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.
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Ökologisierung von Bildungseinrichtungen als Bildungsstrategie und als Weg zu einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Godemann, J., 2000, Zukunftsfähige Umweltbildung in der Ausbildung von Erzieherinnen und Erziehern: Projektbericht ; Entwicklung, Durchführung und Evaluation eines Modellseminars für Multiplikatorinnen und Multiplikatoren für Umweltbildung im Kindergarten in der Erzieherausbildung . Schubert, S., Godemann, J. & Stoltenberg, U. (eds.). Berlin: Verbindungsstelle für Umwelterziehung, p. 205-208 4 p. (Schriftenreihe der UNESCO-Verbindungsstelle für Umwelterziehung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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Öko-Rating: ökologieorientierte Bewertung von Unternehmen
Figge, F., 2000, Berlin: Springer. 191 p. (Umweltnatur- & Umweltsozialwissenschaften)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Partizipation in lokalen Agenda-Prozessen
Stoltenberg, U., 2000, Lokale Agenda 21 / Akteure und Aktionen in Deutschland und Italien. Agenda 21 locale / Attori ed azioni in Germania ed in Italia. Stoltenberg, U. & Nora, E. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 210-215 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Qu'est-ce que la "stakeholder value"? Du mot-clé à sa quantification
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 57 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Raum-Bildung, Konsum-Muster und Kommunikation für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U., 2000, Lebenswelt Hochschule. Stoltenberg, U. (ed.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 9-12 4 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Relict populations in ancient woodlands: genetic differentiation, variability, and power of dispersal of Carabus glabratus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in north-western Germany
Aßmann, T. & Günther, J., 2000, Natural history and applied ecology of carabid beetles: Proceedings of the IX European Carabidiologists Meeting, Cosenza, Italy, 26-31 July, 1998 (Pensoft Series Faunistica, 19) . Casale, A. (ed.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 197-206 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands mit Anmerkungen zur Gefährdung
Härdtle, W., 2000, Verzeichnis und Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands: Mit Datenservice auf CD-ROM. Referate und Ergebnisse des gleichnamigen Fachsymposiums in Bonn vom 30.06. - 02.07.2000. Rennwald, E. (ed.). Bonn - Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 393-592 200 p. (Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde; vol. 35).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Schutz und Entwicklung von Waldlandschaften: Ansprüche des Naturschutzes und deren Umsetzbarkeit im Rahmen verschiedener Waldbauverfahren
Härdtle, W. & Westphal, C., 2000, Perspektiven der Umweltwissenschaften. Brandt, E. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 169-187 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Scientific consensus on sustainability: The case of the natural step
Upham, P., 2000, In: Sustainable Development. 8, 4, p. 180-190 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Development Funds: Development of Concepts and Assessment Approaches since the 70ies
Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 2000, In: Information der Internationalen Treuhand AG Basel, Genf, Zürich. 108, p. 32-42 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer