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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A modeling assessment of the physicochemical properties and environmental fate of emerging and novel per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Gomis, M. I., Wang, Z., Scheringer, M. & Cousins, I. T., 01.02.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 505, p. 981-991 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Multimedia mass-balance models for chemicals in the environment: Reliable tools or bold oversimplifications?
Scheringer, M., 01.01.2015, In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11, 1, p. 177-178 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A chaque profil de population son modèle d’économies d’énergie.
Huber, A., Girard, S. & le Marre, P., 2014, L’énergie au coeur du projet urbain. Masboungi, A. (ed.). Paris: Editions du Moniteur, p. 136-139 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Reining in rascal geographies of neoliberalism in the periphery?
Challies, E., 07.2014, In: Dialogues in Human Geography. 4, 2, p. 131-136 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Practical critique: Bridging the gap between critical and practice oriented REDD+ research communities’
McGregor, A., Weaver, S., Challies, E., Howson, P., Astuti, R. & Haalboom, B., 01.12.2014, In: Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 55, 3, p. 277-291 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Landslide Hazards: Household Vulnerability, Resilience and Coping in Malaysia
Ahmad, J., Lateh, H. & Mohamad Saleh, M. S., 2014, In: Journal of Education and Human Development. 3, 3, p. 149-155 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Travel pattern of the Asean students in Malaysia: A case of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Ahmad, H., Jusoh, H., Wibowo, A., C.A, M., J, M. A., Md.Y, K. A., A. J, I. R., Mohamad Saleh, M. S., M, S. N., Buang, A., Mahmud, M., Yew, W. C., Azman, H., Md Jali, M. F. & Lam, K. C., 2014, In: Geografia - Malaysian Journal of Society and Space. 10, 8, p. 124–137 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Tourism: A Multi-Stakeholder Involvement in Coral Reefs Conservation in Malaysia
Mohamad Saleh, M. S. & Nik Hasan, N. N., 2014, In: International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences. 4, 3, p. 158-174 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecotourism and Coral Reef: Analysis of Coral Reef Conservation Awareness among Stakeholders in Perhentian Island, Malaysia
Mohamad Saleh, M. S. & Nik Hasan, N. N., 2014, In: American Journal of Tourism Management. 3, 1A, p. 7-12 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A comparative assessment of the transformation products of S-metolachlor and its commercial product Mercantor Gold® and their fate in the aquatic environment by employing a combination of experimental and in silico methods
Gutowski, L., Olsson, O., Leder, C. & Kümmerer, K., 15.02.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 506-507, p. 369-379 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review