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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Frühe Kalkausscheidungen an neu erstelltem Sichtmauerwerk: sind am Markt befindliche Werkmauermörtel unterschiedlich zu beurteilen?
Quitmann, H.-D., 16.10.2006, In: Mauerwerk. 10, 5, p. 196-202 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A Framework for Ecopreneurship: Leading Bioneers and Environmental Managers to Ecopreneurship
Schaltegger, S., 2002, In: Greener Management International. 38, p. 45-58 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Abschluss mit Anschluss: Wissenschaft und Bildung
Stoltenberg, U. & Bolscho, D., 2005, Baustelle Hochschule: Nachhaltigkeit als neues Fundament für Lehre und Forschung. Altner, G. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 44-46 3 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 93).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Für den Naturschutz? - eine carabidologische Langzeituntersuchung im Hofgehölz Möhr
Drees, C., Aßmann, T., Matern, A. & Günther, J., 2006, 25 Jahre Naturschutzakademie - Zukunft durch Naturschutz. Strohschneider, R. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 37-39 3 p. (Mitteilungen aus der Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz; no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Buche oder Eiche
Twenhöven, L. & Härdtle, W., 2000, In: Unterricht Biologie. 253, p. 4-13 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Mehr Fragen als Antworten: das Repowering nach dem EEG 2009
Schomerus, T. & Stecher, M., 21.09.2009, In: Recht der Energiewirtschaft. p. 269-275 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Macht des Zusammenwirkens: die Berliner "Ökologischen Diskurse" thematisierten des Zusammenhang von Wasser und Macht
Dörfler, E. P., Hofmeister, S., Knothe, B. & Schramm, E., 2001, In: Zukünfte. 10, 36, p. 64-66 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Neue Perspektiven für die waldbezogene Bildungsarbeit: Gender und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung?
Mayer, M. & Katz, C., 2008, In: AFZ, der Wald. 63, 19, p. 1033-1036 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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General studies: Förderung von Beschäftigungsfähigkeit, Gestaltungskompetenz und Persönlichkeitsbildung
Michelsen, G., 2007, Zukunft Bologna!?: Gender und Nachhaltigkeit als Leitideen für eine neue Hochschulkultur. Dudeck, A. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 247-264 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Kompetenzen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Michelsen, G., 2008, Naturschutz und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Fokus: Lebenslanges Lernen: Ergebnisse des F+E-Vorhabens "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) - Positionierung des Naturschutzes" . Lucker, T. & Kölsch, O. (eds.). Bonn-Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 45-57 13 p. (Naturschutz und biologische Vielfalt; vol. 50).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research