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. Efficacy of web-based treatment of major depressive disorder: results from a rater blind randomized controlled trial

    Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Sieland, B. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Boß, L. (Speaker), Reins, J. A. (Speaker), Cuijpers, P. (Speaker), Buntrock, C. (Speaker) & Riper, H. (Speaker)

    04.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Preliminary results of a web-based and mobile stress-management intervention for employees

    Heber, E. (Speaker), Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker) & Nobis, S. (Speaker)

    04.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Wissenschaftskongress der Pluralen Ökonomik - 2013

    Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)

    01.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Trends in sustainability management: Progress and standstill

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    30.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. A biorefinery concept: Utilization of food waste

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    29.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    28.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Gentechnikrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    24.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  11. Forschendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen? Eine Aktionsforschungsstudie

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    23.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. 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

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

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    22.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. 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

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

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    18.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    16.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. 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

  18. Governance und Transformation: Ein konzeptioneller Rahmen

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    14.10.2013

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

  19. PhytoRet Teningen Meeting

    Gutowski, L. (presenter)

    11.10.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 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

  21. AHV Writing Workshop - 2013

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    07.10.201309.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. 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

  23. Forschendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen? Eine Aktionsforschungsstudie

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    05.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  24. ProDoc Workshop VIII - 2013

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    04.10.2013

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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. Qualitative Forschungsmethoden in der Erziehungswissenschaft

    Offen, S. (Lecturer)

    10.201304.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  31. 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

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

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    26.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  33. 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

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

    Challies, E. (Coauthor)

    21.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Mader, C. (Oral presentation)

    20.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  36. ‚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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. Global Alliance for Sustainable Universities

    Mader, C. (Lecturer)

    18.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Holz, V. (Panel participant)

    18.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. 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

  42. Ultras: Jugendliche Fußballfans

    Winands, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  43. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    15.09.2013 → …

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

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

    Sundermann, A. (Member)

    13.09.2013

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. Forschendes Lernen in der Schule – ein hochschuldidaktisches Konzept

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    11.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

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

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    09.09.201313.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  52. Cross-pollination benefits differ among oilseed rape varieties

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    09.09.201313.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 3rd IMPRES Symposium 2013

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker)

    06.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    03.09.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 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

  62. 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

  63. 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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. 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

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

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

    26.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  69. 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

  70. 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

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

    Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)

    19.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  72. 11th INTECOL Congress 2013

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Participant)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. 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

  74. 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

  75. Biodiversity and crop pollination services

    Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.201317.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  77. 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

  78. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.08.2013

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

  79. 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

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

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    01.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  82. 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

  83. 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

  84. 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

  85. 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

  86. 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

  87. 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

  88. Representing Future Generations Today

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    29.07.201310.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  89. 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

  90. 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

  91. Vom schwierigen Vergnügen Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  92. 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

  93. 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