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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  1. 2013
  2. A biorefinery concept: Utilization of food waste

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    29.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. Learning through Volunteer Services in the Global South – Impact on Northern Societies

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    28.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  4. 17th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy - IAEP 2013

    Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)

    26.10.201328.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Zwischen_Zeiten: Das Geschlecht, die Zeit - und was ist nachhaltig?

    Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)

    25.10.2013

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

  6. Gentechnikrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    24.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Forschendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen? Eine Aktionsforschungsstudie

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    23.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Sustainability on Campus - Overview, Implementation and Outlook

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Werner, K. (Coauthor), Brüggen, I. (Coauthor) & Ruck, W. (Coauthor)

    23.10.201325.10.2013

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

  9. Is the question of democracy a blind spot in the debate about transformation?

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    22.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Round Table Gespräch des Transformationsworkshop "JPI-Climate – Transformation Review" - JPI 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    22.10.2013

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

  11. Progress and Standstil. How is Sustainability Management Developing in Corporate Practice?

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    18.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Naturverständnisse in den Kampagnen um Agro-Gentechnik in Deutschland und Polen. Eine Bilderdiskursanalyse

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    16.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. 12th Annual Academy of Business in Society Colloquium - ABIS 2013

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Mirkovic, S. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    15.10.201317.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Governance und Transformation: Ein konzeptioneller Rahmen

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    14.10.2013

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

  15. PhytoRet Teningen Meeting

    Gutowski, L. (presenter)

    11.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. AHV Writing Workshop - 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant), Burandt, A. (Participant) & Mölders, T. (Participant)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

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

  17. AHV Writing Workshop - 2013

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Personal care products as source for micropollutants in Greywater-Identification, quantification and on-site treatment

    Olsson, O. (Speaker), Dubwoski, Y. (Speaker), Friedler, E. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    06.10.201307.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Forschendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen? Eine Aktionsforschungsstudie

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    05.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. ProDoc Workshop VIII - 2013

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    04.10.2013

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

  21. Acceptance and Feasibility of a mobile application for panic with and without agoraphobia

    Ebenfeld, L. (Speaker), Kleine Stegemann, S. (Speaker), Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker), Funk, B. (Speaker) & Berking, M. (Speaker)

    03.10.201304.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Evaluating the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of web-based prevention of major depression

    Buntrock, C. (Speaker), Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Smit, F. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker), Reins, J. A. (Speaker) & Berking, M. (Speaker)

    03.10.201304.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Internet-based guided self-help to reduce depressive symptoms in teachers: Results from a randomized controlled trial

    Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Boß, L. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker), Thiart, H. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker) & Heber, E. (Speaker)

    03.10.201304.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. 10th Task 42/29 Experts Meeting - 2013

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Participant)

    02.10.2013

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

  25. Jahrestagung der Sektion Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft - DGfE 2013

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    02.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Qualitative Forschungsmethoden in der Erziehungswissenschaft

    Offen, S. (Lecturer)

    10.201304.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  27. Master i Miljø- og Energiret (MEEL), Legal Systems & Wind Energy - A Comparative Perspective, Sandbjerg Gods - 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    29.09.201301.10.2013

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

  28. Konzepte der Nachhaltigkeit und moralisch ethische Verantwortung aus wissenschaftlicher Perspektive

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    26.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  29. Relevance of selected health institutions on the impact of pharmaceuticals to the environment

    Herrmann, M. (Speaker)

    24.09.201325.09.2013

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

  30. Unravelling the paradox of public participation: Beyond competing claims about effectiveness

    Challies, E. (Coauthor)

    21.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Was läuft an den Hochschulen im Ausland?: Fokus Europa

    Mader, C. (Oral presentation)

    20.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  32. ‚Proxy-Repräsentation‘ als demokratische Innovation: Wie zukünftige Generationen politisch repräsentiert werden können

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    19.09.201321.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. Characterizing Commercial Cattle Farms in Namibia: Risk, Management and Sustainability

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    18.09.201320.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. CSR reporting as a communication signal contributing to the corporate reputation

    Hetze, K. (Speaker)

    18.09.201320.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  35. Global Alliance for Sustainable Universities

    Mader, C. (Lecturer)

    18.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  36. Panel Discussion on ‘Sustainability in Science and Practice’

    Holz, V. (Panel participant)

    18.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  37. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational justice in the use of ecosystems and their services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Glotzbach, S. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    18.09.201320.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Ultras: Jugendliche Fußballfans

    Winands, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  39. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    15.09.2013 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  40. European Educational Research Association (EERA) (External organisation)

    Sundermann, A. (Member)

    13.09.2013

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  41. Öffentlicher Kongress zur Großen Transformationin der Europäischen Akademie Otzenhausen - 2013

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    13.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  42. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie - 2013

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    12.09.201314.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  43. Forschendes Lernen in der Schule – ein hochschuldidaktisches Konzept

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    11.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  44. 1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    09.09.201311.09.2013

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

  45. 1st Global Conference on Research Integration and Implementation - i2S 2013

    Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)

    09.09.201310.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. 43rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2013

    Klein, A.-M. (Participant)

    09.09.201313.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Building Bridges in Ecology – Linking Systems, Scales and Disciplines

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    09.09.201313.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Cross-pollination benefits differ among oilseed rape varieties

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    09.09.201313.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  49. Learning Potentials and Learning Experiences within Volunteer Services in the Global South: [Posterbeitrag]

    Richter, S. (Oral presentation)

    09.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  50. Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a tool to integrate Multiple Values into Decision-Making – a Case Study from Germany

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    09.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  51. 3rd IMPRES Symposium 2013

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker)

    06.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Inquiry-based Learning Environment to Welcome the Diversity of a Chemistry Class

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    03.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  53. 6th International Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air - 2013

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant)

    02.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air

    Ulrich, U. (Speaker) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)

    02.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  55. Entrepreneurial Motivations and Tendencies: A South African and German Case Study

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker), Scholtz, B. (Speaker), Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker) & Schuricht, M. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  56. Is small beautiful? Small-scale farming in Poland and its contribution to sustainable rural development

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  57. Methodological Trends and Challenges of Entrepreneurship Research

    Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Burger, C. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  58. Money or Charity?: From (Women's) Social Intention to Commercial Business Models

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. L. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  59. Research Conference "Social & Economic Transformations Affecting Rural People and Communities in Central & Eastern Europe Since 1990" - 2013

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  60. Zu Bodenhydrologie und Kohlenstoffhaushalt sandiger Ackerböden im Klimawandel: Umgang mit Unsicherheiten bei der Modellierung

    Urban, B. (Speaker) & Schmelmer, K. (Speaker)

    02.09.201303.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  61. 14. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie - FGSP 2013

    Majer, J. M. (Speaker)

    01.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. It’s hard to part with gains, but what about losses. Contribution and Distribution of Benefits and Burdens in Integrative Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    01.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  63. Td Summer School 2013: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201310.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  64. Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    26.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  65. Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off - 2013

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    26.08.201330.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  66. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Speaker)

    21.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  67. Are managed honey bees a threat to native wild bees?

    Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)

    19.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  68. 11th INTECOL Congress 2013

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Participant)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  69. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Oral presentation)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  70. Biodiversity and ecosystem funtions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany

    Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  71. Biodiversity and crop pollination services

    Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.201317.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  72. Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  73. ETH Zürich World Food System Center Summer School - 2013

    Velten, S. (Participant)

    11.08.201325.08.2013

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

  74. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.08.2013

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

  75. BIT's 2nd Annual International Congress of Algae - AICA 2013

    Pleißner, D. (Chair)

    01.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  76. BIT's 2nd Annual International Congress of Algae - AICA 2013

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    01.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  77. Erdgasgewinnung durch "Fracking": Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch„Hydraulic Fracturing“

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  78. Rethinking economy, nature use and development: Caring as a socio-ecological concept for sustainability and gender justice

    Katz, C. (Speaker) & Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  79. Workshop zur Konstituierung des Instituts für transdisziplinäre Sozialwissenschaft der Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe -2013

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Is small beautiful? The case of small-scale farming in Poland, the CAP and rural resilience

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)

    30.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  81. 25th Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - ESRS 2013

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  82. 25th Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - ESRS 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Organiser)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  83. Competencies for sustainable development of rural areas need the integration of Gender

    Thiem, A. (Speaker) & Katz, C. (Speaker)

    29.07.201301.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  84. Representing Future Generations Today

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    29.07.201310.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  85. 17th Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Risk and Insurance Association - APRIA 2013

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Engler, J.-O. (presenter)

    28.07.201331.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  86. Perform to Disclose or Disclose to Perform: Which Drives Which?

    Qian, W. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    26.07.201328.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  87. Vom schwierigen Vergnügen Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  88. Zwischenbilanztagung der Hochschulrektorenkonferenz-Projekt "nexus" - HRK nexus 2013

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.07.201316.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  89. Conference of the Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network - EMAN Asia-Pacific 2013

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    14.07.201315.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  90. 2013 Retreat of the Sustainability Economics Group

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

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

  91. The Role and Use of Environmental Management Accounting for Supply Chains: An explorative Study

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Burritt, R. L. (Speaker)

    08.07.201309.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  92. Post Conference Worskhop Pharmaceutical residues - 2013

    Weiss, J. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Bolek, R. (Speaker), Boireau, V. (Speaker), Roig, B. (Speaker) & Lamoree, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  93. Value Trade-offs and Efficiency

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    05.07.201307.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  94. The Politics of Sustainability Indicators in Rhineland-Palatinate: A Case Study

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    03.07.201305.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch