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. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

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

    26.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

    Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)

    19.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 11th INTECOL Congress 2013

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Participant)

    18.08.201323.08.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. Biodiversity and crop pollination services

    Klein, A.-M. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.201317.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    14.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  22. 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

  23. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.08.2013

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

  24. 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

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

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    01.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Olsson, O. (Oral presentation)

    31.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. Representing Future Generations Today

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    29.07.201310.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. Vom schwierigen Vergnügen Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. Value Trade-offs and Efficiency

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    05.07.201307.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    03.07.201305.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. 26th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2013

    Majer, J. M. (Speaker)

    30.06.201303.07.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    30.06.201303.07.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. Verleihung des Klaus-Bahlsen-Preises 2013

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    28.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  47. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Challies, E. (Speaker) & Kochskämper, E. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  49. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker) & Koontz, T. M. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  50. 1st International Conference on Public Policy - ICPP 2013

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Jager, N. W. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. 3rd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2013

    Peifer, C. (Speaker)

    27.06.201330.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ziele, Inhalte und Beispiele guter Praxis

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  53. The influence of polycentricity on collaborative environmental management – the case of EU Water Framework Directive implementation in Germany

    Newig, J. (Oral presentation)

    27.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  54. Biologische Vielfalt und Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Wirkungszusammenhänge und Gestaltungspotenziale

    Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)

    26.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  55. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2013

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  56. Ramsey discounting of ecosystem services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Klein, A.-M. (Coauthor), Thiel, D. (Coauthor) & Winkler, K. (Coauthor)

    26.06.201329.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  57. 14th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS 2013

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    25.06.201328.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  58. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Hofmeister, S. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  59. Nachhaltig & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  60. Nachhaltigkeit & Geschlechtergerecht - Widerspruch oder Synergien?

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    24.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  61. Including justice in institutional analysis: How do frameworks for institutional analysis consider ideas of justice?

    Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Hanger, S. (Coauthor) & da Fonseca, I. F. (Coauthor)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  62. Income inequality and willingness to pay for ecosystem services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Drupp, M. A. (Speaker), Meya, J. (Speaker), Munz, J. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  63. The Justice Dimension of Sustainability - A systematic and general conceptual framework

    Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor), Glotzbach, S. (Coauthor) & Becker, C. (Coauthor)

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. The relationship between intragenerational and intergenerational justice in the use of ecosystems and their services. An ecological-economic mode.

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

    18.06.201321.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  65. Photocatalytic degradation of Diclofenac observed transformation products and assessment of their toxicological impact

    Leder, C. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Schmoock, C. (Speaker), Börnick, H. (Speaker) & Gravenhorst, O. (Speaker)

    16.06.201320.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  66. Workshop des Forums Ökologisch-Soziale Marktwirtschaft zur „Umsetzung eines Effizienzmarktes – Wie muss ein optimales Anreizsystem ausgestaltet werden?“ - FÖS 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    12.06.2013

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

  67. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Kita. - 2013

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    07.06.201308.06.2013

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

  68. 12th biennial Conference on Communication and Environment - COCE 2013

    Lüdecke, G. (presenter)

    06.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  69. Plenartagung des Umweltausschusses des Ausschusses der Regionen - ENVE 2013

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  70. Research Conference of the European Business Ethics Network - EBEN 2013

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    06.06.201308.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  71. Shaping the Future, Participation & Coping with Complexity – Culture as blind spot and pivotal Perspective of ESD

    Holz, V. (Lecturer)

    05.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  72. The Diffusion of Sustainable Cotton: Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Industry Transformation and the Role of Standards

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

    04.06.201307.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  73. 25th NOFOMA Conference - 2013

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker) & Seuring, S. (Speaker)

    03.06.201305.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. A screening biodegradation Water Sediment Test

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Baginska, E. (Coauthor) & Haiß, A. (Coauthor)

    03.06.201304.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  75. Environmental fate of Methotrexate:photodegradation, biodegradability and mutagenicity assessment

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Toolaram, A. P. (presenter), Baginska, E. (presenter), Lutterbeck, C. (presenter), Huynh, K. D. (presenter) & Schneider, M. (presenter)

    03.06.201304.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  76. Identification of photo-transformation products of ciprofloxacin and evaluation of their genotoxicity using in silco methods and in vitro assay

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Haddad, T. (Coauthor), Toolaram, A. P. (Coauthor) & Leder, C. (presenter)

    03.06.201304.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  77. Removal of Methotrexate, 5-Fluorouracil and Cyclophosphamide from water by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/Fe2+/H2O2 processe

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Lutterbeck, C. (presenter), Bolek, R. (presenter) & Huynh, K. D. (presenter)

    03.06.201304.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  78. Geschlecht und sexuelle Orientierung im Blick politischer Bildung

    Offen, S. (Lecturer)

    06.201308.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  79. International Conference: Cooperation or Conflict? Economics of Natural Resources and Food - 2013

    Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)

    31.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Doing Away with Labor: Working and Caring in a World of Commons

    Gottschlich, D. (Keynote Speaker)

    23.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  81. Tilling the fields of knowledge in sustainability-oriented science

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    23.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  82. 2nd International Scientific Conference on Regional development, spatial planning and strategic governance - RESPAG 2013

    Herberg, J. (presenter)

    22.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  83. Economics and the Common(s) International Conference - 2013

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    22.05.201324.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  84. Fußball und Diskriminierung: Einordnung und Entwicklungen

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    21.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  85. 6th GUNi Conference on Higher Education Side Event - 2013

    Mader, C. (Organiser)

    13.05.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  86. Inter- und transdisziplinäre Lehre

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    13.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  87. Micro and macro scale behavior of thermochemical materials in pure and composite forms for thermal storage applications

    N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Korhammer, K. (Speaker), Fopah Lele, A. (Speaker), Osterland, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    12.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  88. Demokratiequalität im Policy-Prozess und ihre Auswirkung auf die Policy-Performanz

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    06.05.2013

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

  89. Implementing Sustainability Strategies Through Accounting Controls: An Exploration of Practices in Seven Multinational Corporations

    Crutzen, N. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201308.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. "Global Environmental Justice”: A Constructive Exchange between Political Philosophy and Social Science - 2013

    Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)

    26.04.201327.04.2013

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

  91. Klimapolitik: nachhaltig und geschlechtergerecht?

    Heilmann, S. (presenter)

    20.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  92. Zur Gestaltungskraft von Asymmetrie und Abhängigkeit - der analytische Beitrag einer Theorie des Sorgens zur Vorsorge

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    20.04.2013

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

  93. „Zwischen den Zeiten“ – ein feministischer Kommentar

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    20.04.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  94. Das Geschlecht der Zeit - 2013

    Hofmeister, S. (Organiser)

    19.04.201321.04.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch