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

    Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen

    Herzig, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). 2 ed. München: Oekom Verlag, p. 579-593 15 p.

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

  2. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation und Bildungsprozesse: ein Interview

    Michelsen, G., 2008, Ökonomische Bildung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. Bolscho, D. & Hauenschild, K. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 145-151 7 p. (Umweltbildung und Zukunftsfähigkeit ; vol. 5).

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

  3. Published

    Von "cool" zu Klärung: Ärgerentwicklung bei Kindern und Jugendlichen

    Salisch, M., 2002, In: Psychomed. 14, 1, p. 41-44 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Management in neuem Licht

    Figge, F. & Horst, D., 2002, In: UmweltMagazin. 3, p. 42-44 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Ecopreneurship and Competitive Strategies: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability

    Petersen, H., 2006, Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance. Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 398-411 14 p.

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

  6. Published

    Sustainability, Substance Flow Management and Time: Part I: Temporal Analysis of Substance Flows

    Kümmerer, K. & Hofmeister, S., 09.2008, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 88, 4, p. 1333-1342 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Vorsorgendes Hochwassermanagement im Wandel: ein sozial-ökologisches Raumkonzept für den Umgang mit Hochwasser

    Kruse, S., 01.01.2010, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 261 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  9. Published

    Von der Notwendigkeit interdisziplinär ausgerichteter Studienangebote

    Fischer, A. & Michelsen, G., 2000, Sustainable university: auf dem Weg zu einem universitären Agendaprozess. Michelsen, G. (ed.). Frankfurt a.M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 153-179 27 p.

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

  10. Published

    Naturschutz in Deutschland: Ziele, Herausforderungen, Lösungen

    Schreiner, J., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 387-396 10 p.

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

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  1. Corporate Social Responsibility
  2. Das Weltbild der Physiker: Ein Selbstporträt?
  3. Performanznahe und videobasierte Messung von DaZ-Kompetenz bei Lehrkräften: Skalierung und dimensionale Struktur des Testinstruments
  4. Close to, but still out of, government
  5. From Ancient Greece - Through the ages - to that of late
  6. Franz-Günther von Stockert
  7. Sattelfest beim Sattelfest?
  8. Climate Change Economics
  9. Das Verschwinden der Moralphilosophie
  10. Mediation
  11. Normative Begründung der Nachhaltigkeitsökonomie
  12. Determinants of the export behaviour of German business services companies
  13. Schwer – schwierig – diffizil
  14. Photolysis of sulfamethoxypyridazine in various aqueous media
  15. Außervertragliche Haftung der EG, administratives Unrecht
  16. Trust and repatriate knowledge transfer
  17. International investment law
  18. Valorization of organic residues for the production of added value chemicals
  19. Evaluation der Special Olympics Handballnationalteams
  20. Delineating the interplay between subjective safety and country image in influencing international tourists’ extrinsic travel motives
  21. Mathematik in der Grundschule, ein Arbeitsbuch / Monika Baum, Hans Wielpütz (Hrsg.)
  22. Educational Development Processes of Male Adolescents from Immigrant Families
  23. Selbstentdeckendes und problemorientiertes Lernen in Studiengängen Sozialer Arbeit
  24. The distribution of income of self-employed, entrepreneurs and professions as revealed from micro income tax statistics in Germany
  25. The Top 100 Companies Panel Database
  26. Schwerpunkt
  27. Erleben, Verstehen, Vergleichen
  28. Uncertainty Promotes Neuroreductionism
  29. Auf der Innenseite der Sprache
  30. When passions collide: Passion convergence in entrepreneurial teams
  31. Earnings baths by bank CEOs during turnovers