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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Naturschutzkommunikation: Wege zur gesellschaftlichen Wirksamkeit
Adomßent, M., 2006, Naturschutz im gesellschaftlichen Kontext. Erdmann, K.-H., Bork, H.-R. & Kopf, T. (eds.). Bonn-Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 29-53 25 p. (Naturschutz und biologische Vielfalt ; vol. 38).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kultur und nachhaltige Entwicklung: auf dem Weg zur Triennale in Luanda
Kuhn, K. & Wuggenig, U., 2004, In: Campus Courier. 04/05, 6, p. 6 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Umweltmanagement als Grundlage für die nachhaltige Universität
Bastenhorst, K.-O., Gilch, H., Müller, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Sustainable university: auf dem Weg zu einem universitären Agendaprozess. Michelsen, G. (ed.). Frankfurt a. M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 40-68 29 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Wenn der Golfstrom das Drehbuch schreibt: Klimawandel und Globalisierung schaffen es ins Mainstreamkino und bewirken ein Umdenken
Franz-Balsen, A. & Kagan, S., 2006, In: Punkt.um. p. 3-4 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Grundlagen organisationalen Wandels von Bildungseinrichtungen
Godemann, J., 2004, Nachhaltigkeit in Bildungsinstitutionen in Schleswig-Holstein: Entwicklung eines Bildungskonzeptes für ausgewählte Zielgruppen. Stoltenberg, U., Adomßent, M. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Neumünster: Akademie für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, p. 80 1 p. (Akademie aktuell / Berichte, Texte, Materialien; no. 01/2004).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltig wachsen: Was macht grüne Unternehmen groß und stark?
Petersen, H., 01.05.2005, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 20, 2, p. 15-16 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte der Markenführung
Schaltegger, S., 2004, Handbuch Markenführung: Kompendium zum erfolgreichen Markenmanagement. Strategien — Instrumente — Erfahrungen. Bruhn, M. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, Vol. 3. p. 2677-2703 27 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Handbuch Konstellationsanalyse: ein interdisziplinäres Brückenkonzept für die Nachhaltigkeits-, Technik- und Innovationsforschung
Schön, S., Kruse, S., Meister, M., Nölting, B. & Ohlhorst, D., 2007, München: Oekom Verlag. 165 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Gesundheitsfördernde Hochschulen
Rieckmann, M., 01.06.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 2, p. 151-153 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Business Models for Sustainability: Innovative Regional Business Models as Subject and Trigger of a Sustainable Change in the Energy Industry
Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2009, Joint actions on climate change. 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review