Studying Sustainability at the Graduate School
Sustainability Research Initiative
If you are interested in learning more about the questions and challenges of sustainable development, necessary societal change or environment and nature conservation, the Master’s program Sustainability Sciences of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences might be of interest to you.
Because of the inter- and transdisciplinary character of the teaching and research context of this master’s in sustainable development your own disciplinary background can easily be made to come into play. The Master’s program is open to students from a number of different disciplinary fields. Please don’t hesitate to ask us more about this program.
The contact person for the Master’s program in Sustainability Sciences is Harald Heinrichs. For questions concerning the individual disciplines you are also welcome to contact Mr Heinrichs. He will happily forward your questions to the relevant institutes.
Major Sustainability Sciences
A special characteristic of the program in Sustainabilty Sciences is the equal emphasis on the sustainable natural sciences and the sustainable human sciences. The aim is to examine social-ecological systems from a interdisciplinary yet discipline-specific perspective.