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

    Wild pollination services to California almond rely on semi-natural habitat

    Klein, A.-M., Brittain, C., Hendrix, S. D., Thorp, R., Williams, N. & Kremen, C., 06.2012, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 49, 3, p. 723-732 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Nachhaltig kommunizieren

    Giese, N., 2011, In: Sparkassenmarkt. 19, Sonderheft II, p. 36 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Risk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk

    Olbrich, R., Baumgärtner, S., Quaas, M. F. & Haensler, A., 07.09.2010, Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010 (Kiel): Ökonomie der Familie . Verein für Socialpolitik, 23 p.

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

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    Risk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk

    Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F., Haensler, A. & Baumgärtner, S., 25.07.2010, World Risk and Insurance Economics Congress . International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics, p. 10/76 1 p. (Etudes et Dossiers; no. 369).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Zum Stand der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation – Potenziale für Nachhaltigkeitsjournalismus

    Michelsen, G. & Rieckmann, M., 2012, Umwelt Europa: Grüne Gesellschaft und europäische Krise - neue Fragen an den Journalismus. Schulte-Reckert, C. & Schäfer, T. (eds.). Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, p. 20–28 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-review

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    Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization

    Jahn, T., Bergmann, M. & Keil, F., 07.2012, In: Ecological Economics. 79, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Sustainability Accounting

    Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 2363-2370 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling: mehr als nur ein Konzept?

    Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2012, In: Controlling & Management. 56, 4, p. 2-4 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Researchers

  1. Andreas Hübner

Activities

  1. Welt spielen. SimEarth als Grenzfall zwischen wissenschaftlicher Simulation und Computerspiel
  2. (Pop)Kulturelle Öffentlichkeiten im Kontext der Neuen Rechten
  3. International Journal of Environmental Protection (Zeitschrift)
  4. “Der Blick von außen: Welche Lehren ziehen wir aus Wirecard, Greensill & Co?“
  5. Tagung "Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule" - 2008
  6. Fakultät Management und Technologie (Organisation)
  7. Review of International Organizations (Fachzeitschrift)
  8. Psychology for economic development to fight poverty
  9. "Wer hat's gemacht?" - Eine qualitative Studie zur Nutzung digitaler Lerndaten durch Grundschullehrkräfte
  10. Feedback im Kontext digitaler Medien – Über die Wirksamkeit einer mathematikbezogenen Lehr-Lern-Plattform sowie dessen Nutzung und Wahrnehmung
  11. Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations
  12. 21. Symposion Deutschdidaktik 2016
  13. Early Years: an international research journal (Zeitschrift)
  14. Arts, Culture and Public Sphere - Expressive and Instrumental Values in Economic and Sociological Perspectives 2008
  15. Forum Fachberatung für Kindertagesbetreuung – 2012
  16. Interdisziplinären Fachdidaktischen Kolloquium der Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
  17. Arbeiten wo und wann man möchte: Grenzenlose Freiheit oder grenzwertige Praxis?
  18. Berufsbildungswissenschaftliche Schriften der Leuphana Universität (Zeitschrift)
  19. No problem, alright, you're welcome: Responding to thanks in Ireland, England and Canada (New Perspectives on Irish English 6, University of Vienna)