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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Emerging Contaminants versus Micro-pollutants
Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 39, 10, p. 889–890 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Emerging pollutants: of old compounds and new ones, of micrograms and tonnes, from the past to the future
Kümmerer, K., 2013, 14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment: ICCE 2013, Barcelona, June 25 - 28, 2013; Book of abstracts. European Association of Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) / Division of Chemistry and the Environment (DCE), p. 42 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Emerging risks from ballast water treatment: The run-up to the International Ballast Water Management Convention
Werschkun, B., Banerji, S., Basurko, O. C., David, M., Fuhr, F., Gollasch, S., Grummt, T., Haarich, M., Jha, A. N., Kacan, S., Kehrer, A., Linders, J., Mesbahi, E., Pughiuc, D., Richardson, S. D., Schwarz-Schulz, B., Shah, A., Theobald, N., von Gunten, U., Wieck, S. & Höfer, T., 01.10.2014, In: Chemosphere. 112, p. 256-266 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Emissions of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane from Chicago
Buser, A. M., Bogdal, C., MacLeod, M. & Scheringer, M., 01.07.2014, In: Chemosphere. 107, p. 473-475 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emissions of polychlorinated biphenyls in Switzerland: a combination of long-term measurements and modeling
Diefenbacher, P. S., Bogdal, C., Gerecke, A. C., Glüge, J., Schmid, P., Scheringer, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 17.02.2015, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 49, 4, p. 2199 - 2206 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emissions of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, and polychlorinated dibenzofurans during 2010 and 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland
Bogdal, C., Müller, C. E., Buser, A. M., Wang, Z., Scheringer, M., Gerecke, A. C., Schmid, P., Zennegg, M., Macleod, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 07.01.2014, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 48, 1, p. 482-490 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emotional and social development in childhood
Denham, S., Salisch, M., Olthof, T., Kochanoff, A. & Caverty, S., 2002, Blackwell handbook of childhood social development. Smith, P. K. & Hart, C. H. (eds.). Malden, Mass [u.a.]: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 307-328 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotional Competence and Friendship Involvement: Spiral Effects in Adolescence
Salisch, M., 02.11.2018, In: European Journal of Developmental Psychology. 15, 6, p. 678-693 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emotionale Entwicklung
Salisch, M., 2008, Entwicklungspsychiatrie: biopsychologische Grundlagen und die Entwicklung psychischer Störungen. Herpertz-Dahlmann, B., Resch, F., Schulte-Markwort, M. J. & Warnke, A. (eds.). Stuttgart [u.a.]: Schattauer VerlagResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotionale Entwicklung über die Lebensspanne
Salisch, M. & Kunzmann, U., 2005, Soziale, emotionale und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung: Entwicklungspsychologie. Asendorpf, J. B. & Birbaumer, N. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag, p. 1-74 74 p. (Enzyklopädie der Psychologie; Themenbereich C, Ser. 5; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research