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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Integration von Nachhaltigkeit in das Controlling: Praxisleitfaden für Unternehmen 2020
Nuzum, A.-K., Petersen, H., Lühn, M., Wenzig, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2020, 19 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Integration von ERP- und Umweltinformationssystemen, Status quo, Perspektiven und Anwendungsfelder
Funk, B., Möller, A. & Niemeyer, P., 2008, INFORMATIK 2008 - Beherrschbare Systeme - Dank Informatik, Beitrage der 38. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI): Band 2, Beiträge der 38. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), 8. - 13. September, in München. Hegering, H.-G., Lehmann, A., Ohlbach, H. J. & Scheideler, C. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 891-896 6 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics; vol. P-134/2008).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Integration of Sustainability into Modern Portfolio Theory
Peylo, B. T., 2011, In: Journal of Management and Financial Sciences. IV, 6, p. 85-109 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integration of risk-oriented environmental management information systems and resource planning systems
Funk, B., Möller, A. & Niemeyer, P., 2007, Environmental Informatics and Systems Research: Volume1: Plenary and session papers. Hryniewicz, O., Studzinski, J., Romaniuk, M. & Szediw, A. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 545-552 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Integration of material flow management tools in workplace environments
Hedemann, J., Möller, A., Müller-Beilschmidt, P., Rohdemann, D., Schmidt, M. & Schmitt, B., 01.01.2005, Information systems for sustainable development. Hilty, L. M., Seifert, E. K. & Treibert, R. (eds.). Hershey, Pa. [u.a.]: Idea Group Publishing, p. 47-61 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Integration of Material Flow Management into Company Processes within the Automotive Industry
Boehnke, B., Möller, A. & Wohlgemuth, V., 2013, EnviroInfo 2013 - Environmental Informatics and Renewable Energies: 27th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Page, B., FLeischer, A., Göbel, J. & Wohlgemuth, V. (eds.). 1 ed. Shaker Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 434-442 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Integration of Environmental Management Information Systems and ERP systems using Integration Platforms
Funk, B., Möller, A. & Niemeyer, P., 2009, Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the 4th International ICSC Symposium, ITEE 2009: proceedings of the 4th International ICSC Symposium, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 28 - 29, 2009. Athanasiadis, I. N., Mitkas, P. A., Rizzoli, A. E. & Gómez, J. M. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 53-63 11 p. (Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Integration der unternehmerischen Nachhaltigkeit in die Portfolioselektion
Peylo, B. T., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 57 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Integration der Ressourceneffizienz in die Ökodesign Richtlinie: Regelungsrahmen und Regelungsmöglichkeiten - Bestandsaufnahme
Schomerus, C.-T. & Spengler, L., 05.2012, Hamburg: ÖKOPOL Institut für Ökologie und Politik GmbH, 52 p. (Arbeitspapier; no. FKZ 3708 95 300 ).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Integrating the underlying structure of stochasticity into community ecology
Shoemaker, L. G., Sullivan, L. L., Donohue, I., Cabral, J. S., Williams, R. J., Mayfield, M. M., Chase, J. M., Chu, C., Harpole, W. S., Huth, A., HilleRisLambers, J., James, A. R. M., Kraft, N. J. B., May, F., Muthukrishnan, R., Satterlee, S., Taubert, F., Wang, X., Wiegand, T., Yang, Q. & Abbott, K. C., 01.02.2020, In: Ecology. 101, 2, 17 p., e02922.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review