: Status der Gesetzgebung und Auswirkungen auf die Fahrzeugentwicklung. Predelli, O. (ed.). Renningen: Expert Verlag, p. 12-32 21 p. (Haus der Technik Fachbuch; vol. 81).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Computerspiele mit und ohne Gewalt: Auswahl und Wirkung bei Kindern
Salisch, M., Kristen, A., Oppl, C. & Lehmann, A., 2007, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. 212 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Computerspiele mit und ohne Gewalt?
Salisch, M., Kristen, A. & Oppl, C., 2007, In: Kind, Jugend, Gesellschaft. 52, p. 46-48 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Crisis in Social Practices? Experiences from the Research Project "Blocked Transistion? Spaces of Thinking and Action in Sustainable Regional Development"
Behrendt, M., Mölders, T., Scurrell, B. & Gottschlich, D., 2007, In: Transformacje. Special Issue: Crises and Sustainability, p. 158-171 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Das öffentliche Konstrukt der Risiken durch Sturmfluten und Klimawandel
Peters, H. P. & Heinrichs, H., 2007, Land unter? : Klimwandel, Küstenschutz und Risikomanagement in Nordwestdeutschland: die Perspektive 2050. Schuchardt, B. & Schirmer, M. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 115-144 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review