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. Monographs › Education › Not peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Marktorientiertes Umweltmanagement

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2000, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  3. Published

    Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht

    Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2009, 3. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 150 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  4. Published

    Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht

    Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2004, 2. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 146 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  5. Published

    Umwelt-Balanced Scorecard und Öko-Controlling

    Schaltegger, S., 2001, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  6. Published

    Umweltrechnungswesen und Umweltindikatoren

    Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 2001, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen. (Interdisziplinäres Fernstudium Umweltwissenschaften - Infernum)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  7. Published

    Xenotransplantation: Prävention des xenogenen Infektionsrisikos: Eine Untersuchung zum deutschen und spanischen Recht

    Guerra González, J., 20.10.2008, Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag. 348 p. (Recht und Medizin; vol. 91)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  8. Monographs › Research › Peer-reviewed
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    ATEM 3-9 Adaptiver Test des Emotionswissens: Manual

    Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 2021, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. 68 p. (SpringerTests)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Außerschulische Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Methoden, Praxis, Perspektiven; eine Bestandsaufnahme am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts

    Michelsen, G., Rode, H., Wendler, M. & Bittner, A., 2013, München: Oekom Verlag. 216 p. (DBU-Umweltkommunikation; vol. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Burnout und chronischer beruflicher Stress

    Koch, S., Lehr, D. & Hillert, A., 2015, 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag. 108 p. (Fortschritte der Psychotherapie; vol. 60)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Climate change and environmental hazards related to shipping: An international legal framework; Proceedings of the Hamburg International Environmental Law Conference 2011

    Koch, H.-J. (Editor), König, D. (Editor), Sanden, J. (Editor) & Verheyen, R. (Editor), 2013, Leiden; Boston: Martinus Nijhoff. 276 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review