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.
- 2000
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Interessenpolitisch orientiertes Umweltmanagement
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 197-223 27 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Konkurrenz im Wald? Populationsbiologische Untersuchungen an Carabus-Arten in der Lüneburger Heide (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Aßmann, T. & Günther, J., 2000, Westdeutscher Entomologentag Düsseldorf: Verhandlungen. Löser, S. (ed.). Düsseldorf: Entomologische Gesellschaft Düsseldorf e.V., p. 111-123 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Kooperation und Konkurrenz unter gleichrangigen Partnern
Salisch, M., 2000, Sozialisation zur Mitbürgerlichkeit. Kuhn, H.-P. & Uhlendorff, H. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 59-76 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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La comunicazione ambientale nei processi locali dell'Agenda 21
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. 15-19 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Landschaftsplanung und Strategische Umweltprüfung
Haaren, C. V., Hoppenstedt, A., Scholles, F., Werk, K., Runge, K. & Winkelbrandt, A., 2000, In: UVP-Report. 14, 1, p. 44-47 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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La partecipazione nei processi-agenda locali
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 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Lebenswelt Hochschule: Raum-Bildung, Konsum-Muster und Kommunikation für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Editor), 2000, Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 181 p. (Reihe Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Lebenswelt Hochschule als Erfahrungsraum für Nachhaltigkeit
Stoltenberg, U., 2000, Sustainable university – auf dem Weg zu einem universitären Agendaprozess. Michelsen, G. (ed.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 90-116 27 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Lokale Agenda 21 / Akteure und Aktionen in Deutschland und Italien. Agenda 21 locale / Attori ed azioni in Germania ed in Italia
Stoltenberg, U. (Editor) & Nora, E. (Editor), 2000, Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 293 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Marktorientiertes Umweltmanagement
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2000, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education