School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
- Conference Presentations
What we know about conceptual learning in open inquiry settings in science education
Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)
24.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Where To Start? Exploring 1-Year-Students’ Preconceptions of Sustainable Development
Daniel Fischer (Speaker) & Anna Sundermann (Speaker)
23.08.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Which Research Approach Should I Employ In My Research Project? Developing Criteria-Based Guidance on Choosing the Most Appropriate Research Approach Among TD Case Study, Living Lab, Action Research, Urban Transition Lab, Real-World Lab, Applied Disciplinary Research, and others
Michael Rose (Speaker), Annaliesa Hilger (Speaker), Matthias Wanner (Speaker) & Tom Dedeurwaerdere (Speaker)
10.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why and how do civil servants (not) use social science evidence to decide on participatory governance processes? A mixed-methods study on evidence-informed participatory governance in German states, counties and municipalities
Michael Rose (Speaker) & Jens Newig (Coauthor)
08.07.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why companies do district heating – the business model perspective on network expansion and renewable sources of energy
Florian Reinert (Speaker), Jens Clausen (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)
03.06.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why did she act like this? The fundamental attribution error in Korea, Japan, Germany and the U.S.
Andrea Zo-Rong Wucherpfennig (Speaker), Timur Sevincer (Coauthor) & Shinobu Kitayama (Coauthor)
09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Why have a drink? Emotional, cognitive, and motivational mechanisms of acute alcohol consumption
Timur Sevincer (Speaker) & Gabriele Oettingen (Coauthor)
05.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie implementieren österreichische ChemielehrerInnen Forschendes Lernen in ihren Unterricht?
Elisabeth Hofer (Speaker)
18.07.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie kann die Umweltpsychologie Universitäten unterstützen, ihrer Vorbildfunktion in Sachen Nachhaltigkeit gerecht zu werden?
Sonja Richter (Speaker)
22.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie können informatische Kompetenzen und Einsichten bei Studierenden des Sachunterrichts gefördert werden?
Sabine Richter (Speaker)
05.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Wie wirkt Transdisziplinarität? Abschlusssymposium des Forschungsprojekts MONA - Modi nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Forschung im Vergleich
Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker), Judith Kahle (Speaker), Jens Newig (Speaker), Matthias Bergmann (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Speaker)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wirtschaften in Netzen. Stärkung regionaler Absatzmärkte für KMU als Beitrag zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung in der Region
Friederike Julia Lang (Speaker) & Anja Thiem (Speaker)
23.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wirtschaftswachstum? Was ist es, das wächst?: Für eine Verankerung des Ökonomischen im (Re)Prodkutiven.
Sabine Hofmeister (Speaker)
01.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wo Biber Burgen bauen und ein Fürst ein Gartenreich schaffte - Landschaften im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
12.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
„Wohlstand aus feministischer Perspektive: Anforderungen an linke Politik“
Daniela Gottschlich (Speaker)
10.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Working in regional agro-food networks – strengthening local food systems through cooperation
Annemarie Burandt (Speaker)
23.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop: Wie kann Nachhaltigkeitsforschung an deutschen Hochschulen identifiziert und charakterisiert werden? Wie lässt sich aus bisherigen Erfahrungen und Beispielen für die Zukunft lernen?
Judith Kahle (Speaker), Stephanie Verena Jahn (Speaker) & Daniel J. Lang (Panel participant)
23.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
XENOWAC II - 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zeiten der Natur – Kulturen der Zeit
Sabine Hofmeister (Speaker)
19.03.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zu Bodenhydrologie und Kohlenstoffhaushalt sandiger Ackerböden im Klimawandel: Umgang mit Unsicherheiten bei der Modellierung
Brigitte Urban (Speaker) & Karin Schmelmer (Speaker)
02.09.2013 → 03.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research