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
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Dynamic Capabilities in Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Beske, P., 2013, Kassel: Kassel university press. 130 p. (Supply Chain Management; vol. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Ecological impact of Camelia sativa and Thlaspi arvense cultivation in a summer double cropping system in Northern Germany
Walmsley, D. & Klein, A.-M., 2013, Building bridges in ecology, linking systems, scales and disciplines: Book of Abstracts . Gehrmann, G. (ed.). 2013 ed. Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 26-27 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 43).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Ecosystem services and distributive justice. Considering access rights to ecosystem services in theories of distributive justice
Glotzbach, S., 2013, In: Ethics, Policy & Environment. 16, 2, p. 162-176 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Eco Threats as Security Threats and the protection of the Environment during Hostilities
Bachmann, S. D. & Sanden, J., 2013, In: Amicus Curiae. 2013, 95, p. 10-13 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Education for Sustainable Development
Sewilam, H., McCormack, O., Osório-Peters, S. & Mader, M., 2013, New Life Sciences : linking science to society: BioVisionAlexandria 2012. Serageldin, I., Yahia, M., El-Faham, M. & El-Wakil, M. (eds.). Bibliotheca Alexandrina, p. 197 - 206 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Einführung: Forschungs- und Handlungsfelder der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften und -politik
Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 153-159 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Einführung: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – ein Konzept – eine Aufgabe – ein Prozess
Stoltenberg, U., 2013, Weltorientierung durch Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Theoretische Grundlagen und Praxis des Sachunterrichts in der Grundschule. Stoltenberg, U. (ed.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Vol. 1. p. 9-11 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Einleitung: Geschlechterverhältnisse in der nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 17-30 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Education
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Einleitung: Das Projekt "Bildungsinstitutionen und nachhaltiger Konsum" (BINK)
Michelsen, G., 2013, Nachhaltig konsumieren lernen: Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt BINK "Bildungsinstitutionen nachhaltiger Konsum". Michelsen, G. & Fischer, D. (eds.). 1. ed. Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 11-22 11 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen: Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ein nationaler Energieeffizienzfonds: Instrument zur Umsetzung von Art. 7 der Energieeffizienz-Richtlinie 2012/27/EU?
Schomerus, T., 2013, In: Energierecht : ER Zeitschrift für die gesamte Energierechtspraxis. 2, 6, p. 238-245 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review