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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Inklusive Unterrichtsgestaltung – Brüche und Brücken zwischen Sach- und Fachunterricht
Abels, S., 2020, „Brüche und Brücken“ – Übergänge im Kontext des Sachunterrichts. Offen, S., Barth, M., Franz, U. & Michalik, K. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 17-26 10 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 30).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer › peer-review
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Inklusiver Sachunterricht intersektionell verstanden: Konzeptionelle Herausforderungen und Forschungsperspektiven
Offen, S., 2016, Sachunterricht : zwischen Kompetenzorientierung, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Lebenswelt und Fachbezug. Giest, H., Goll, T. & Hartinger, A. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 192-201 10 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 26).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Inklusive Gestaltung einer Einheit offenen Forschenden Lernens
Hofer, E., 2024, Frühe naturwissenschaftliche Bildung : Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, Jahrestagung 2023 . van Vorst, H. (ed.). Essen: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, p. 110-113 4 p. (Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik; no. 50)(Tagungsband; vol. 44).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Inklusive Begabungsförderung im Chemieunterricht
Abels, S. & Brauns, S., 2021, Inklusive Begabungsförderung in den Fachdidaktiken: Diskurse, Forschungslinien und Praxisbeispiele. Kiso, C. J. & Fränkel, S. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 111-123 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Inklusive Basiskompetenzen in den Fachdidaktiken entwickeln
Abels, S., Troll, B., Greve, S., Süßenbach, J. & Besser, M., 2018, Inklusion im Dialog : Fachdidaktik - Erziehungswissenschaft - Sonderpädagogik . Langner, A. (ed.). 1. ed. Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 232-239 8 p. (Perspektiven sonderpädagogischer Forschung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer › peer-review
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Inklusion und Naturwissenschaften systematisch verknüpfen
Stinken-Rösner, L., Abels, S., Hundertmark, S., Menthe, J., Nehring, A. & Rott, L., 2021, Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht und Lehrerbildung im Umbruch?: Online Jahrestagung 2020 der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik. Habig, S. (ed.). Duisburg: Universität Duisburg-Essen, p. 169-172 4 p. (Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik (GDCP); vol. 41).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Inklusion sichtbar machen? Inklusionsverständnisse von Akteurinnen und Akteuren einer kommunalen Bildungslandschaft
Budde, J., Offen, S. & Heynoldt, B., 2014, Forschung zu inklusiver Bildung: Gemeinsam anders lehren und lernen. Lichtblau, M., Blömer, D., Jüttner, A.-K., Koch, K., Krüger, M. & Werning, R. (eds.). 1 ed. Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 105-123 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Inklusion als Phänomen in Chemie- und Physikdidaktik – Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede
Abels, S. & Stinken-Rösner, L., 2021, Schulische Inklusion als Phänomen – Phänomene schulischer Inklusion: Fachdidaktische Spezifika und Eigenlogiken schulischer Inklusion. Braksiek, M., Golus, K., Gröben, B., Heinrich, M., Schildhauer, P. & Streblow, L. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 273-292 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Inklusion – aber wie? Methoden und Materialien aus der Praxis für die Praxis
Abels, S. & Markic, S., 2017, In: Naturwissenschaft im Unterricht - Chemie. 28, 162, p. 8-11 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Injection of CO2 for the inhibition of scaling in ATES systems
Koch, M. & Ruck, W., 03.08.1992, In: SAE Technical Papers. 929154.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research