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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"Gute Kinder schlechter Eltern": Familienleben, Jugendfürsorge und Sorgerechtsentzug in Hamburg, 1884 - 1914
Richter, J., 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 666 p. (VS Research)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Günter Altner - großer Kopf und freier Geist
Michelsen, G., 2014, Vordenker und Vorreiter der Ökobewegung: 40 ausgewählte Porträts. Simonis, U. E. (ed.). 1. ed. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 84-87 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Günter Altner - großer Kopf, freier Geist
Michelsen, G., 2013, Mut zu Visionen: Brücken in die Zukunft. Leitschuh, H., Michelsen, G., Simonis, U. E., Sommer, J. & von Weizsäcker, E. U. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 221-224 4 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie; vol. 2014).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia: Health-economic evaluation from the societal and public health care perspective alongside a randomized controlled trial
Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Smit, F., Horvath, H., Berking, M., Spiegelhalder, K., Riper, H. & Ebert, D. D., 24.05.2021, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23, 5, e25609.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Guidance for assessing interregional ecosystem service flows
Koellner, T., Bonn, A., Arnhold, S., Bagstad, K. J., Fridman, D., Guerra, C. A., Kastner, T., Kissinger, M., Kleemann, J., Kuhlicke, C., Liu, J., López-Hoffman, L., Marques, A., Martín-López, B., Schulp, C. J. E., Wolff, S. & Schröter, M., 10.2019, In: Ecological Indicators. 105, p. 92-106 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Guest Editors of Special Issue: Sustainability in higher education research
Beringer, A., Adomßent, M. & Scott, W., 01.12.2008, In: Environmental Education Research. 14, 6, p. 603-606 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Guest Editorial: Measuring and Managing Sustainability Performance of Supply Chains
Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2014, In: Supply Chain Management. 19, 3, p. 229-231 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Guest editorial: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Vol. 10 No. 4
Crutzen, N. (Editor), Van Bockhaven, J. (Editor), Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Giffinger, R. (Editor), 18.09.2019, In: Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 10, 4, p. 646-653 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Grünland spielt eine wichtige Rolle für die Vielfalt und für das Klima
Temperton, V. M., 2016, Warnsignal Klima: Die Biodiversität unter Berücksichtigung von Habitatveränderungen, Umweltverschmutzung und Globalisierung. Lozan, J. L., Müller, R., Brekle, S.-W. & Rachor, E. (eds.). Hamburg: Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen Verlag, p. 170-176 7 p. 3.12. (GEO ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Grüne Transformation in Deutschland-nur mit echter Energiewende ein ökologischer und ökonomischer Erfolg
Gornig, M. & Kemfert, C., 01.05.2024, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 104, 5, p. 296-300 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review