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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Können Managementmaßnahmen zu Nährstoffungleichgewichten in Heideökosystemen führen?
Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Fottner, S., Niemeyer, M. & Niemeyer, T., 2008, Flora, Vegetation und Naturschutz zwischen Schleswig-Holstein und Südamerika: Festschrift für Klaus Dierßen zum 60. Geburtstag. Dengler, J. (ed.). Kiel: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg e. V., p. 509-526 18 p. (Mitteilungen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Geobotanik in Schleswig-Holstein und Hamburg; vol. 65).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Materialflusskostenrechnung: ein Ansatz fur die Identifizierung und Bewertung von Verbesserungen in der Okobilanzierung
Möller, A., Prox, M. & Viere, T., 2009, Ökobilanzierung 2009: Ansätze und Weiterentwicklungen zur Operationalisierung von Nachhaltigkeit. Feifel, S. (ed.). Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, p. 45-54 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Gestaltungskompetenz durch Neue Medien? Die Rolle des Lernens mit Neuen Medien in der Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Barth, M., 2007, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 218 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Schulgärten – a model of sustainability?
Stoltenberg, U., 2001, Ökologisierung des Lernortes Schule. Baier, H. & Wittkowske, S. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn/Obb.: Klinkhardt, p. 185-195 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Management unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeitsleistung: die Sustainability Balanced Scorecard zur Integration wirtschaftlicher, ökologischer und sozialer Verantwortung
Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 2006, Bausteine einer nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Betriebswirtschaftslehre: Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Eberhard Seidel. Göllinger, T. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 157-176 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Emotionale Kompetenz entwickeln: Grundlagen in Kindheit und Jugend
Salisch, M. (Editor), 2002, Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. 266 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Gewalthaltige Bildschirmspiele: Auswahl und Wirkung am Anfang der Computerspielkarriere
Salisch, M., Kristen, A. & Oppl, C., 2008, Clash of Realities 2008: Spielen in digitalen Welten. Kaminski, W. & Lorber, M. (eds.). München: KoPäd Verlag, p. 119-132 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bürgschaftsbank für Sozialwirtschaft
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2000, Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften: Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des guten Lebens. Biesecker, A., Mathes, M., Schön, S. & Scurrell, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 86-93 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Retrodistribution
Schomerus, T. & Schürmann, J., 2002, Handbuch für Rechtsfragen im Unternehmen: Band 1: Marketingrecht. Steckler, B. & Pepels, W. (eds.). Herne, Berlin: NWB Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 235-249 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Renaturierung und Management von Heiden
Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., van Diggelen, R. & Oheimb, G., 2009, Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa. Zerbe, S., Wiegleb, G. & Fronczek, R. (eds.). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 317-347 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research