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.
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Die Kategorie Geschlecht in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Eine andere Perspektive auf nachhaltige Entwicklung
Hofmeister, S. & van Riesen, K., 2011, Vielfalt und Geschlecht - relevante Kategorien in der Wissenschaft. Jansen-Schulz, B. & Ardner, R. (eds.). Opladen, Farmingtin Hills: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Klima-Manipulateure: Rettet uns Politik oder Geo-Engineering?
Altner, G. (Editor), Leitschuh, H. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Simonis, U. E. (Editor) & Weizsäcker, E. U. V. (Editor), 2010, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 248 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Die Kombination von Wärmespeicherung und Altlastensanierung
Ruck, W., Koch, M. & Adinolfi, M., 1994, Saisonale Wärmespeicherung im Aquifer: Chancen und Risiken für die Umwelt. DIV Deutscher Industrieverlag GmbH, p. 117-126 10 p. (Stuttgarter Berichte zur Siedlungswasserwirtschaft; vol. 124).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Die Kommunikation über Nachhaltigkeit braucht mehr Professionalität
Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J., 2002, Umweltkommunikation - vom Wissen zum Handeln: 7. Internationale Sommerakademie St. Marienthal . Brickwedde, F. & Peters, U. (eds.). Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 329-337 9 p. (Initiativen zum Umweltschutz; vol. 44).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Die Konkretisierung der abfallrechtlichen Produktverantwortung für Reifen in Deutschland
Eitel, B., 2009, 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 216 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 11)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die kooperative Begrenzung globaler Umweltrisiken am Beispiel der Diskontierung in der neoklassischen und ökologischen Ökonomie: Eine nachhaltigkeitsökonomische Analyse
Wagner, M., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 17 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Die Kosten-Wirksamkeitsanalyse als Instrument zum Management von Offenlandpflegemaßnahmen
Müller, J., 2003, Sozioökonomische Aspekte zu Perspektiven des Offenlandmanagements: Bericht aus den sozioökonomischen Forschungen der BMBF-geförderten Verbundvorhaben des Förderschwerpunktes Biotop- und Artenschutz / Integrierte Naturschutzforschung (01LN) . Harnisch, R. (ed.). Potsdam-Bornim: Institut für Agrartechnik Bornim e.V., p. 45-57 13 p. (BORNIMER AGRARTECHNISCHE BERICHTE ; vol. 33).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Krise feministischer Positionen in Zeiten der Pandemie: Zwischen Sorgen für das ‚gute Leben’ und Herrschen gegen die ‚Natur’
Hofmeister, S. & Mölders, T., 2021, In: Journal Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW . 49, p. 48-53 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Die Krise in der Krise. Sozial-ökologische Perspektiven auf Zuschreibungen, Bestätigungen und Verluste des ‚Reproduktiven’ in Zeiten von ‚Corona’
Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 21.07.2021, In: Gender. 13, 2, p. 48-63 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › 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