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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Educational Organisations as »Cultures of Consumption«: Cultural Contexts of Consumer Learning in Schools
Fischer, D., 2011, In: European Educational Research Journal. 10, 4, p. 595-610 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ganzheitliche Schulansätze zur Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum: Holistyczne programy edukacyjne o tematyce zwównowa´zona konsumpcja
Fischer, D., 2011, Nachhaltiger Konsum? Die Entwicklung des Verbraucherverhaltens in Polen und Deutschland: Zrównoważona konsumpcja? Rozwój zachowań konsumentów w Polsce i Niemczech. Wachowiak, M., Kiełczewski, D. & Diefenbacher, H. (eds.). Heidelberg: Fest, p. 434-465 31 p. (Texte und Materialien, Reihe A; vol. 54).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sustainable Consumption - Mapping the Terrain: An Exploratory Review of Contested Themes and their Representation in Consumer Education
Fischer, D., 2010, In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. 6, 3, p. 207–226 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltige Ernährungsbildung: Konturen eines Bildungskonzeptes für die Schule
Fischer, D., 2008, Ernährungsbildung - Grundlagen und Praxismodelle. Herzogenrath: Shaker Verlag, p. 23–76 52 p. (Schriftenreihe Ökotrophologie der Fachhochschule Osnabrück; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Даниэль Фишер: Культура питания - Межкультурные аспекты питания
Fischer, D., 2008, Образоьание ь интересах устойчиього разьития: Опыт регионоь. Dagbaeva, N. (ed.). Ulan-Ude: Опыт регионоь, p. 168–183 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ernährung, Bildung und Nachhaltigkeit: Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einer Nachhaltigen Ernährungsbildung
Fischer, D., 2007, In: Haushalt & Bildung. 84, 2, p. 13-21 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Transdisciplinarity: A New Perspective for Partnership in Education? The Case of Sustainable Cultural Change in Educational Organizations
Fischer, D., 2011, (Re)thinking Partnership in Education. Masson, P., Baumfield, V., Otrel-Cass, K. & Pilo, M. (eds.). Lille: The Book Edition, p. 154–194 40 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Early succession arthropod community changes on experimental passion fruit plant patches along a land-use gradient in Ecuador
Teodoro, A. V., Muñoz, A., Tscharntke, T., Klein, A. & Tylianakis, J., 30.01.2011, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 140, 1-2, p. 14-19 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Informationsansprüche im Atom- und Strahlenschutzrecht
Schomerus, T., 2010, Salzgitter: Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, 491 p. (Ressortforschungsberichte zur kerntechnischen Sicherheit und zum Strahlenschutz; no. 37/10).Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions
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Buchbesprechung: Steffen B. Dagger, Energiepolitik & Lobbying
Schomerus, T., 2010, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 14, 5, p. 475 - 476Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research