School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
- 2022
Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft konkret – Wege und Herausforderungen in Niedersachsen
Hartmann, E. (Speaker)
18.10.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
James Cook University
Isaac, R. (Visiting researcher)
10.10.2022 → 22.12.2022Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
German Association for educational and academic staff development in Higher Education (External organisation)
Möller, S. (Member)
10.2022 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Education
The more attractive the more effective? Investigating the association of user experience and efficacy of an online and app-based gratitude intervention to reduce repetitive negative thinking
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Heckendorf, H. (Coauthor) & Lehr, D. (Coauthor)
19.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Akzeptanz von digitalen Lernplattformen zum individualisierten Üben: Prädiktoren der Nutzungsintention von Grundschullehrkräften
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Coauthor), Hase, A. K. (Coauthor) & Kuhl, P. (Coauthor)
15.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kontexte zur Professionalisierung für inklusiven Nawi-Unterricht
Abels, S. (Speaker)
14.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Referenzpunkte in der Verhandlungspraxis: Eine qualitative Studie zur Relevanz von Referenzpunkten in verschiedenen Verhandlungskontexten und -phasen
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
14.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A moral dilemma about terrorism: Predicting desisions in the play "Terror" by Ferdinand von Schirach
Kause, A. (Speaker), Thum, C. M. (Speaker) & Frisch, L. K. (Speaker)
13.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Einfluss der Erstsprache von Lernenden auf ihre Vorstellungen
Sowinski, R. (presenter) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)
13.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Inclusive science teaching in the field of tension between theory and practice
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
13.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Naturwissenschaftliche Fragen stellen beim Forschenden Lernen
Hofer, E. (presenter) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)
13.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Einfluss der Erstsprache von Lernenden auf ihre Vorstellungen im Fach Biologie
Sowinski, R. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
12.09.2022 → 15.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik - GDCP 2022
Hofer, E. (Participant), Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant) & Abels, S. (Participant)
12.09.2022 → 15.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Effects of time horizon and trust on social-dilemma negotiations
Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)
10.09.2022 → 15.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transformation Products (TPs) of Sulfonamides (SUA) in Aquatic Systems - What can we learn from available environmental fate and behaviour data?
Puhlmann, N. (Speaker)
09.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Conference - Equity Perspectives on Global Ocean Law and Governance
Köster, M. (Organiser), Sammler, K. (Organiser) & Schatz, V. (Organiser)
07.09.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Alcohol myopia and gambling behavior
Brinkmann, J. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor), Oettingen, G. (Coauthor) & Garibay, G. (Coauthor)
09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Fantasizing now, feeling disappointed later. Positive fantasies and negative emotions in soccer fans
Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Institutionalizing transdisciplinary learning on different levels
Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Weiß, M. (Speaker)
09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Voluntary migration to cosmopolitan cities and risk-taking
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Kwon, J. Y. (Coauthor), Varnum, M. E. W. (Coauthor) & Kitayama, S. (Coauthor)
09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Role of Food Policy Councils in Policymaking: Advocate, Adviser or Actor in participatory governance?
Newig, J. (Speaker)
26.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental governance research: Interdisciplinary, Policy-oriented - and Cumulative?
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The role of social science evidence in decisions on the design of participatory governance: Tentative findings from a German mixed-methods study
Rose, M. (Speaker) & Newig, J. (Coauthor)
25.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Just new democratic bells and whistles? Assessing the formal capacity of institutions for future generations to influence policy-making
Rose, M. (Speaker)
24.08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Testing how plant interactions alter plant mediated interactions
Turner, S. (Speaker)
08.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
B2B Negotiations in Times of Disrupted Supply Chains: Current Challenges and Approaches from the Perspective of Negotiation Research
Mann, M. (Speaker)
25.07.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The impact of trust on joint decision-making in social-dilemma negotiations
Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)
18.07.2022 → 22.07.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does it occur or not? - A structured approach to support students in determining the spontaneity of chemical reactions
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Steininger, R. (Coauthor)
12.07.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
15th European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE 2022
Hofer, E. (Participant) & Abels, S. (Participant)
11.07.2022 → 13.07.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Subject-related interactions of students in chemistry lessons during distillation
Abels, S. (Speaker), Koliander, B. (Coauthor) & Plotz, T. (Coauthor)
11.07.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Justice, Democracy and Future Generations
Rose, M. (Speaker)
27.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Priority effects and ecological restoration of grasslands
Temperton, V. (Keynote Speaker)
24.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Exploring the implications of the value concept for performance assessment of sustainable business models
Norris, S. (Speaker)
23.06.2022 → 24.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Investigating the relationship between teachers' acceptance and use of educational technology and student data
Kahnbach, L. (Speaker), Hase, A. K. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Coauthor) & Kuhl, P. (Coauthor)
23.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Representing Future Generations in Parliament
Rose, M. (Panel participant)
22.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Von Lüneburg ins Baltikum und zurück - Gemeinsam lernen und experimentieren für eine resiliente und nachhaltige Stadt- und Kommunalentwicklung
Lang, D. J. (Speaker), Drautz, S. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Coauthor)
02.06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Toward a better understanding of reference points in negotiation research and theory
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
06.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Substance use without a substance: The risk factors and mechanisms of gambling
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
26.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A behavioral science view onto climate risk and uncertainty communications
Kause, A. (Speaker)
23.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Forschendes Lernen inklusiv gestalten
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
20.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
A behavioral science view onto climate risk and uncertainty communications
Kause, A. (Speaker)
19.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Exploring cultural landscape narratives to understand differences in meaning and their implications for governance
Schaal, T. (Speaker), König, B. (Coauthor), Riechers, M. (Coauthor), Heitepriem, N. (Coauthor), Schäfer, M. (Coauthor) & Leventon, J. (Coauthor)
17.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Effects of Land Management on Nature’s Contributions to People In- and Outside of Protected Areas in Germany: Understanding the Pathways of Natural and Anthropogenic Capitals in the Co-production of Nature’s Contributions to People
Isaac, R. (Speaker), Kachler, J. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor) & Felipe-Lucia, M. (Coauthor)
16.05.2022 → 18.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Zeit für Gleichberechtigung – Kritische Analyse der Verteilung von Zeit durch Recht
Bertram, A. (Speaker)
07.05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Acute alcohol consumption as a risk-factor for escalated gambling
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Brinkmann, J. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Performance resource depletion influence on performance: Advancing concepts and findings
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
05.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Toward a better understanding of reference points in negotiation research and theory
Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Coauthor), Trötschel, R. (Coauthor) & Hüffmeier, J. (Coauthor)
28.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stürme, Hitze, Fluten - die Psychologie von Klimarisiken
Kause, A. (Speaker)
26.04.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Gestaltung von inklusiven Aufgabenformaten am Beispiel des Flaschentutens
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Coauthor) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)
21.03.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
4. Darmstädter Tage der Transformation - DTdT 2022
Rose, M. (Moderator)
17.03.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research