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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Der lateinamerikanische Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs - von der Kapitalismuskritik zum „Guten Leben"
Kuhn, K. & Rieckmann, M., 13.07.2010, In: ITB infoservice. Berichterstattung zur Forschungs-, Technologie- und Innovationspolitik weltweit. 7, p. 8-10 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Higher Education for Sustainable Consumption: Concept and Results of a Transdisciplinary Project Course
Fischer, D. & Rieckmann, M., 09.05.2010, In: Journal of Sustainability Education. 1, 2, p. 296–306 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Education
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"Brauchen wir einen Grünen im Vorstand?": [Kommentar]
Schaltegger, S., 04.2011, In: Harvard Business Manager. 33, 4, p. 95 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Cues from Facial Expressions for Emotional Interfaces
Tews, T.-K., Oehl, M., Siebert, F., Faasch, H. & Höger, R., 20.06.2011, Human Centred Automation: HFES Europe Chapter. De Waard, D., Gérard, N., Onnasch, L., Wiczorek, R. & Manzey, D. (eds.). Shaker Publishing, p. 111-122 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Monitoring Educational Organizations’ Culture of Sustainable Consumption: Initiating and Evaluating Cultural Change in Schools and Universities
Fischer, D., 01.01.2011, In: Journal of Social Science. 7, 1, p. 63-75 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Educating for Sustainable Consumption as a Response to the Global Water Crisis: An Investigation of an Embedded Learning Approach
Fischer, D. & Freund, E. K., 2012, Climate Change and the Sustainable Management of Water Resources. Filho, W. L. (ed.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 743-759 17 p. (Climate Change Management).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Educational Organisations as »Cultures of Consumption«: Cultural Contexts of Consumer Learning in Schools
Fischer, D., 2011, In: European Educational Research Journal. 10, 4, p. 595-610 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ganzheitliche Schulansätze zur Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum: Holistyczne programy edukacyjne o tematyce zwównowa´zona konsumpcja
Fischer, D., 2011, Nachhaltiger Konsum? Die Entwicklung des Verbraucherverhaltens in Polen und Deutschland: Zrównoważona konsumpcja? Rozwój zachowań konsumentów w Polsce i Niemczech. Wachowiak, M., Kiełczewski, D. & Diefenbacher, H. (eds.). Heidelberg: Fest, p. 434-465 31 p. (Texte und Materialien, Reihe A; vol. 54).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Sustainable Consumption - Mapping the Terrain: An Exploratory Review of Contested Themes and their Representation in Consumer Education
Fischer, D., 2010, In: The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability. 6, 3, p. 207–226 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltige Ernährungsbildung: Konturen eines Bildungskonzeptes für die Schule
Fischer, D., 2008, Ernährungsbildung - Grundlagen und Praxismodelle. Herzogenrath: Shaker Verlag, p. 23–76 52 p. (Schriftenreihe Ökotrophologie der Fachhochschule Osnabrück; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research