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.

  1. 2010
  2. Published

    Agrarsubventionen als Gegenstand des Umweltinformations- und Informationsfreiheitsrechts

    Schomerus, T. & Scheel , B., 2010, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 21, 4, p. 188-192 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965): Eine Biographie

    Oermann, N. O. (Editor), 2010, 3 ed. München: C.H. Beck Verlag. 367 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  4. Published

    Bildung für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U., 2010, Lehrerbegleitheft zum Aqua Agenten Koffer. Nachhaltigkeit lernen am Beispiel Wasser für Klassen 3 und 4. Hamburg: Cornelsen-Verlag, p. 6-9 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherEducation

  5. Published

    Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als innovatives Konzept für Qualitätsentwicklung und Professionalisierung in der LehrerInnenbilung

    Stoltenberg, U., 2010, Professionalisierung und Forschung in der LehrerInnenbildung: Einblicke in den Universitätslehrgang BINE. Steiner, R., Rauch, F. & Felbinger, A. (eds.). Wien: FORUM Umweltbildung im Umweltdachverband, p. 39-65 27 p. (Schriften zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung; no. 6).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Grundschule : Implementationschancen aus der Perspektive Partizipation

    Kurrat, A., 2010, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 207 p. (Umweltkommunikation; vol. 6)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung als Leitkonzept für waldbezogene Bildungsarbeit

    Katz, C. & Mayer, M., 2010, Abschied vom grünen Rock?: Forstverwaltungen, waldbezogene Umweltbildung und Geschlechterverhältnisse im Wandel. Katz, C., Hehn, M., Westermayer, T. & Mayer, M. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 191-207 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Chance für die Grundschule?

    Hauenschild, K., Rode, H. & Bolscho, D., 2010, Zwischen Fachdidaktik und Stufendidaktik : Perspektiven für die Grundschulpädagogik. Arnold, K.-H., Hauenschild, K., Schmidt, B. & Ziegenmeyer, B. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 173-176 4 p. (Jahrbuch Grundschulforschung; vol. 14).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Biodiversität im unternehmerischen Immobilien- und Liegenschaftsmanagement

    Heitepriem, N., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 47 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Biodiversitätsschutz durch Ausschreibungen und eine ergebnisorientierte Honorierung: Grundlagen, Ausgestaltungsmöglichkeiten und praktische Erfahrungen

    Groth, M., 2010, Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie. 149 p. (Ökologie und Wirtschaftsforschung; no. 86)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  11. Published

    Biodiversität und Globales Lernen

    Overwien, B. (Editor) & Rieckmann, M. (Editor), 2010, Münster: Waxmann Verlag. 44 p. (Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik; vol. 33, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch