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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Sustainability Accounting and Reporting: Development, Linkages and Reflection: An Introduction
Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M. & Burritt, R., 2006, Sustainability Accounting and Reporting. Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M. & Burritt, R. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 1-33 33 p. (Eco-Efficiency in industry and science; vol. 21).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), Bennett, M. (Editor) & Burritt, R. (Editor), 01.01.2006, Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. 715 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 21)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Sustainability Accounting and Reporting: Fad or Trend?
Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 21.09.2010, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 23, 7, p. 829-846 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Accounting and Reporting
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2004, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 12 p. (CSM-Newsletter; vol. 2/2004)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Sustainability Accounting
Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 2363-2370 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Sustainability Accounting
Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Burritt, R. (Editor), 2006, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 70 p. (Business Strategy and the Environment; vol. 15, no. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Sustainability: Politics and Governance
Heinrichs, H. & Biermann, F., 01.2016, Sustainability Science: An introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 129-137 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Survival at river banks: power of dispersal and population structure of Elaphrus aureus and Omophron limbatum in north-western Germany (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Hölscher, B., Kerstin-Prüssner, F., Aßmann, T. & Günther, J., 2004, Vorträge der Entomologentagung in Halle, Saale : vom 24. bis 28. März 2003. Mossakowski, D. & Bathon, H. (eds.). Gießen: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie , p. 517-520 4 p. (Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für allegemeine und angewandte Entomologie; vol. 14, no. 1-6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Surveying Southern Mongolia: Application of multivariate classification methods in drylands with low diversity and long floristic gradients
Wesche, K. & Von Wehrden, H., 01.10.2011, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 14, 4, p. 561-570 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Supporting wild pollinators in a temperate agricultural landscape: Maintaining mosaics of natural features and production
Lentini, P. E., Martin, T., Gibbons, P., Fischer, J. & Cunningham, S. A., 05.2012, In: Biological Conservation. 149, 1, p. 84-92 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review