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

    Do sustainability projects stimulate organizational learning in universities?

    Albrecht, P., Burandt, S. & Schaltegger, S., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 403-415 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Vom nachhaltigen Naturkapital zur Einheit von Produktivität und Reproduktivität - Reproduktion als grundlegende Kategorie des Wirtschaftens

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2001, Nachhaltiges Naturkapital: Ökonomik und zukunftsfähige Entwicklung . Held, M. & Nutzinger, H. G. (eds.). Frankfurt, Main: Campus Verlag, p. 155-178 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Kleine Menschen mit großen Gefühlen

    Salisch, M., 2008, In: Frühe Kindheit. 12, 6, p. 14-18 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Die "Sustainable University" als informeller Lernkontext

    Adomßent, M., Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 2009, Informelles Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis . Brodowski, M., Devers-Kanoglu, U., Overwien, B., Rohs, M., Salinger, S. & Walser, M. (eds.). Opladen [u.a.]: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 247-254 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Biographie als Schlüsseldimension für berufliche Bildung

    Mayer, M., 2002, Wandel und Perspektiven von Frauenberufstätigkeit im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen einer ländlich geprägten Region: Abschlussbericht des Forschungsschwerpunktes "Frauenberufstätigkeit im Regionalen Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen" der Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen; Lüneburg 1997 - 2002 . Waller, H., Henschel, A. & Sturm, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: Zentrum für Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Lüneburg, p. 115-140 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Anspruchsgruppen in der neuen europäischen Chemikalienregulierung (REACh)

    Ingerowski, J. B., Kölsch, D. & Tschochohei, H., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 31, 3, p. 315-354 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Erfahrungen und Schlussfolgerungen

    Bieker, T., Dyllick, T., Figge, F., Gminder, C. U., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 2002, Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien. Schaltegger, S. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 345-372 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Persönlichkeitsbildung und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit: Konzeptionen von General Studies und ihre Umsetzungen

    Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2006, Wiesbaden: UniversitätsVerlagWebler. 156 p. (Hochschulwesen, Wissenschaft und Praxis : HSW; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Probabilistic approach to modelling of recession curves

    Aksoy, H., Bayazit, M. & Wittenberg, H., 01.04.2001, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-285 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

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  1. Eine Klima-SWOT-Analyse für kleine und mittlere Tourismusbetriebe
  2. Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest
  3. (Hey, hey) We're going wild and wicked
  4. The impact of genes, geography, and educational opportunities on national cognitive achievement
  5. The impact of M&A announcements on stock prices of the bidding firm - Event study based on German and US-listed firms
  6. Franz-Günther von Stockert
  7. Political Culture and Value Change
  8. Art. 17 OECD MA
  9. Geschwisterkonstellation und Lesekompetenz
  10. Was prägt das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
  11. Rose Blanche, Rose Blanca
  12. Die Rohstoff-Expedition
  13. Gelebte Verantwortung in Unternehmen
  14. Ich sah Königin Silvia weinen
  15. Konjunkturen des Rassismus
  16. Methoden zur Evaluation der Nachhaltigkeit von Unternehmen
  17. Human Empowerment and Trust in Strangers
  18. Is Privacy Dead?
  19. Time zones and German exports
  20. Bewertung praktischer Lerngelegenheiten durch Lehramtsstudierende
  21. Strategic Venturing as Legitimacy Creation
  22. Partizipation, Kooperation und nachhaltige Entwicklung
  23. Electoral Behavior in Croatia
  24. Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Opportunities
  25. Of housewives and feminists
  26. When passions collide: Passion convergence in entrepreneurial teams
  27. EU-US-Privacy-Shield ungültig; Einzelfallprüfung für Standardvertragsklauseln - Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urteil vom 16. Juli 2020 (Rechtssache C-311/18)
  28. The Relationship Between the Environmental and Economic Performance of Firms
  29. Der Detektiv ohne Auftrag
  30. Gilad Livne and Garen Markarian (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Fair Value Accounting, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon 2018
  31. Emotionale Kompetenz und Emotionsarbeit in der Personalentwicklung