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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Government Strategies to Promote Corporate Environmental Management Accounting
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 187-198 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Großflächige Halboffene Weidesysteme: ein alternatives Konzept zu einer nachhaltigen Nutzung von Agrarlandschaften
Härdtle, W., 2002, Landwirtschaft im Spektrum der Umweltwissenschaften. Hogenmüller, D., Smeddinck, U. & Tils, R. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 35-41 7 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Grundwasser- und Bodenschutz im niedersächsischen Elbetal: ein Beitrag zum Flussgebietsmanagement
Urban, B., 2002, Wechselwirkungen zwischen Grundwasserleitern und Oberflächengewässern: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie 2002 ; 20. bis 22. März 2002 in Suderburg, Lüneburger Heide . Wittenberg, H. & Schöniger, M. (eds.). Hennef: GFA - Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Abwassertechnik, p. 194 1 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; vol. H.1, no. 02).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Hydrological determination of groundwater drainage by Leaky Sewer Systems
Wittenberg, H. & Brombach, H., 2002, ICWRER 2002. Proceedings of Third International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research, Dresden, Germany, 22nd - 25th of July 2002 at Dresden University of Technology: Volume 2: Matter and particle transport in surface and subsurface flow, ecosystem research. Schmitz, G. H. (ed.). Dresden: Forum für Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten, p. 138-143 6 p. ( Schriftenreihe des Institutes für Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten Technische Universität Dresden; vol. 28).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Impact of different methods of heathland management on the nutrient balance and vegetation dynamics
Niemeyer, T., Fottner, S., Sieber, M. & Härdtle, W., 2002, Landschaft im Wandel - Ökologie im Wandel: Kurzfassungen der Beiträge zur 32. Jahrestagungder Gesellschaft für Ökologie in Cottbus vom 16. - 20.9.2002. Peschel, T. (ed.). Göttingen: Die Werkstatt Verlag, p. 129 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Implementierung einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in den Kindergarten aus organisationaler Perspektive
Godemann, J., 2002, Umweltbewusstsein unter dem Leitbild nachhaltige Entwicklung. Bolscho, D. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 127-167 41 p. („Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft“ der Kommission „Umweltbildung“; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Informationsmanagement für umweltrechtskonforme Produkte
Hahn, T., 2002, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement: Loseblattsammlung. Lutz, U., Döttinger, K. & Roth, K. (eds.). Düsseldorf: Symposion Publishing, p. 1-34Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Inspektion der Stahlbetonteile einer Seeschleuse: Untersuchungsbericht mit Folgerungen für ähnliche Bauwerke
Quitmann, H.-D., 2002, Hüttensandhaltiger Zement: Verkehrsbau - Wasserbau - Kanalisation. Rendchen, K. (ed.). Düsseldorf: Verlag Bau + Technik, p. 134-142 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Konventionelle Verwaltung im Cyberspace? Globalität, Qualität und Nachhaltigkeit akzeptieren!
Bonin, H. E. G., 2002, Informatik bewegt: Proceeding. Schubert, S. (ed.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 455-461 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Kriterien für die Definition der Artenvielfalt in Wäldern, Gefäßpflanzen
Ellenberg, H. & Oheimb, G., 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.). Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 331-332 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research