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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Zwecke von betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen im Rahmen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Moeller, A., 2015, 45. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft f�r Informatik - INFORMATIK 2015: Informatik, Energie und Umwelt, Proceedings. Cunningham, D. W., Hofstedt, P., Schmitt, I. & Meer, K. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 281-290 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 246).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Zusammenhänge zwischen gemessenen und aufgrund des Gehalts an Fe2+ errechneten Redoxpotentialen in geothermalen Fluiden der thermischen Aquiferenenergiespeicher im Energiesystem der Parlamentsbauten am Spreebogen in Berlin
Opel, O., Novio Liñares, J. A., Eggerichs, T. & Ruck, W., 2008, In: Vom Wasser. 106, 4, p. 14-21 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zusammenhänge zwischen gemessenen und aufgrund des Gehalts an Fe2+ errechneten Redoxpotentialen in geothermalen Fluiden der thermischen Aquiferenenergiespeicher im Energiesystem der Parlamentsbauten am Spreebogen in Berlin
Opel, O., Novio Liñares, J. A., Eggerichs, T. & Ruck, W., 2008, Wasser 2008 - Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Zusammenhänge und Kinetik biotischer und abiotischer Eisenoxidation bei der Brunnenverockerung und Ansätze zur Modellierung
Opel, O., Eggerichs, T., Eler, N. & Ruck, W., 2009, Wasser 2009: Tagungsband der Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft 2009, 18-20 Mai 2009 in Stralsund. Wasserchemische Gesellschaft (ed.). Mühlheim an der Ruhr: GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, p. 325-329 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Zusammenführende Diskussion
Katz, C. & Molitor, H., 2014, Anpassung an regionale Klimafolgen kommunizieren: Konzepte, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven. Beese, K., Fekkak, M., Katz, C., Körner, C. & Molitor, H. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 409-460 52 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zur völker- und verwaltungsrechtlichen Einordnung der zivilen Seenotrettung
Schatz, V. J. & Epik, A., 2025, Archiv des Völkerrechts. Vol. 62. p. 445-465Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Zur Vergangenheit und Zukunft des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes
Schomerus, C.-T. & Maly, C., 2018, Handbuch Energiewende und Partizipation. Holstenkamp, L. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 1117-1133 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Zur Vereinbarkeit jagdrechtlicher und naturschutzrelevanter Vorschriften in Deutschland mit dem Übereinkommen über die biologische Vielfalt (Biodiversitätskonvention): Eine Analyse am Beispiel des Rotwildes (Cervus elaphus Linné, 1758)
Heck, A., 01.12.2003, In: Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft. 49, 4, p. 288-302 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zur UN-Dekade an Hochschulen: Es geht voran, aber nur langsam!
Michelsen, G., 2014, Hochschulen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Netzwerke fördern, Bewusstsein verbreiter. Bonn: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, p. 10-11 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer