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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Capacity building on sustainable flood risk and water management - transnational and transdisiclipnary activities in the Northsea region
Evers, M., Geißler, T. R., Nyberg, L. & Arthur, S., 2009, Road Map towards a flood resilient urban environment: Proceedings Final conference of the COST action C22 Urban Flood Management in cooperation with UNESCO-IHP Paris 26/27.11.2009. Pasche, E., Evelpidou, N., Zevenbergen, C., Ashley, R. & Garvin, S. (eds.). Hamburg: Institut für Wasserbau der Technischen Universität Hamburg, 10 p. (Hamburger Wasserbau-Schriften; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Socio-technical instruments in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management
Evers, M., 2009, Environmental Informatics and Industrial Environmental Protection: Concepts, Methods and Tools : EnviroInfo 2009 ; 23rd International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection ; proceedings of the 23rd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for environmental protection, sustainable development and risk management, September 09 - 11, 2009, HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Wohlgemuth, V., Page, B. & Voigt, K. (eds.). Shaker Verlag, Vol. Sessions. p. 299-304 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Die globale Perspektive der Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Eine europäisch-lateinamerikanische Studie zu Schlüsselkompetenzen für Denken und Handeln in der Weltgesellschaft
Rieckmann, M., 2010, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 214 p. (Umweltkommunikation; vol. 7)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Ein integratives Planungsinstrument für das Hochwasserrisikomanagement - der gewässerbezogene Gebietsentwicklungsplan
Evers, M. & Krause, K.-U., 31.10.2010, In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 68, 5, p. 409-418 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Individual-tree radial growth in a subtropical broad-leaved forest: The role of local neighbourhood competition
von Oheimb, G., Lang, A. C., Bruelheide, H., Forrester, D. I., Waesche, I., Yu, M. & Haerdtle, W., 01.02.2011, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 261, 3, p. 499-507 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Genetic erosion in a stenotopic heathland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae): a matter of habitat size ?
Drees, C., Vries, H., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Persigehl, M. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Conservation Genetics. 12, 1, p. 105-117 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bildung und Durchsetzung von Interessen zwischen Stakeholdern der Unternehmung: Eine politisch-ökonomische Perspektive
Schaltegger, S., 1999, In: Die Unternehmung. 53, 1, p. 3-20 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Improving the Role of Governments in Promoting Environmental Management Accounting
Burritt, R., Schaltegger, S. & Hahn, T., 2001, In: Journal of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability. 7, 4, p. 3-12Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Development of a Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Value-Based Sustainability Management
Figge, F., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 2002, In: Journal of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability. 8, 1, p. 3-16Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Concepts and Instruments for Facing the Challenges of Corporate Sustainability Management
Herzig, C., Kleiber, O., Müller, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2006, In: Journal of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Accountability. 12, 1, p. 9-12Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research