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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Störungen der Emotionsregulation im Kindergartenalter und ihre Folgen
von Salisch, M. & Kraft, U., 2010, Frühe Risiken und frühe Hilfe. Kißgen, R. & Heinen, N. (eds.). Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta Verlag, p. 84-104 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sustainability in Higher Education: Psychological Research for Effective Pedagogy
Myers, O. E. & Beringer, A., 2010, In: Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 40, 2, p. 51-77 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable assessment of biofuels and agricultural production of biomass
Lutzenberger, A. & Ruck, W., 2010, Frrom research to Industry and Markets: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference held in Lyon, France, 3 -7 May 2010. Spitzer, J., Dallemand, J. F., Baxter, D. & Ossenbrink, H. (eds.). Florence: ETA-Florence and WIP Renewable Energies, p. 2253-2258 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Consumption - Mapping the Terrain: An Exploratory Review of Contested Themes and their Representation in Consumer Education
Fischer, D., 2010, In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. 6, 3, p. 207–226 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Development Discourse – Challenges for Universities
Stoltenberg, U., 2010, 2010 World Universities Congress: Proceedings I. Akdemir, A. & Koc, O. (eds.). Vol. 1. p. 327-342 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management: Praxisstand in deutschen Unternehmen
Schaltegger, S. & Harms, D., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Symbolische Gesetzgebung zwischen Machtausübung und gesellschaftlicher Selbsttäuschung
Newig, J., 2010, Wie wirkt Recht?: ausgewählte Beiträge zum Ersten Gemeinsamen Kongress der Deutschsprachigen Rechtssoziologie-Vereinigungen Luzern, 4. - 6. September 2008. Cottier, M., Estermann, J. & Wrase, M. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 301-322 22 p. (Recht und Gesellschaft (Law and Society); vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Technik, Medium, Kommunikation Zur semeiotischen Struktur des Blogs: Der Blog als Zeichen Symbol kritischen common-sense
Tribel, A., 2010, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. 100 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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The Change Challenge
Schaltegger, S. & Grünberg-Bochard, J., 2010, In: Public Service Review. 6, p. 112-113 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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The Competitive Strategies of Ecopreneurs: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability
Petersen, H., 2010, Making ecopreneurs: Developing Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Schaper, M. (ed.). Farnham; Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Limited, p. 223-236 14 p. (Corporate Social Responsibility).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review