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
- Published
Globales Lernen und Biodiversität in der außerschulischen Bildung in Deutschland: Ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie
Wendler, M., Rode, H. & Michelsen, G., 2010, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 33, 2, p. 4-9 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Globalisierung und die Verantwortung des Einzelnen: Protestantische Perspektiven
Oermann, N. O., 2010, Damit Ihr Hoffnung habt: Das Buch zum Ökumenischen Kirchentag 2010. Catenhusen , W.-M., Großmann , T., Lechner, S. & Sattler, D. (eds.). Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, p. 165-169 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Groundwater intrusion into leaky sewer systems
Wittenberg, H. & Aksoy, H., 2010, In: Water Science and Technology. 62, 1, p. 92-98 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Handbuch Biodiversitätsmanagement: ein Leitfaden für die betriebliche Praxis
Schaltegger, S. & Beständig, U., 2010, Stand Juni 2010 ed. Berlin: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit. 64 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Hochschule und Nachhaltigkeit: Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Adomßent, M., 2010, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 33, 4, p. 33-34 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How to evaluate effects of pesticides in terrestrial ecosystems
Barmaz, S., Brittain, C., Sala, S., Potts, S. G. & Vighi, M., 2010, Atlas of biodiversity risk. Settele, J. (ed.). Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 218-219 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Im Fokus: Das (Re)Produktive: die Neubestimmung des Ökonomischen mithilfe der Kategorie (Re)Produktivität
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2010, Gender and economics: Feministische Kritik der politischen Ökonomie. Bauhardt, C. & Çağlar, G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 51-80 30 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Impacts of offshore wind farms on sediment structure and the water column during construction, and changes in bottom topography during the operation phase
Ahrendt, K. & Schmidt, A. S., 2010, Analyzing Coastal and Marine Changes: Offshore Wind Farming as a Case Study: Zukunft Küste - Coastal Futures, Synthesis Report. Lange, M., Burkhard, B., Garthe, S., Gee, K., Kannen, A., Lenhart, H. & Windhorst, W. (eds.). Geesthacht: GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht , p. 55-62 8 p. (LOICZ Research & Studies; vol. 36).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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Infection Risk and Limitation of Fundamental Rights by Animal-To-Human Transplantations: EU, Spanish and German Law with Special Consideration of English Law
Guerra González, J., 2010, 1. ed. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. 116 p. (Schriftenreihe Medizinrecht in Forschung und Praxis; no. 21)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Informationsansprüche im Atom- und Strahlenschutzrecht
Schomerus, T., 2010, Salzgitter: Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, 491 p. (Ressortforschungsberichte zur kerntechnischen Sicherheit und zum Strahlenschutz; no. 37/10).Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions