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.
- 2002
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Umweltinformationsgesetz: Handkommentar
Schomerus, T., Schrader, C. & Wegener, B. W., 2002, 2. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 502 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Umweltkommunikation in der Landwirtschaft: Bildung, Beratung und Partizipation für eine zukunftsfähige Landbewirtschaftung
Adomßent, M., 2002, Landwirtschaft im Spektrum der Umweltwissenschaften. Hogenmüller, D., Smeddinck, U. & Tils, R. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 42-58Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Umweltrechnungslegung: Eine Übersicht
Schaltegger, S., 2002, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement: Loseblattsammlung. Döttinger, K. & Roth, K. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Symposion Publishing, (Betriebliches Umweltmanagement ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Umweltszene auf einem Auge blind? Workshop fördert Wahrnehmung von feministischer Forschung
Katz, C., 2002, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 1, p. 26 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Urban catalysts - temporäre Brachflächen als Potenzial der nachhaltigen Stastentwicklung
Kruse, S., 2002, In: Ipublic. 4, p. 50-54 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Vielfalt der Gefäßpflanzenarten in bewirtschafteten und nicht mehr bewirtschafteten Wäldern Norddeutschlands
Ellenberg, H., Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Heuveldop, J., 2002, Biologische Vielfalt mit der Land- und Forstwirtschaft: Symposium der Arbeitsgruppe "Ökosysteme/Ressourcen" des Senats der Bundesforschungsanstalten im Geschäftsbereich des BMVEL vom 15. - 17. Mai 2001 im Forum der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft (FAL), Braunschweig-Völkenrode. Welling, M. (ed.). Münster-Hiltrup: Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 147-152 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Vom Integrated Coastal Zone Management zum Coastal Energy Management
Runge, K., 2002, Coastal Energy Management: Integration Erneuerbarer Energieerzeugung an der Küste . Runge, K. (ed.). Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, p. 11-20 10 p. (Energierecht und Energiewirtschaft; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Von "cool" zu Klärung: Ärgerentwicklung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen
Salisch, M., 2002, In: Psychomed. 14, 1, p. 41-44 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Vorstudie Universitäre und universitätsübergreifende Voraussetzungen für Nachwuchsförderung im Themenfeld "Gender und Nachhaltigkeit"
Hofmeister, S., Kägi, S., Karsten, M.-E., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Weller, I. & Walther, K., 2002, Sozial-ökologische Forschung: Ergebnisse der Sondierungsprojekte aus dem BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt. Balzer, I. & Wächter, M. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 539-549 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wechselwirkungen zwischen Grundwasserleitern und Oberflächengewässern: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie 2002, 20. bis 22. März 2002 in Suderburg, Lüneburger Heide
Wittenberg, H. (Editor) & Schöniger, M. (Editor), 2002, Hennef: GFA - Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Abwassertechnik. 204 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research