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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Die paradoxen Hybride: ein graphisches Essay über die Praxis der Unterscheidung zwischen Natur und Gesellschaft
Sulmowski, J. A., 02.2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung : Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 45-61 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Operationalisierung nachhaltiger Strategiepfade für die deutsche Energieversorgung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der erneuerbaren Energien
Unger, G., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 136 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Dienstleistungskonzepte für eine nachhaltige Unternehmensentwicklung
Petersen, H., 2015, Nachhaltige Unternehmensentwicklung im Mittelstand: Mit Innovationskraft zukunftsfähig wirtschaften. Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 143-158 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Die Notwendigkeit der Verhandlung widersprüchlicher Anforderungen an das Lehren von Chemie an einer inklusiven Schule – Eine Fallstudie
Abels, S., Heidinger, C., Koliander, B. & Plotz, T., 2018, In: Zeitschrift für interpretative Schul- und Unterrichtsforschung. 7, 1, p. 135–151 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die New Governance-Ansätze in der Europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik am Beispiel der Energiepolitik
Sanden, J., 2009, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 465 p. (Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag: Politikwissenschaften; vol. 18)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen: ein (re)produktionstheoretischer Beitrag zur sozial-ökologischen Forschung
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2006, München: Oekom Verlag. 199 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen: ein (re)produktionstheoretischer Beitrag
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2008, Fruchtbarkeit unter Kontrolle?. Herzog-Schröder, G., Gottwald, F.-T. & Walterspiel, V. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 432-454 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Natur des Naturschutzes: wie Naturkonzepte und Geschlechtskodierungen das Schützenswerte bestimmen
Weber, I., 2007, München: Oekom Verlag. 243 p. (Hochschulschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit; vol. 37)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die Natur des Ländlichen: zur Konzeption gesellschaftlicher Natur- und Geschlechterverhältnisse in ländlichen Räumen
Mölders, T., 02.2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung : Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 119-138 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die "Natur" der Wildnis: Annäherung an ein aktuelles Phänomen sozialer Ökologie
Hofmeister, S., 2009, In: Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung. 19, 1/2, p. 104-116 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review