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.
- 1995
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Das Handwörterbuch der Ökobilanzierung: Begriffe und Definitionen
Schaltegger, S. & Kubat, R., 1995, 2., aktual. ed. Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel. 120 p. (WWZ-Studien; no. 45)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Eco-Controlling for Environmental Management: An Environmental Management Tool to Implement Current Environmental Management Standards - ISO 14001, BS 7750, EMAS
Sturm, A. & Schaltegger, S., 1995, Proceedings of Seminar on Environmentalist Business Management. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT), p. 23-47 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Economics of Life Cycle Assessment: Inefficiency of the Present Approach
Schaltegger, S., 1995, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, 11 p. (WWZ-Discussion Paper; no. 9515).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Naturräumliche Gliederung der lauenburgischen Libellenfauna (Schleswig-Holstein)
Adomßent, M., 1995, In: Libellula. 14, 3/4, p. 125-156 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Öko-Controlling für das Firmenareal
Buser, H. & Schaltegger, S., 1995, In: IO-Management. 64, 5, p. 77-82 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Öko-Effizienz durch Öko-Controlling: Zur praktischen Umsetzung von EMAS und ISO 14001
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1995, Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich. 164 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Palynological evidence of younger middle Pleistocene interglacials (Holsteinian, Reinsdorf and Schoningen) in the Schoningen open cast lignite mine (eastern Lower Saxony, Germany)
Urban, B., 1995, In: Mededelingen - Rijks Geologische Dienst. 52, p. 175-185 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- 1994
- Published
Koordiniertes Ökobilanzieren im KOPÖ
Schaltegger, S., 01.07.1994, In: GAIA. 3, 4, p. 187 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
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Traffic pollution: preliminary elemental characterisation of roadside dust in Lagos, Nigeria
Ogunsola, O. J., Oluwole, A. F., Asubiojo, O. I., Olaniyi, H. B., Akeredolu, F. A., Akanle, O. A., Spyrou, N. M., Ward, N. I. & Ruck, W., 23.05.1994, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 146-147, C, p. 175-184 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A Multimedia Assessment Scheme to Evaluate Chemical Effects on the Environment and Human Health
Grimsted, B. A., Schaltegger, S., Stinson, C. H. & Waldron, C. S., 1994, In: Pollution Prevention Review. Summer 1994, p. 259-268 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review