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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Nachhaltiges Ressourcen- und Stoffstrommanagement: Zwischen Gigatonnen und Mikrogramm
Bringezu, S. & Kümmerer, K., 03.2012, In: GAIA. 21, 1, p. 69–72 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Trends for snow cover and river flows in the Pamirs (Central Asia)
Chevallier, P., Pouyaud, B., Moja¨ısky, M., Bolgov, M., Olsson, O., Bauer, M. & Froebrich, J., 03.01.2012, In: Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences Discussion. 9, p. 29–64 36 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeit 2.0: Potenziale und Herausforderungen des Social Web
Mangold, T., 2012, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 02, p. 86 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Regionale Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke von Photovoltaik-Projektierungsunternehmen und deren ökonomischer Beitrag für eine nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
Winkelmann, T., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 95 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Identifizierung und Bewertung ausgewählter Arzneimittel und ihrer Metaboliten (Ab- und Umbauprodukte) im Wasserkreislauf
Kümmerer, K., Schuster, A., Längin, A., Happel, O., Thoma, A., Schneider, K., Hassauer, M., Gartiser, S. & Hafner, C., 01.08.2011, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 195 p. (Texte; vol. 46/2011).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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Sustainability Reporting in the Light of Business Environments: Linking Business Environment, Strategy, Communication and Accounting
Schaltegger, S., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 16 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The Role of an SME’s Green Strategy in Public-Private Eco-innovation Initiatives: The Case of Ecoprofit
Hansen, E. G. & Klewitz, J., 01.01.2012, In: Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 25, 4, p. 451-477 27 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Innovatives Management staatlicher Umweltpolitik: Das Konzept des New Public Environmental Management
Schaltegger, S., Kubat, R., Hilber, C. & Vaterlaus, S., 1996, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag. 285 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Corporate Environmental Accounting
Schaltegger, S., Müller, K. & Hindrichsen, H., 1996, Chichester: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 306 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Quo Vadis?
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 1996, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag. 187 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research