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.
- 2008
- Published
Dating of event-layers (palaeotsunamis) on the Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal) with Pb-210 and optically stimulated luminescence
Kunz, A., Frechen, M., Ramashandran, R. & Urban, B., 2008, 26th Regional Meeting of the International Association of Sedimentologists IAS) held jointly with the SEPM-CES SEDIMENT 2008 Meeting. Kunkel, C., Hahn, S., Veen, J. T., Rameil, N. & Immenhauser, A. (eds.). Bochum: Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften e.V., p. 163 1 p. (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften e.V.; vol. 58).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Decision support systems for integrated river basin management: requirements for appropriate tools and structures for a comprehensive planning approach
Evers, M., 2008, Aachen: Shaker Verlag. 322 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Den Wandel begreifen: Szenarien für eine nachhaltige Hochschulentwicklung
Albrecht, P., Barth, M., Burandt, S. & Rieckmann, M., 2008, "Sustainable University": nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). [Frankfurt/Main]: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 130-149 20 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Deplatziert ! Interventionen postkolonialer Kritik
Golly, N. (Editor) & Cohrs, S. (Editor), 2008, 1. ed. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin. 307 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Der Top-Runner-Ansatz als Instrument zur Steigerung der Endenergieeffizienz bei energiebetriebenen Produkten
Schomerus, T., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Europäisches Umwelt- und Planungsrecht. 6, 3, p. 130-137 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Devianzmanagement
Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Lexikon der Sozialwirtschaft. Maelicke, B. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Devianz und Delinquenz
Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Grundbegriffe Ganztagsbildung: Das Handbuch. Coelen, T. & Otto, H.-U. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 222-231 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Internet: Untersuchung der DAX-30-Unternehmen
Godemann, J., Herzig, C. & Blanke, M., 2008, Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: maßgeschneiderte Stakeholder-Kommunikation mit IT. Isenmann, R., Marx Gömez, J. & Amelung, M. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 371-387 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Haftung des Grundstückseigentümers für die Sanierung schädlicher Bodenveränderungen und Altlasten
Andres, B., 2008, Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH. 475 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die kulturelle Dimension nachhaltiger Entwicklung: Kulturkonzepte im Spiegel moderner Entwicklungsparadigmen ; Modernisierung, Dependenz, Weltsystem, Nachhaltigkeit
Kuhn, K., 2008, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. 146 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research