School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- 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.
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.
- 2024
Member of the Expert Evaluation Committee for Plant Sciences of the DFG (German Science Foundation) representing the topic Ecology, Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
Temperton, V. (Consultant)
01.05.2024 → 31.07.2025Activity: Consultancy
Der Blick nach vorn - Klimapolitik in der Europäischen Union
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
25.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Food security and livelihoods in restoration landscapes in western Rwanda: An overview and some reflections on the path to the Rwanda Restore DFG Research Unit on social-ecological restoration in western Rwanda.
Temperton, V. (Speaker)
09.04.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Government and the German Ministry of the Environment in Natural Climate Solutions
Temperton, V. (Consultant)
19.03.2024 → …Activity: Consultancy
Bedürfnisorientierte BNE auf dem Lernort Bauernhof
Grauer, C. (Speaker)
09.03.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vorstellung der Ergebnisse von StudiKommKlima (Phase 1) im Fachausschuss Klimaneutralität 2030
Möller, S. (Speaker)
04.03.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Fröhlich gestalten! Wie sich Organisationen hacken lassen
Möller, S. (Speaker) & Hochmann, L. (Speaker)
26.02.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
DIY Bat Detector with Gamification Elements
Kasper, L. (Speaker), Krebs, A.-K. (Coauthor), Pfeifer, J. (Coauthor) & Nepper, H. H. (Coauthor)
06.01.2024 → 09.01.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 (Journal)
Fichtner, A. (Editor), Härdtle, W. (Editor) & Prüter, J. (Editor)
01.01.2024 → 31.12.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Long Range Planning (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Negotiating Sustainability Transformations [Symposium]
Schauer, M. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Negotiators Facing Externalities
Schauer, M. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Effects of Outcome Uncertainty on Negotiators Facing Externalities
Schauer, M. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2023
The cascading impacts of biotic starting conditions on Cirsium discolor growth-reproduction trade-offs
Turner, S. (Speaker)
12.12.2023 → 15.12.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Webinar: Technik & Nachhaltigkeit? Die Ingenieure ohne Grenzen Challenge
Frye, S. (Speaker), Wyss, M. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)
07.12.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Kommunikation und Narrative in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
01.12.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zukunftsgerechtigkeit als Leitprinzip kommunalen Planens und Handelns
Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)
23.11.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Bremer Wirtschaftswerkstatt
Möller, S. (Participant)
17.11.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Praxisforum: Berufsfeld kommunaler Klimaschutz
Potyka, M. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)
16.11.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
GDCP Doktorierendenkolloquium 2023
List, F. (Participant)
26.10.2023 → 28.10.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
University of Almeria
Isaac, R. (Visiting researcher)
20.10.2023 → 10.12.2023Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
The forest beyond the trees: a network perspective on governing nature's contributions to people co-production
Isaac, R. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Kachler, J. (Coauthor), Felipe-Lucia, M. R. (Coauthor) & Cumming, G. S. (Coauthor)
19.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
IDG Summit 2023
Möller, S. (Participant)
11.10.2023 → 13.10.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ISEK Expert*innentagung Lüneburg
Möller, S. (Participant)
07.10.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Creating curricula for competence: Findings from a comparison of three sustainability graduate programs
Birdman, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)
04.10.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Learning Change: Studentische Reallabore für BNE nutzen
Schmitt, M. (presenter), Wyss, M. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)
04.10.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Peter G. Mahaffy
Kümmerer, K. (Host) & Zuin Zeidler, V. (Host)
02.10.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (External organisation)
Fischer, D. (Member)
01.10.2023 → 30.09.2027Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Reflexion als Schlüssel zur Erforschung von Partizipation und Heterogenität
Meyn, J. (Speaker)
29.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Ungleiche Partizipationschancen in heterogenen Lerngruppen. Eine ethngrafische Studie in Klassenräten inklusiver Grundschulklassen
Meyn, J. (Speaker)
29.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wie kann eine gerechte und dezentrale Energiewende gelingen?
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
29.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Konzeption einer inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Lernumgebung im Sinne offenen Forschenden Lernens
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
28.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
17. Treffen des Netzwerkes inklusiver naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht (NinU): Digitalisierung und Inklusion
Abels, S. (Organiser), Hofer, E. (Participant), List, F. (Participant), Sowinski, R. (Participant) & Fietkau, A. (Participant)
27.09.2023 → 29.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nach der Pandemie ist vor der Krise. Zur Förderung von Unsicherheitskompetenz mittels bedürfnisorientierter transformativer Ansätze in der BNE
Grauer, C. (Speaker)
26.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Barcamp "Vielfalt verbündet"
List, F. (Participant)
23.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Forschendes Lernen im integrativen naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Teil 2
Abels, S. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)
18.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Inklusive Gestaltung einer Einheit offenen Forschenden Lernens
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transformation von Schule durch inklusiven Nawi-Unterricht
List, F. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)
13.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Entwicklung eines virtuellen Lernraums zum digitalen Kompetenzerwerb
Abels, S. (Coauthor), Hofer, E. (Coauthor), Rodenhauser, A. (Coauthor), Sowinski, R. (presenter) & Stinken-Rösner, L. (Coauthor)
12.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Herausforderungen in der Planungsphase offenen Forschenden Lernens
Fietkau, A. (presenter), Hofer, E. (Coauthor) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)
12.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
DIY-Fledermausdetektor mit Gamification-Elementen
Kasper, L. (Coauthor), Krebs, A.-K. (Speaker), Pfeifer, J. (Coauthor) & Nepper, H. H. (Coauthor)
11.09.2023 → 14.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik (GDCP) 2023: Frühe naturwissenschaftliche Bildung
Abels, S. (Participant), Hofer, E. (Participant), Fietkau, A. (Participant), List, F. (Participant), Sowinski, R. (Participant) & Hüfner, S. K. (Participant)
11.09.2023 → 14.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Types of institutional proxy representatives for future generations in democracies: A comparative empirical analysis
Rose, M. (Speaker)
06.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Fachinhaltliches Lernen beim offenen Experimentieren: Ergebnisse der Erprobung einer Lernumgebung zum Thema „Dem Zucker auf der Spur“
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
05.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Formaldehydbelastungen mit dem Arduino untersuchen: Eine Unterrichts- einheit mit forschendem Lernen und Wissenschaftskommunikation
Rüschenpöhler, L. (Speaker), Hofer, E. (Coauthor), Zeller, M. (Coauthor) & Bernsteiner, A. (Coauthor)
04.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum (WiFo) Chemie 2023: Rethinking Chemistry
Hofer, E. (Participant)
04.09.2023 → 06.09.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
One Fits Them All? – Metaphors in Multilingual Biology Classes
Sowinski, R. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
01.09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Publishing success in ecology, and African perspective
Turner, S. (Speaker)
09.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Forschendes Lernen im integrativen naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Teil 1
Abels, S. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)
28.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
What we know about conceptual learning in open inquiry settings in science education
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
24.08.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
European Conference on Educational Research 2023
Hofer, E. (Participant)
22.08.2023 → 25.08.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Efficacy of an app-based gratitude intervention in reducing repetitive negative thinking and fostering resilience: results of a randomized controlled trial
Kalon, L. (Speaker)
20.07.2023 → 23.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Doing the right things at the right time: How negotiators make trade-offs in sequential resource allocation negotiations
Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)
09.07.2023 → 13.07.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (Journal)
Rose, M. (Editor)
07.2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
“Doing Justice! Doing Just This! Understanding justice in transdisciplinary and transformative research”: LRN Summer School
Grauer, C. (Participant)
28.06.2023 → 29.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues
Newig, J. (Speaker), Rose, M. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (Coauthor)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
How viable are institutional innovations for national long-term governance? Lessons from a comparative empirical analysis
Rose, M. (Speaker)
28.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"Holzbein Kiel" oder: Wie treffen Gruppen gute Entscheidungen?
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Speaker), Trötschel, R. (Speaker) & Hüffmeier, J. (Speaker)
22.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Negotiators' Value Creation Between Parties, Across Time
Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)
20.06.2023 → 23.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Darmstädter Tage der Transformation 2023
Möller, S. (Speaker), Gerlach, V. (Speaker), Hitz, K. (Speaker) & Heller, P. (Speaker)
14.06.2023 → 15.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Ungleiche Partizipationschancen in heterogenen Lerngruppen
Meyn, J. (Speaker)
13.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Umkämpfte Transformation
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
07.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Saretzki, T. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Moderator)
01.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
From the Environmental State to the Sustainability State? Conceptual and Empirical Perspectives
Rose, M. (Speaker)
01.06.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Sustainable State.
Saretzki, T. (Organiser), Bornemann, B. (Organiser), Rose, M. (Moderator), Newig, J. (Organiser), Laruffa, F. (Organiser) & Marius, C. (Organiser)
01.06.2023 → 03.06.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Klimapolitiken in ländlichen Räumen transdisziplinär erforschen & mitgestalten
Möller, S. (Speaker)
31.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Stellungsnahme für öffentliche Sachverständigenanhörung im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema der Weiterentwicklung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung. 39. Sitzung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Rose, M. (Reviewer)
24.05.2023Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
UNITED we stand: A principle-based negotiation training for collective bargaining
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Speaker), Hüffmeier, J. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
18.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
iSleep well: Protokoll für eine Multicenter-Studie zur Nichtunterlegenheit von internetbasierter KVT-I im Vergleich zu KVT-I vor Ort
Grolig, L. (Speaker), Hannibal, S. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
10.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Sufficiency: The Missing Elephant in the EU Trade and Biodiversity Agenda?
Coenen, J. (Speaker) & Roux, N. (Speaker)
05.05.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Praxisforum Berufsfeld Kommunaler Klimaschutz
Kruse, L. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)
04.05.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
... und jetzt auch noch BNE?! Mikrofortbildung zum transformativen Lernen
Möller, S. (Speaker), Richter, F. (Speaker) & Ziethen, S. (Speaker)
28.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Podiumsdiskussion zum Ukraine-Krieg: Keine Kriegspartei und doch im Wirtschaftskrieg
Kück, T. (Moderator) & Oermann, N. O. (Participant)
21.04.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Explaining primary school teachers’ usage of digital learning data: A mixed method study
Hase, A. K. (Speaker), Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Kuhl, P. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Speaker)
13.04.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Perspectives on Monetary Politics in Europe
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
30.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conference - 8th Entrepreneurship-as-Practice Conference
Cnossen, B. (Organiser), Byrne, O. (Organiser), Farny, S. (Organiser), Nathues, E. (Organiser), Rehwinkel, S. M. R. (Organiser) & Thompson, N. (Organiser)
29.03.2023 → 31.03.2023Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sustainability and the City
Möller, S. (Speaker)
21.03.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)
Grauer, C. (Member)
01.03.2023 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Technologieakzeptanz als Voraussetzung zum digital-gestützten Üben – Eine systematische Literaturübersicht
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
28.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vorstellung des Projektes "Studienpfad für den Beruf des kommunalen Klimamanagements" im Fachausschuss Klimaneutralität 2030
Möller, S. (Speaker)
07.02.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
How, when, and why do negotiators use reference points? A qualitative interview study with negotiation experts.
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
19.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A story about grasslands that needs to be told: their importance, assembly dynamics and ecological restoration in a changing world
Temperton, V. (Lecturer)
17.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Benign by Design. Approaches and methods for designing environmentally mineralising chemicals
Amsel, A.-K. (Speaker)
16.01.2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Ecosystem Services (Journal)
Benra, F. (Editorial Board), Langemeyer, J. (Editor) & Zoderer, B. (Editor)
12.01.2023 → 31.05.2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) (External organisation)
Lunow, J. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik e.V. (External organisation)
List, F. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Negotiating Expected Outcomes: Value Creation in Risky Contexts
Schauer, M. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Playing it safe: How negotiators (fail to) create value for expected outcomes
Schauer, M. (Speaker)
2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2022
Forschendes Lernen im inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
21.11.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Storytelling und Nachhaltigkeit: Gut erzählt = überzeugt?
Sundermann, A. (Speaker)
14.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Wie wir Hürden in der Klimakommunikation(sflut) erfolgreich meistern
Kause, A. (Speaker)
14.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
That is not enough–Or is it? A qualitative investigation of reference points in negotiations
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
11.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
What remains to be done to achieve open, global science
Kause, A. (Speaker) & Kütt, M. (Speaker)
10.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Governing anthropogenic capitals for nature's contributions to people in forests
Isaac, R. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Schleyer, C. (Coauthor), Hofmann, J. (Coauthor), Koegst, J. (Coauthor) & Däfler, L. S. (Coauthor)
09.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Ecological restoration as a tool out of multiple crisis - examples from grassland restoration
Temperton, V. (Oral presentation)
08.11.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zehnter Großer Konvent der Schader-Stiftung
Rose, M. (Coauthor)
04.11.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
1.5 Grad: ein Werkstattgespräch
Kause, A. (Speaker) & Bünning, N. (Speaker)
30.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
