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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Corporate Environmental Management and Practices of SMEs: The Case of Korean Manufacturing Industry
Lee, K.-H., 2008, In: Journal of Sustainable Management. 8, 1, p. 73-86Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Unternehmensnahe Instrumente: Systematisierung unternehmensnaher Instrumente bzw. von Instrumentenclustern sowie Grobrasterung und Instrumentenauswahl zur Vorbereitung auf die Phase der Feinanalyse. Arbeitspapier zu Arbeitspaket 4 des Projekts Materialeffizienz und Ressourcenschonung (MaRess)
Görlach, S., Lemken, T., Liedtke, C., Onischka, M., Schmidt, M. & Viere, T., 29.05.2009, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 75 p. (Materialeffizienz & Ressourcenschonung; vol. 4, no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Strategic Early Options under an Emerging Emissions Trading Scheme: Implications for US Nitric Acid Companies
Debor, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 99 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Habitat fragmentation and landscape change: An ecological and conservation synthesis
Lindenmayer, D. & Fischer, J., 2006, Washington DC: Island Press. 346 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Advancing the Profession – From Environmental to Sustainability Management: Proceedings of the 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium, 22nd – 23rd March 2010
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2010, Lueneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 52 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal: Special Issue on Sustainability Accounting, Auditing and Accountability
Burritt, R. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2010, Emerald Publishing Limited. 126 p. (Accounting, auditing and accountability journal; vol. 23, no. 7)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation mit strategischen KonsumentInnen
Engweiler, C., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 203 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Motivations, Barriers, and Incentives for Adopting Environmental Management (Cost) Accounting and Related Guidelines: A Study of the Republic of Korea
Lee, K.-H., 01.2011, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 18, 1, p. 39-49 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management im globalen Kontext: Praxisstand des Lieferantenmanagements in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen
Hansen, E. G., Harms, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2011, In: Die Unternehmung. 65, 2, p. 87-110 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ethics Education: Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsethik in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Ausbildung
Haase, M. (Editor), Mirkovic, S. (Editor) & Schuhmann, O. J. (Editor), 2011, München & Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag. 184 p. (sfwu-Schriftenreihe für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik; vol. 22)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research