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.

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  2. Pollination of Camelina sativa and Thlaspi arvense: Two new potential oil crop species in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Science and Practitioners: Transdisciplinary research a bridge to create socially robust knowledge

    Brandt, P. (Speaker) & Gralla, F. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. The Impact of Television Program on Individual Action for Climate Protection regarding Adolescents in Germany

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Bear activity in traditional woodpastures in souther Transylvania, Romania

    von Wehrden, H. (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Developing robust field survey protocols in landscape ecology: A case study on birds, plants and butterflies

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Different responses of ant species to sugars and amino acids in a subtropical forest of China 

    Staab, M. (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. „Erkennen, Untersuchen, Modellieren – Vom Nutzen des Verstehens“

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant), Rastogi, T. (Participant), Menz, J. (Participant), Toolaram, A. P. (Participant), Leder, C. (Participant) & Bolek, R. (Participant)

    10.09.201213.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Landscape effects on bird and rodent cummunities and seed predation to agriculture in Israel

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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  2. Controlling invasive plant species in ecological restoration
  3. The transferability and performance of payment-by-results biodiversity conservation procurement auctions: empirical evidence from northernmost Germany
  4. Pollination and Plant Resources Change the Nutritional Quality of Almonds for Human Health
  5. Intangible Assets und Goodwill im Spannungsfeld zwischen Entscheidungsrelevanz und Verlässlichkeit
  6. Following Health Measures in the Pandemic
  7. Auf den Spuren von Heinrich Heine – Potentiale der virtuellen Schnitzeljagd Actionbound für den Literaturunterricht in der Sekundarstufe 1
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  10. Inklusiven Fremdsprachenunterricht gestalten - Von Theorie-Praxis-Netzwerken, multiprofessionellen Teams und interdisziplinärer Forschung
  11. Herausforderung Demographie und Wandel der Arbeitsgesellschaft
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  13. Das Märchen vom Widerstand
  14. Was hat Francis Bacon mit Nachhaltigkeit und neoliberaler Globalisierung zu tun? Feminist sites
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  16. Ausschreibungsmodelle für Erneuerbare Energien
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  20. Graphische Variation im Rahmen emotionaler Online-Praktiken
  21. Verändern: Zielklärung, Planung und Ressourcenprüfung im persönlichen Entwicklungsplan
  22. Anaerobic biodegradation of organochlorine pesticides in contaminated soil
  23. Plasticizer and Surfactant Formation from Food-Waste- and Algal Biomass-Derived Lipids
  24. Stimmen aus der Praxis
  25. Colonial modern. Aesthetics of the past, rebellions for the future
  26. Austrag von gelösten Kohlenstoff- und Stickstoffverbindungen aus einem Ackerstandort unter erhöhten atmosphärischen CO2-Konzentrationen