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

    Chancen des Konzepts der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung für die Kooperation von Schule und außerschulischer (Umwelt)Bildung

    Stoltenberg, U., 2006, Fit in die Zukunft: Praxisbeispiele einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung / Ökoprojekt - MobilSpiel e.V. Marion Loewenfeldt. Loewenfeld, M. & Kreuzinger, S. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 20-29 10 p.

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

  2. Published

    Corporate Social Responsibility

    Dubielzig, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2005, Handlexikon Public Affairs. Althaus, M. (ed.). Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 240-243 4 p. (Public affairs und Politikmanagement; vol. 1).

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

  3. Published

    Pasture landscapes and nature conservation

    Redecker, B. (Editor), Finck, P. (Editor), Härdtle, W. (Editor), Riecken, U. (Editor) & Schröder, E. (Editor), 2002, Berlin: Springer Verlag. 435 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    Modul Wie Gender in die Bildung kommt?! reflexive Ansätze zur geschlechtsdifferenzierten Entwicklung beruflicher Fort- und Weiterbildung für Soziale und Gesundheitsberufe

    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. 308-321 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherEducation

  5. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Verständnis, Entwicklung, Perspektiven

    Michelsen, G., 2005, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). 1 ed. München: Oekom Verlag, p. 25-41 17 p.

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

  6. Published

    Wildnis in der Stadt: subversiv - inszeniert - geplant?

    Hofmeister, S. & Meyer, C., 2002, Wildnis vor der Haustür: Ergebnisse des Workshops 4. - 6. Oktober 2001 in Zwieselerwaldhaus ; gemeinsame Veranstaltung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing und des Nationalparks Bayerischer Wald. Tutzing: Evangelische Akademie Tutzing, p. 81-94 14 p. (Schriftenreihe der Bayerischen Staatsforstverwaltung Tagungsbericht; vol. 7).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  7. Published

    Den Wandel begreifen: Szenarien für eine nachhaltige Hochschulentwicklung

    Albrecht, P., Barth, M., Burandt, S. & Rieckmann, M., 2008, "Sustainable University": nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). [Frankfurt/Main]: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 130-149 20 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).

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

  8. Published

    Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit umsetzen: Beitrag einer Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

    Hahn, T., Wagner, M., Gminder, C. U. & Bieker, T., 01.10.2001, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 16, 5, p. 28-30 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Leben in Dörfern: Die Bedeutungen öffentlicher Räume für Frauen im ländlichen Raum

    Thiem, A., 2009, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 252 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    Erbguth/Schlacke: Umweltrecht

    Schomerus, T., 09.2008, In: Natur und Recht. 30, 9, p. 626-626 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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  4. The Vatican City State’s Refusal to Grant its Flag to Search and Rescue Vessels of NGOs Operating in the Mediterranean
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  7. Integration der Ressourceneffizienz in die Ökodesign Richtlinie
  8. Das Alte Werk Melbeck/Embsen
  9. Corporate Social Responsibility
  10. Im Schatten der Regierung?
  11. Performanznahe und videobasierte Messung von DaZ-Kompetenz bei Lehrkräften: Skalierung und dimensionale Struktur des Testinstruments
  12. Die Ökonomie des Klimawandels
  13. Management integrierter Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke
  14. Die "wahre" Organisation erkennen
  15. The impact of M&A announcements on stock prices of the bidding firm - Event study based on German and US-listed firms
  16. Is the joke on you? The impact of sexist humour and gender dynamics on interpersonal work outcomes
  17. Environmental Value Added
  18. Bundesverfassungsgericht und Zukunft der EU
  19. Towards sustainable land uses within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germany by means of TerraSAR-X images
  20. (Pop)Kulturelle Öffentlichkeiten im Kontext der Neuen Rechten
  21. Geschwisterkonstellation und Lesekompetenz
  22. Overview of the Aggregate Results of the International Corporate Sustainability Barometer
  23. Psychometric Properties of Creative Personality Scale among Secondary School Students
  24. Zur Symbiose von Integrated Reporting und Controlling
  25. A sprig of parsley that leaves a bitter taste
  26. The consequences of deregulation for the damages in the German motor vehicle insurance industry
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  28. Pädagogik des Kämpfens und Perspektiven der Kampfkunst
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