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. 2023
  2. The cascading impacts of biotic starting conditions on Cirsium discolor growth-reproduction trade-offs

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    12.12.202315.12.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Webinar: Technik & Nachhaltigkeit? Die Ingenieure ohne Grenzen Challenge

    Frye, S. (Speaker), Wyss, M. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)

    07.12.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  4. Kommunikation und Narrative in der sozial-ökologischen Transformation

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    01.12.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Zukunftsgerechtigkeit als Leitprinzip kommunalen Planens und Handelns

    Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)

    23.11.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  6. Bremer Wirtschaftswerkstatt

    Möller, S. (Participant)

    17.11.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  7. Praxisforum: Berufsfeld kommunaler Klimaschutz

    Potyka, M. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)

    16.11.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  8. GDCP Doktorierendenkolloquium 2023

    List, F. (Participant)

    26.10.202328.10.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. University of Almeria

    Isaac, R. (Visiting researcher)

    20.10.202310.12.2023

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  10. 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)

    19.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. IDG Summit 2023

    Möller, S. (Participant)

    11.10.202313.10.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. ISEK Expert*innentagung Lüneburg

    Möller, S. (Participant)

    07.10.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  13. Creating curricula for competence: Findings from a comparison of three sustainability graduate programs

    Birdman, J. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Coauthor)

    04.10.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Learning Change: Studentische Reallabore für BNE nutzen

    Schmitt, M. (presenter), Wyss, M. (Speaker) & Möller, S. (Moderator)

    04.10.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsEducation

  15. Peter G. Mahaffy

    Kümmerer, K. (Host) & Zuin Zeidler, V. (Host)

    02.10.202330.11.2023

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  16. Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Member)

    01.10.202330.09.2027

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  17. Reflexion als Schlüssel zur Erforschung von Partizipation und Heterogenität

    Meyn, J. (Speaker)

    29.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Wie kann eine gerechte und dezentrale Energiewende gelingen?

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    29.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  19. Konzeption einer inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Lernumgebung im Sinne offenen Forschenden Lernens

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    28.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 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)

    27.09.202329.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Barcamp "Vielfalt verbündet"

    List, F. (Participant)

    23.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  22. Forschendes Lernen im integrativen naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Teil 2

    Abels, S. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    18.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  23. Inklusive Gestaltung einer Einheit offenen Forschenden Lernens

    Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)

    14.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Transformation von Schule durch inklusiven Nawi-Unterricht

    List, F. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)

    13.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  25. Entwicklung eines virtuellen Lernraums zum digitalen Kompetenzerwerb

    Abels, S. (Coauthor), Hofer, E. (Coauthor), Rodenhauser, A. (Coauthor), Sowinski, R. (presenter) & Stinken-Rösner, L. (Coauthor)

    12.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  26. Herausforderungen in der Planungsphase offenen Forschenden Lernens

    Fietkau, A. (presenter), Hofer, E. (Coauthor) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)

    12.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  27. DIY-Fledermausdetektor mit Gamification-Elementen

    Kasper, L. (Coauthor), Krebs, A.-K. (Speaker), Pfeifer, J. (Coauthor) & Nepper, H. H. (Coauthor)

    11.09.202314.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  28. 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)

    11.09.202314.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Types of institutional proxy representatives for future generations in democracies: A comparative empirical analysis

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    06.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. 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)

    04.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum (WiFo) Chemie 2023: Rethinking Chemistry

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    04.09.202306.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. One Fits Them All? – Metaphors in Multilingual Biology Classes

    Sowinski, R. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)

    01.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. Publishing success in ecology, and African perspective

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  34. Forschendes Lernen im integrativen naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Teil 1

    Abels, S. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    28.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  35. What we know about conceptual learning in open inquiry settings in science education

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    24.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. European Conference on Educational Research 2023

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    22.08.202325.08.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. Doing the right things at the right time: How negotiators make trade-offs in sequential resource allocation negotiations

    Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)

    09.07.202313.07.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  38. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (Journal)

    Rose, M. (Editor)

    07.2023 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  39. “Doing Justice! Doing Just This! Understanding justice in transdisciplinary and transformative research”: LRN Summer School

    Grauer, C. (Participant)

    28.06.202329.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  40. 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)

    28.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. How viable are institutional innovations for national long-term governance? Lessons from a comparative empirical analysis

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    28.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. "Holzbein Kiel" oder: Wie treffen Gruppen gute Entscheidungen?

    Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Speaker), Trötschel, R. (Speaker) & Hüffmeier, J. (Speaker)

    22.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  43. Negotiators' Value Creation Between Parties, Across Time

    Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)

    20.06.202323.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. Darmstädter Tage der Transformation 2023

    Möller, S. (Speaker), Gerlach, V. (Speaker), Hitz, K. (Speaker) & Heller, P. (Speaker)

    14.06.202315.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  45. Ungleiche Partizipationschancen in heterogenen Lerngruppen

    Meyn, J. (Speaker)

    13.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  46. Umkämpfte Transformation

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    07.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  47. Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation

    Saretzki, T. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Moderator)

    01.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

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