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. 2017
  2. Hochsitz für Innovationspotentiale

    Engbers, M. (Participant)

    06.09.2017

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

  3. Governance challenges in telecoupled systems (with Andrea Lenschow and Edward Challies)

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    05.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Tagung der Fachgruppe Sozialpsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie

    Schuster, C. (presenter)

    05.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2017 → …

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

  6. Deutscher Baubetriebs- und Baurechtstag 2017

    Schuster, C. (Coauthor)

    01.09.201702.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  7. Energy (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2017 → …

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

  8. Waste Management (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2017 → …

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

  9. Dozententagung der Sektion Sonderpädagogik der DGFE 2017

    Abels, S. (Speaker), Troll, B. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker), Greve, S. (Speaker) & Süßenbach, J. (Speaker)

    09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Mentale Kontrastierung fördert Anstrengung durch Transfer von Energetisierung [Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization]

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. ‘Problems of Transdisciplinary Sustainability Sciences. An approach to diagnoses‘

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Amplifying the Impact of Local Initiatives in Sustainability Transformations – A pragmatic Typology

    Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  14. The City as a System: Urban Metabolism Approaches to enhance Urban Visioning Practices

    John, B. (Speaker)

    30.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Time as management interface in sustainability transformations

    Weiser, A. (presenter)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  16. Transformations 2017

    Freeth, R. C. (Participant), Lam, D. (Speaker), Freeth, R. (Speaker), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (presenter) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  17. Transformations 2017

    Peukert, D. (Moderator), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Moderator), Lam, D. (Moderator) & Lang, D. J. (Moderator)

    30.08.201701.09.2017

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

  18. Can knowledge of priority effects improve outcomes of ecological restoration?

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    27.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Current overview of research on priority effects and their relevance to restoration

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    27.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    27.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Villa Rossa 2017

    Hofmeister, S. (Lecturer)

    26.08.201702.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  22. Inclusive approaches in science education – the example of an open inquiry format

    Abels, S. (Speaker)

    25.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  23. Educational reconstruction of the concept of renewable energy resources

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    24.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. Implementing aspects of inquiry-based learning in secondary chemistry classes: a case study

    Hofer, E. (presenter) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)

    22.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  25. Postervortrag: The energy transition as a context for secondary science education

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    22.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Education

  26. Conference of the European Science Education Research Association 2017

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    21.08.201725.08.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. Educational Reconstruction of the concept of renewable energy resources, von Sybille Hüfner und mit Kai Niebert

    Abels, S. (Speaker)

    20.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. The 15th Anniversary edition of the European heathlands workshop - EHW 2017

    Härdtle, W. (Speaker)

    20.08.201725.08.2017

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

  29. Exploring priority effects in a central European grassland field experiment in order to inform restoration (Symposium)

    Weidlich, E. (presenter)

    17.08.201701.09.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. ReThink - ReStructure - ReConnect

    Peukert, D. (Speaker), Holthuizen, P. (Speaker) & Engbers, M. (Participant)

    09.08.2017

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

  31. Co-creating transformative processes - a designerly approach

    Peukert, D. (Speaker)

    08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Teaching and Learning in an Interconnected World. A Guide to Transnational Education for Sustainability

    John, B. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Leonie, B. (Speaker), Laubichler, M. D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    31.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 13. Berliner Methodentreffen 2017

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    21.07.201722.07.2017

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

  34. Sustainable Lifestyles, Livelihoods and the Circular Economy

    Sundermann, A. (Participant) & Frank, P. (Speaker)

    18.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Speaking with One Voice While Being Different - Effects of Comparison Mindsets in Negotiations between Groups

    Schuster, C. (presenter)

    11.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  36. Impulse zum inklusiven Chemieunterricht; Dialoggespräch zwischen Praxis und Wissenschaft zum inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht

    Abels, S. (Speaker)

    10.07.2017

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

  37. 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2017

    Schuster, C. (Coauthor)

    09.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. A Model of Mental Accounting in Negotiations.

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker), Majer, J. M. (Speaker), Leitsch, L. (Speaker) & Warsitzka, M. (Speaker)

    09.07.201712.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. It Matters When You Do It – Issue Packaging in Multi-Issue Negotiation.

    Zhang, H. (Speaker), Geiger, I. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    09.07.201712.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Begutachtung eines Antrags für ein Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    07.07.2017

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  41. 12th Interpretative Policy Analysis Conference - IPA 2017

    Sieveking, A. (Participant)

    05.07.201707.07.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Gastvorlesung: Welt im Grid. Zur Poetologie der meteorologischen Simulation

    Schrickel, I. (Lecturer)

    04.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  43. How the Ant taught Scholars about Science – a story by Iimbovane Outreach Project

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    01.07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. Spontaneous self-regulation by mentally contrasting future and reality

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    07.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen (External organisation)

    Hunning, S. (Member) & Mölders, T. (Member)

    07.2017

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  46. Rurbane Landschaften

    Friedrich, B. (presenter)

    30.06.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Anwendbarkeit des "Reflexionsrahmen für Forschen in gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung des BMBF-Projekts LeNa" im Kontext von Hochschulen

    Vogt, M. (Speaker), Kopfmüller, J. (Speaker) & Kahle, J. (Speaker)

    29.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Arizona State University

    Barth, M. (Visiting researcher)

    29.06.201730.06.2019

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  49. ESERA Summer School 2017

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    28.06.201704.07.2017

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