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.
Topics
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.
- 1992
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Erfolgskriterien ökologieorientierten Managements: Interdependenzen zur staatlichen Umweltpolitik
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1992, Ökonomie und Ökologie: Ansätze zu einer ökologisch verpflichteten Marktwirtschaft. von Hauff, M. & Schmid, U. (eds.). Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, p. 195-218 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Flachendeckende Landschaftspflege am Beispiel der Bodenteicher Seewiesen, Niedersachsen
Schwerdtfeger, G. & Urban, B., 1992, In: Telma. 22, p. 267-276 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Methodik der ökologischen Rechnungslegung in Unternehmen: Forschungsbeitrag und Anleitung für den Praxisgebrauch.
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1992, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, 38 p. (WWZ-Studie; no. 33).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Microbiological and environmental effects of aquifer thermal energy storage
Adinolfi, M. & Ruck, W., 1992, Proceedings of the 27th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Vol. 4. p. 95-100 6 p. (Proceedings of the Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference; vol. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Öko-Controlling als ökonomisch- ökologisches Führungsinstrument
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1992, In: IO-Management. 61, 6, p. 71-75 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Ökologisches Rechnungswesen
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1992, Ökobilanzen in der Praxis: von der Verpackungsökobilanz zum ökologischen Führungsinstrument . Gutknecht, B. (ed.). Basel: Schweizer Mustermesse Basel, p. 33-38 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
- 1991
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Ökologieorientiertes Management
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1991, Mit Ökonomie zur Ökologie: Analyse und Lösungen des Umweltproblems aus ökonomischer Sicht. Frey, R., Staehelin-Witt, E. & Blöchliger, H. (eds.). 1. ed. Basel: Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag , p. 269-300 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 1990
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Ökologische Rationalität: Ansatzpunkte zur Ausgestaltung von ökologieorientierten Managementinstrumenten
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1990, In: Die Unternehmung. 44, 4, p. 273-290 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 1989
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Ökologieinduzierte Entscheidungsprobleme des Managements: Ansatzpunkte zur Ausgestaltung von Instrumenten.
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 11.1989, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, 27 p. (WWZ-Discussion Paper ; no. 8914).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Chemical and environmental aspects of thermal energy storage in aquifers and development of water treatment methods
Wagner, R., Bardtke, D., Adinolfi, M., Ruck, W., Stein, M. & Weber, W., 1989, Thermische Energiespeicherung: Statusbericht 1989. Stuttgart: Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (BMFT), p. 121-140 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review