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.
- 2004
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Einsatz von diskreten und kontinuierlichen Simulationsansätzen in Stoffstromanalysen
Möller, A. & Wohlgemuth, V., 2004, Simulation in Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften: Workshop Müncheberg 2004. Wittmann, J. & Wieland, R. (eds.). Hamburg: Shaker Verlag, p. 124-139 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Environmental Shareholder Value
Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 2004, Ökologie und Shareholder Value - (K)ein Widerspruch?. Schneider, G. (ed.). Zürich: Rüegger Verlag, p. 11-35 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Erhalten durch Gestalten: Plädoyer für eine Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen
Hofmeister, S., 2004, Erhalten durch Gestalten: Nachdenken über eine (re)produktive Ökonomie. Biesecker, A. & Elsner, W. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 13-34 21 p. (Institutionelle und Sozial-Ökonomie ; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: zusammenfassende Aspekte eines Verbundforschungsvorhabens
Keienburg, T., Prüter, J., Härdtle, W., Kaiser, T., Koopmann, A., Melber, A., Niemeyer, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 3-12 10 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Finanzierung eines Sustainable Entrepreneurships
Herzig, C., 2004, Mittelstandsforschung: Beitrage Zu Strategien, Finanzen Und Zur Besteuerung Von Kmu. Schöning, S., Richter, J., Ott, I. & Nissen, D. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 137-151 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Grundlagen organisationalen Wandels von Bildungseinrichtungen
Godemann, J., 2004, Nachhaltigkeit in Bildungsinstitutionen in Schleswig-Holstein: Entwicklung eines Bildungskonzeptes für ausgewählte Zielgruppen. Stoltenberg, U., Adomßent, M. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Neumünster: Akademie für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, p. 80 1 p. (Akademie aktuell / Berichte, Texte, Materialien; no. 01/2004).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Handel mit Treibhausgas-Emissionszertifikaten in der EG: Prüfung der Rechtmäßigkeit ausgewählter Normen der Richtlinie 2003/87/EG nach dem Europäischen Gemeinschaftsrecht
Brattig, B., 2004, Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. 414 p. (Schriftenreihe Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis; vol. 16)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Heuschrecken-Gemeinschaften aus Sandrasen im Emsland (Nordwest-Deutschland): Beweidung und Restitution als Instrumente zum Schutz von Sandrasenökosystemen
Persigehl, M. & Aßmann, T., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: vom Experiment zur Praxis ; Referate und Ergebnisse der gleichnamigen Fachtagung an der Universität Lüneburg vom 23. - 26. September 2003. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 111-118 8 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und NaturschutzHeft; vol. 78).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Hochschule neu denken: Neuorientierung im Horizont der Nachhaltigkeit ; ein Memorandum
Adomßent, M., 2004, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 44 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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How Do Sustainability Intrapreneurs Overcome Innovation Conflicts?
Gerlach, A., 2004, Conference proceedings. ERP Environment, p. 132-141 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research