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.

  1. 2023
  2. Formaldehydbelastungen mit dem Arduino untersuchen: Eine Unterrichts- einheit mit forschendem Lernen und Wissenschaftskommunikation

    Rüschenpöhler, L. (Speaker), Hofer, E. (Coauthor), Zeller, M. (Coauthor) & Bernsteiner, A. (Coauthor)

    04.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum (WiFo) Chemie 2023: Rethinking Chemistry

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    04.09.202306.09.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. One Fits Them All? – Metaphors in Multilingual Biology Classes

    Sowinski, R. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)

    01.09.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Publishing success in ecology, and African perspective

    Turner, S. (Speaker)

    09.2023

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

  6. Forschendes Lernen im integrativen naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht - Teil 1

    Abels, S. (Speaker) & Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    28.08.2023

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

  7. What we know about conceptual learning in open inquiry settings in science education

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    24.08.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. European Conference on Educational Research 2023

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    22.08.202325.08.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Doing the right things at the right time: How negotiators make trade-offs in sequential resource allocation negotiations

    Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)

    09.07.202313.07.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (Journal)

    Rose, M. (Editor)

    07.2023 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  11. “Doing Justice! Doing Just This! Understanding justice in transdisciplinary and transformative research”: LRN Summer School

    Grauer, C. (Participant)

    28.06.202329.06.2023

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

  12. Explaining the performance of participatory and collaborative governance in addressing long-term environmental policy issues

    Newig, J. (Speaker), Rose, M. (Coauthor) & Jager, N. W. (Coauthor)

    28.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. How viable are institutional innovations for national long-term governance? Lessons from a comparative empirical analysis

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    28.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. "Holzbein Kiel" oder: Wie treffen Gruppen gute Entscheidungen?

    Mann, M. (Speaker), Warsitzka, M. (Speaker), Trötschel, R. (Speaker) & Hüffmeier, J. (Speaker)

    22.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  15. Negotiators' Value Creation Between Parties, Across Time

    Heydenbluth, C. (Speaker)

    20.06.202323.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Darmstädter Tage der Transformation 2023

    Möller, S. (Speaker), Gerlach, V. (Speaker), Hitz, K. (Speaker) & Heller, P. (Speaker)

    14.06.202315.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  17. Ungleiche Partizipationschancen in heterogenen Lerngruppen

    Meyn, J. (Speaker)

    13.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  18. Umkämpfte Transformation

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    07.06.2023

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Der Staat in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation

    Saretzki, T. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Moderator)

    01.06.2023

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

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  3. Die Beziehung zwischen CSR und Corporate Sustainability
  4. Die Beziehung zwischen CSR und Corporate Sustainability
  5. Fahrten & Fährten: Zur Kamera in Eric Hattans Videoräumen
  6. Using ‘mixed methods’ in sustainable consumption research
  7. The proposed adjustment of Germany's renewable energy law
  8. Vier schlechte Jahre für den internationalen Klimaschutz
  9. Stromnetze und Speichertechnologien für die Energiewende
  10. Der Benzinpreis sinkt - mehr Geld für Weihnachtsgeschenke!
  11. Sustainability as a Driver for Corporate Economic Success
  12. Das beste Mittel gegen "Energiekriege" ist die Energiewende
  13. Study on Mg–Si–Sr ternary alloys for biomedical applications
  14. Cross-document coreference resolution using latent features
  15. Die Finanzierung der Energiewende durch private Investoren
  16. Ökonomische Chancen durch nachhaltige Unternehmensführung
  17. Energiewende in Deutschland - Chancen und Herausforderungen
  18. Kohleausstieg in NRW im deutschen und europäischen Kontext
  19. Mainstreaming von Klimarisiken und -chancen im Finanzsektor
  20. Klimawandel kostet die deutsche Volkswirtschaft Milliarden
  21. Trace metal dynamics in floodplain soils of the river Elbe
  22. Tägliche Arbeitszeitmuster und Einkommen von freien Berufen
  23. Scenarios for decarbonizing the European electricity sector
  24. Perspectives of the European Natural Gas Markets Until 2025
  25. Élie Faures Cineplastik oder vom Kino und Bilden der Künste
  26. MARKET DRIVEN POWER PLANT INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVES in Europe
  27. Costs of Inaction and Costs of Action in Climate Protection
  28. Der Koalitionsvertrag nimmt die Gesellschaft in die Pflicht