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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Nachhaltigkeits- und CSR-Berichterstattung als Beitrag zur Unternehmensreputation: Ausgewählte Untersuchungen bei europäischen Großunternehmen
Hetze, K., 2013, Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaftskommunikation. Nielsen, M., Rittenhofer, I., Grove Ditlevsen, M., Pollach, I. & Esmann Andersen, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 137-157 21 p. (Europäische Kulturen in der Wirtschaftskommunikation ; vol. 24).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltig konsumieren lernen: Ergebnisse aus dem Projekt BINK („Bildungsinstitutionen und nachhaltiger Konsum“)
Michelsen, G. & Fischer, D., 2013, 1. ed. Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 274 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen - Nachhaltige Entwicklung; no. 11)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltig konsumieren und Ressourcen schonen als Bildungsthema
Fischer, D., 2013, Umweltfreundlich konsumieren: Handreichung für Lehrkräfte. Mohrhardt, M., Gwinner, R., Busch, A., Nemnich, C. & Pinter, G. (eds.). Berlin: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, p. 46-54 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Natur- und Kulturlandschaften zwischen Einheit und Differenz. Das Beispiel Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
Mölders, T., 2013, Wie werden Landschaften gemacht? Sozialwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf die Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaften. Leibenath, M., Heiland, S., Kilper, H. & Tzschaschel, S. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 61-95 34 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Natur- und Technikwissenschaftskritik: Donna Haraway
Hofmeister, S., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 136-141 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Natur zwischen Schutz, Nutzung und nachhaltiger Gestaltung – feministische Ansichten
Katz, C. & Mölders, T., 2013, In: Ariadne. Forum für Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte. 64, p. 66-73 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Neue Medien in der Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Möller, A., 2013, Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Aktuelle theoretische Konzepte und Beispiele praktischer Umsetzung. Pütz, N., Schweer, M. & Logemann, N. (eds.). 1 ed. Frankfurt a.M.: PL Acad. Research, Vol. 1. p. 223-238 16 p. (Pyschologie und Gesellschaft; vol. 11).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ökofeminismus
Katz, C., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse & Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 79-85 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ökofeminismus und Dualismuskritik: Val Plumwood
Katz, C., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse & Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 108-114 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ökofeminismus und Social Ecology: Janet Biehl
Katz, C., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse & Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 98-103 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research