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.
- 2013
- Published
Combating Climate Change through Organisational Innovation: An Empirical Analysis of Internal Emission Trading Schemes
Hörisch, J., 2013, In: Corporate Governance. 13, 5, p. 569-582 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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CSR reporting as a communication signal contributing to the corporate reputation
Hetze, K., 2013, CSR Communication Conference 2013 Proceedings. Nielsen, A.-E., Thomsen, C., Golob, U., Elving, W., Schultz, F. & Podnar, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Ljubljana: University of Ljubljana, Vol. 2013. p. 49-52 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
- Published
Das Individuum und die Peers - eine strukturelle Perspektive
Schäfer, M. & von Salisch, M., 2013, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 62, 3, p. 171-178 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Das Verhältnis von Praxis, Theorie und persönlicher Haltung in der Weiterbildung von LehrerInnen zum Umgang mit Kategorien sozialer Ungleichheit
Jürgen Budde, P. D., Offen, S. & Schmidt, J., 2013, In: Lehrerbildung auf dem Prüfstand. 6, 1, p. 32-49 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Decreasing Fuel Consumption and Exhaust Gas Emissions in Transportation: Sensing, control and reduction of emissions
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2013, Springer. 121 p. (Green Energy and Technology; vol. 14)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Design of new environmentally benign pharmaceutically active compounds
Kümmerer, K., Frei, E. & Marano, G., 2013, 14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment: Book of abstracts. European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) / Division of Chemistry and the Environment (DCE), p. 423 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Detektion von Verockerungsprozessen, Korrosion und Belagbildung: Monitoring der Eisenoxidation in Brunnen, Gebäuden, Leitungen und technischen Anlagen mithilfe des Redoxpotentials
Opel, O., 2013, Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. 193 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Developing Carbon Accounting: Between Driving Carbon Reductions and Complying with a Carbon Reporting Standard
Gibassier, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 25 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Development of a Mobile Application for People with Panic Disorder as augmentation for an Internet-based Intervention
Kleine Stegemann, S., Ebenfeld, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M. & Funk, B., 2013, 2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2013: Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. Polskie Towarzystwo Informatyczne, p. 1331-1337 7 p. 6644187. (2013 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2013).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Development of an experimental device allowing plant-plant interaction studies and in situ dynamic trapping of volatile organic compounds emitted by barley (Hordeum distichon L.) roots
Delory, B., Delaplace, P., Fauconnier, M.-L. & du Jardin, P., 2013, In: Communications in agricultural and applied biological sciences. 78, 1, p. 97-102 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research