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.

  1. Published

    Integration of material flow management tools in workplace environments

    Hedemann, J., Möller, A., Müller-Beilschmidt, P., Rohdemann, D., Schmidt, M. & Schmitt, B., 01.01.2005, Information systems for sustainable development. Hilty, L. M., Seifert, E. K. & Treibert, R. (eds.). Hershey, Pa. [u.a.]: Idea Group Publishing, p. 47-61 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Ressourcen und Gender: thematische Ausarbeitung basierend auf Sekundäranalyse, Interviews und Bewertung aus Genderperspektive

    Fischer, K., 2005, Berlin: Genanet - Leitstelle Geschlechtergerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit, 28 p. (GenaStudien; vol. 4).

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

  3. Published

    Environmental Management Accounting and the Opportunity Cost of Neglecting Environmental Protection

    Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2002, Environmental Management Accounting: Informational and Institutional Developments. Bennett, M. & Bouma, J. J. (eds.). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, p. 265-277 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Bauwerksuntersuchungen an zwei Sturmflutsperrwerken: Ergebnisse und Folgerungen für die Praxis

    Quitmann, H.-D. & Hallauer, O., 2002, Hüttensandhaltiger Zement: Verkehrsbau - Wasserbau - Kanalisation. Rendchen, K. (ed.). Düsseldorf: Verlag Bau + Technik, p. 128-133 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Von der Nische zum Erfolgsmodell: der Studiengang Wirtschaftsrecht als Modell für eine neue Juristenausbildung?

    Schomerus, T., 2007, Reform als Chance: Das Staatsexamen im Umbruch . Zervakis, P. A. & Neuhaus, P. A. (eds.). 1. ed. Bonn: Hochschulrektorenkonferenz , p. 36 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Wenn Kinder sich ärgern: Emotionsregulierung in der Entwicklung

    Salisch, M., 2000, Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag. 323 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    Liste der Waldgefäßpflanzen Deutschlands

    Schmidt, M., Ewald, J., Fischer, A., Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., Ellenberg, H. & Schmidt, W., 2003, Hamburg: Verlag Max Wiedebusch. 34 p. (Mitteilungen der Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft Hamburg; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. Published

    Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Accounting: Links Between Business Actors and Environmental Management Accounting Tools

    Burritt, R., Hahn, T. & Schaltegger, S., 2003, Articles of Merit 2003 Competition. New York, NY: International Federation of Accountants, p. 93-109 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Zur Verwendung praxisnahen Wissens im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen: Module zur Qualifizierung und Organisationsentwicklung

    Mayer, M., 2002, Wandel und Perspektiven von Frauenberufstätigkeit im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen einer ländlich geprägten Region: Abschlussbericht des Forschungsschwerpunktes "Frauenberufstätigkeit im regionalen Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen" der Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen, Lüneburg 1997 - 2002 . Waller, H., Henschel, A. & Sturm, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: Zentrum für Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Lüneburg, p. 181-189 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Standarduntersuchungskonzept für die Untersuchung und Überwachung der Auswirkungen von Offshore Windenergieanlagen (WEA) auf die Meeresumwelt

    Runge, K., 2001, Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie . 26 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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Researchers

  1. Toufic M. El Masri

Publications

  1. On the Synthesis of Social Memories
  2. Forschung in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Entstehung und Verortung eines Forschungszweiges
  3. Lebenslanges Lernen als Aufgabe der Universität
  4. Zum Verhältnis formellen und informellen Lernens in der frühen Adoleszenz
  5. Restoration planning to guide Aichi targets in a megadiverse country
  6. The assessment of ecosystem services provided by biodiversity
  7. Kompetenzentwicklung von Lehramtsstudierenden während des Praktikums
  8. Traitement extraterritorial de l’asile. Le mécanisme de transit d’urgence de la Libye vers le Niger
  9. Listening to birdsong: Impression management of VW on Twitter during Dieselgate
  10. German works councils and productivity
  11. Institutional ownership, environmental, social, and governance performance and disclosure
  12. Safeguarding Children’s Rights in Residential Child Care
  13. Die günstigste Variante
  14. Compositional variation in grassland plant communities
  15. Der Kohlenstoffkreislauf im Klimawandel
  16. The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives
  17. Key Competence: Gender
  18. § 290 Verzinsung des Wertersatzes
  19. Selbstreflexion akademischen Schreibhandelns anstoßen
  20. Vorausschauend Kriterien Nachhaltiger Chemie integrieren:
  21. How to Reach the Land of Cockaigne?
  22. Woody plant diversity, composition and structure in relation to environmental variables and land-cover types in Lake Wanchi watershed, central highlands of Ethiopia
  23. Functional and phylogenetic diversity of woody plants drive herbivory in a highly diverse forest
  24. Als Musiker unterwegs an Bord der Hansekogge
  25. Soziale Differenzkategorien als Gegenstand der Lehrer*innenbildung
  26. Kennlinienorientiertes Lagermanagement
  27. Der BGH und Pechstein: Transnationaler Konstitutionalismus sieht anders aus
  28. Theodor Storms Gedicht „Geh nicht hinein“
  29. Taktische Nachtragsgestaltung
  30. Gesellschafterstreitigkeiten in englischen Gesellschaften
  31. VG Göttingen: Kein umfassender Meldedatenabgleich durch Beitragsservice
  32. Forschendes Lernen im Langzeitpraktikum
  33. Rechnungslegung von latenten Steuern nach HGB
  34. Coherence of European legal and structural conditions in water, wetland and flood risk management
  35. Europa der Regionen