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.
- 2010
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Flächenpolitik durch nachhaltige, geschlechtergerechte Stadtentwicklung und partizipative Planung: Gender Mainstreaming als Strategie der Flächenvorsorge - Konzepte und mögliche Instrumente
Evers, M. & Hofmeister, S., 28.02.2010, In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 68, 1, p. 35-47 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental impacts of droughts: key challenges.
Olsson, O., 23.02.2010, BrüsselResearch output: other publications › Slides › Research
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Sources of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Norwegian Sea: Evidence from their spatial distribution in surface water
Ahrens, L., Gerwinski, W., Theobald, N. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.02.2010, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60, 2, p. 255-260 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Facilitative effects of introduced Pacific oysters on native macroalgae are limited by a secondary invader, the seaweed Sargassum muticum
Lang, A. C. & Buschbaum, C., 02.2010, In: Journal of Sea Research. 63, 2, p. 119-128 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Umweltgrundrechte, Umweltstaatszielbestimmungen sowie Umweltgrundpflichten im Gefüge der Europäischen Verfassungen: Vergleichende Überlegungen mit Blick auf das Japanische Verfassungsrecht
Sanden, J., 02.2010, In: Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics. 38, p. 31-146 116 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Value of semi-open corridors for simultaneously connecting open and wooded habitats: A case study with ground beetles
Eggers, B., Matern, A., Drees, C., Eggers, J., Haerdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 02.2010, In: Conservation Biology. 24, 1, p. 256-266 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What is sustainability economics?
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M., 15.01.2010, In: Ecological Economics. 69, 3, p. 445-450 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Attitude-Based Target Groups to Reduce the Ecological Impact of Daily Mobility Behavior
Hunecke, M., Haustein, S., Böhler, S. & Grischkat, S., 01.01.2010, In: Environment and Behavior. 42, 1, p. 3-43 41 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Classifying Entrepreneurship for the Public Good: Empirical Analysis of a Conceptual Framework
Wagner, M. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2010, In: Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 23, 3, p. 431-443 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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CSR: von der Vision zur Verankerung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit - Eine Frage von Managementbildung
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 01.01.2010, CSR-Bildung. Theis, F. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 139-152 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research