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.

  1. 2017
  2. Published

    My Touchstone Puzzles. W.D. Hamilton work on Social Wasps in the 1960s

    Caniglia, G., 2017, Integrated history and philosophy of science: problems, perspectives, and case studies. Stadler, F. (ed.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 31 - 42 12 p. (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook; vol. 20).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Nachhaltigkeit in der Lebensmittelindustrie

    Bertele, M. & Silva, S. L., 2017, Case Study Training: 40 Fallstudien zur Vorbereitung auf das Bewerbungsgespräch im Consulting. Treml, L. & Hies, M. (eds.). München: e-fellows.net Verlag, p. 118-123 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

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    Nachhaltig transformativ? Wie Geschlechterperspektiven die Transformationsdebatte/n zu transformieren vermögen....

    Amri-Henkel, A., Biesecker, A., Breitenbach, S., Hofmeister, S., Lenz, C. & Moths, K., 2017, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 21 p. (TraVo-Text; no. Mai 2017).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Neue Wege der Kulturkommunikation: Eine Studie zur Rezeption onlinebasierter Kommunikation von Corporate Cultural Responsibility

    Jakob, L., Bögel, P. M. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2017, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag. 135 p. (Weimarer Studien zu Kulturpolitik und Kulturökonomie; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Offshore Wind-Farm Regulation in Germany

    Schomerus, C.-T. & Maly, C., 2017, The Development of a Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Promotion of Offshore Wind Power: the lessons from Europe and Pacific Asia. Ming-Zhi Gao, A. & Fan, C.-T. (eds.). Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, p. 3-32 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Realität als Relation: Der Schematismus des Raumes und das Problem der Realität bei Plessner

    Schmieg, G., 2017, Schemata. Asmuth, C. & Gasperoni, L. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 177-190 14 p. ( Kultur - System - Geschichte; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees

    Weidlich, E. W. A., Curcio, G. R. & Uhlmann, A., 2017, Linking Science and Practise for a Better World: Book of Abstracts; VII World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Durigan, G. (ed.). Sociedad Ibero Americana y der Caribe de Restauracion Ecologica, p. 41 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Rotkohlsaftindikator und Kristalldeo – eine unerklärliche Reaktion? Mit Unterstützung von Modellen eine komplexe Farbreaktion erklären

    Lembens, A., Abels, S. & Steininger, R., 2017, In: Naturwissenschaft im Unterricht - Chemie. 28, 159, p. 34-37 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  11. Published

    Schätzen - Die Kunst des Messens ohne Messgerät

    Stinken-Rösner, L., 2017, In: Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Physik in der Schule. 66, 2, p. 12-15 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review