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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Stolpersteine im ElektroG für Hersteller und Vertreiber: Zum Beginn der Abfalleigenschaft bei der Abholung gebrauchter Weißer Ware
Alcantara, H. & Schomerus, T., 09.02.2021, In: Müll und Abfall - Fachzeitschrift für Abfall- und Ressourcenwirtschaft. 2/2021, p. 83-88 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Stoffstromnetzbasierte Planung und Optimierung komplexer Produktionssysteme
Viere, T., Brünner, H. & Hedemann, J., 10.2011, In: Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 83, 10, p. 1565-1572 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stoffstrommanagement (im Rahmen der Verträglichkeitsanalyse)
Möller, A., 2004, Prozessverbesserung und Umweltentlastung durch Systemtechnik. V.-K. U. (ed.). VDI Verlag, (VDI-Berichte ; no. 1822).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Stoffstrommanagement
Möller, A., 2004, In: VDI Berichte. 1822, p. 51-59+97Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stochastic environmental policy, risk-taking, and growth: Discretion versus commitment
Soretz, S., 01.01.2004, In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. 4, 1-3, p. 58-72 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stingless bees use terpenes as olfactory cues to find resin sources
Leonhardt, S., Zeilhofer, S., Blüthgen, N. & Schmitt, T., 09.2010, In: Chemical Senses. 35, 7, p. 603-611 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stimulating sustainability implementation into higher education institutions in Central and Eastern Europe
Adomßent, M. & Otte, I., 2013, Higher Education for Sustainable Development in Central and Eastern Europe. Adomßent, M. & Otte, I. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 7-12 6 p. (Higher Education for Sustainability; vol. 8).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Stimmen der Zukunft: Eine Befragung junger Menschen zur Entwicklung Moralischer Kriterien
Meyer, E. M. & Loev, W., 01.01.2013, ReThink: Investing Society. Brink, A. & Rohrmann, D. (eds.). Bayreuth: Universität Bayreuth, p. 377-414 38 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Stimmen aus der Praxis: Ergebnisse aus den begleitenden Gesprächen mit Intermediären und Unternehmen zum Thema Ressourceneffizienz
Görlach, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2010, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 71 p. (Resourceneffizienz Paper; no. 4.2).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Still some way to go: institutionalisation of sustainability in German local governments
Heinrichs, H. & Schuster, F., 04.05.2017, In: Local Environment. 22, 5, p. 536-552 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review