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.
- 1999
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Ein Kriterium unter vielen: Öko-Effizienz als Element des sozio-ökonomisch vernünftigen Umweltmanagements
Schaltegger, S., 01.07.1999, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 14, 3, p. 12-14 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Watershed groundwater balance estimation using streamflow recession analysis and baseflow separation
Wittenberg, H. & Sivapalan, M., 01.06.1999, In: Journal of Hydrology. 219, 1-2, p. 20-33 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Baseflow recession and recharge as nonlinear storage processes
Wittenberg, H., 15.04.1999, In: Hydrological Processes. 13, 5, p. 715-726 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Standortmanagement und -marketing
Schaltegger, S., 04.1999, In: UNI NOVA (DE). Nr. 84, p. 58-62 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Nützlinge als Bioindikatoren für die ökologischen Auswirkungen des Pflanzenschutzes in Feldstudien—Methoden und die Probleme bei der Interpretation der Daten
Freier, B., Volkmar, C., Kreuter, T., Triltsch, H., Stark, A. & Förster, R., 01.02.1999, In: Journal of Pest Science. 72, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Finanzmärkte – Treiber oder Bremser des betrieblichen Umweltmanagements
Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 01.01.1999, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement im 21. Jahrhundert: Aspekte, Aufgaben, Perspektiven. Seidel, E. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 287-299 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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A Cash Flow Based Analysis of Government Finance: How Well Balanced Is the Locationholders' Budget?
Schaltegger, S., 1999, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, p. 1-16, 16 p. (WWZ-Discussion Paper ; no. 9904).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Auf der Suche nach zeitpolitischen Pfaden: Spaziergang in eine vielgestaltige und zukunftsoffene Landschaft der Zeiten
Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M., 1999, Zeitlandschaften - Perspektiven öko-soziale Zeitpolitik. Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 9-32 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung und Durchsetzung von Interessen zwischen Stakeholdern der Unternehmung: Eine politisch-ökonomische Perspektive
Schaltegger, S., 1999, In: Die Unternehmung. 53, 1, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Das Lüneburger Modell : der Studiengang Wirtschaftsrecht nach fünf Jahren
Schomerus, T. (Editor), Stix, C. (Editor) & Zenz, E. (Editor), 1999, Lüneburg: Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen. 199 p. (Schriftenreihe des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftsrecht ; vol. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research