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.

  1. Published

    Gesundheitsfördernde Hochschulen

    Rieckmann, M., 01.06.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 2, p. 151-153 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Gestion des Ressources en Eau dans le Bassin de la Sandougou-Sénégal: étude des dynamiques sociales pour un modèle d'organisation et de gestion durable des ressources en eau

    Fopah Lele, A., 30.07.2012, 1 ed. Saarbrücken: Éditions Universitaires Européenes. 100 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducationpeer-review

  3. Published

    Gestaltungskompetenz durch Neue Medien? Die Rolle des Lernens mit Neuen Medien in der Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Barth, M., 2007, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 218 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  4. Published

    Gestaltungskompetenz durch Neue Medien? Die Rolle des Lernens mit Neuen Medien in der Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Barth, M., 2007, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 240 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransferpeer-review

  5. Published

    Gesellschaftliches Lernen und Partizipation

    Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Partizipation und Nachhaltigkeit – vom Leitbild zur Umsetzung. München: Oekom Verlag, p. 96-105 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Gesellschaftliches Engagement von Unternehmen: reziproke Stakeholder, ökonomische Anreize, strategische Gestaltungsoptionen

    Hahn, T., 2005, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag. 238 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    Gesellschaftliche Raumverhältnisse: Ein Forschungsprogramm zu den Verbindungen von ‚Natur‘, ‚Raum‘ und ‚Geschlecht‘

    Mölders, T., 2017, Zum Selbstverständnis der Gender Studies: Methoden - Methodologien - theoretische Diskussionen und empirische Übersetzungen. Onnen, C. & Rode-Breymann, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Verlag Babara Budrich, Vol. 1. p. 89-105 17 p. (L`AGENda; vol. 1).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Gesellschaftlichen Wandel gestalten: Forschendes Lernen

    Vilsmaier, U. & Prien-Ribcke, S., 2013, Forschendes Lernen Forum für gute Lehre : Konferenzbroschüre. Binas, E. & Mieg, H. A. (eds.). Fachhochschule Potsdam, p. 70-71 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse zwischen Krise und Vision: eine Fallstudie im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe

    Mölders, T., 2010, München: Oekom Verlag. 315 p. (Hochschulschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit; vol. 49)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    Gesellschaftliche Natur- und Geschlechterverhältnisse: Die Ansätze von Adelheid Biesecker/Sabine Hofmeister und Frigga Haug

    Friedrich, B., 2011, In: Das Argument. 53, 3, p. 413-420 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch