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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Historisch alte Waldstandorte: Bedeutung und Wert von Lebensraumkontinuität für Tiere
Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Dieker, P., Drees, C., Eggers, B., Harry, I., Homburg, K., Krause, R.-H., Matern, A., Schuldt, A. & Taboada Palomares, A., 2013, Natura 2000 im Wald: Lebensraumtypen, Erhaltungszustand, Management ; Referate und Ergebnisse der gleichnamigen Fachtagung des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz. Lehrke, S. (ed.). Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 65-82 (Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt; no. 131).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Bestandsaufnahme: German higher education for sustainable development – a critical inventory
Adomßent, M. & Henze, C., 2013, Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Aktuelle theoretische Konzepte und Beispiele praktischer Umsetzung. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 159-181 23 p. (Psychologie und Gesellschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Homegarden management cannot compensate pollination deficiency to cucumbers in Indonesia
Motzke, I. & Klein, A.-M., 2013, Building Bridges in Ecology – Linking Systems, Scales and Disciplines: Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 83 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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Identification and initial toxicity assessment of Thalidomide and its phototransformation products
Mahmoud, W. M. M., Toolaram, A. P., Menz, J., Leder, C., Schneider, M. & Kümmerer, K., 2013, 14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment. European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences / Division of Organic Chemistry, p. 366 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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IKT-Dienstleistungen zur Unterstützung der Diffusion von e-Car-Sharing
Weiß, C., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 118 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Impact of atmospheric N on growth in heathlands
Diemont, W. H., Kramer, K., Hommel, P. & Härdtle, W., 2013, Economy and ecology of heathlands. Diemont, W. H., Heijman, W. J. M., Siepel, H. & Webb, N. R. (eds.). Zeist: Brill, p. 259-272 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Impact of climate change and pollution driven land use changes on Elbe river (Northern Germany) floodplain vegetation.
Krüger, F., Scharnke, M., Torres, E., Schneider, W. & Urban, B., 2013, 8th International Congress on Climate Change: Territorial Classification & Socio- economic Crisis,. Lakshumanan, C., Jonathan, M. P., Prasanna, N., Aquino, R. C. & Chapa, R. C. (eds.). Bharathidasan University (BDU)Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Im Zeitalter des Homo Collaborans: Sharing Economy
Heinrichs, H., 2013, In: Politische Ökologie. 135, 4/2013, p. 99-106 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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In Control of Sustainability Information: Untangling the Role of Accountants
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2013, Proceedings of the EMAN Global 2013 Conference. Lee, K.-H. & Sands, J. (eds.). Griffith Business School, p. 112-119 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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In Control of Sustainability Information: Untangling the Role of Accountants
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2013, Accounting and Control for Sustainability. Songini, L., Pistoni, A. & Herzig, C. (eds.). Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited, p. 265-296 32 p. 17100582. (Studies in Managerial and Financial Accounting; vol. 26).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review