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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Nuclear accidents call for transdisciplinary nuclear energy research
Gralla, F., Abson, D., Møller, A. P., Lang, D. J., Vilsmaier, U., Sovacool, B. K. & von Wehrden, H., 01.2015, In: Sustainability Science. 10, 1, p. 179-183 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Ökonomische Analyse der Trade-Offs zwischen Gerechtigkeiten
Baumgärtner, S., Sievers-Glotzbach, S., Hoberg, N., Quaas, M. F. & Stumpf, K. H., 2014, In: Journal für Generationengerechtigkeit. 14, 1, p. 10-18 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Personal norms of sustainability and farm management behavior
Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 06.08.2014, In: Sustainability. 6, 8, p. 4990-5017 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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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Internetbasierte Ansätze in der Prävention und Behandlung von depressiven Beschwerden bei Jugendlichen und jungen Erwachsenen
Wiencke, C., Lehr, D., Ebert, D. D., Sieland, B., Riper, H. & Berking, M., 2014, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 63, 5, p. 395-415 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Jugendliche im Web 2.0: Risiken und Chancen
von Salisch, M., 05.2014, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 63, 5, p. 338-342 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Beziehung zwischen CSR und Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., 2015, Corporate Social Responsibility: Verantwortungsvolle Unternehmensführung in Theorie und Praxis. Schneider, A. & Schmidpeter, R. (eds.). 2 ed. Berlin/Heidelberg: Gabler Verlag, p. 199-209 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Atmospheric mercury speciation and mercury in snow over time at Alert, Canada
Steffen, A., Bottenheim, J. W., Cole, A. S., Ebinghaus, R., Lawson, G. S. & Leaitch, W. R., 03.03.2014, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 14, 5, p. 2219-2231 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Human Release Hypothesis for biological invasions: human activity as a determinant of the abundance of invasive plant species
Zimmermann, H., Brandt, P., Fischer, J., Welk, E. & von Wehrden, H., 12.12.2014, In: Faculty of 1000 Research. 3, 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Numerical responses of saproxylic beetles to rapid increases in dead wood availability following geometrid moth outbreaks in sub-arctic mountain birch forest
Vindstad, O. P. L., Schultze, S., Jepsen, J. U., Biuw, M., Kapari, L., Sverdrup-Thygeson, A. & Ims, R. A., 09.06.2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 6, 13 p., e99624.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review