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.
- 2018
2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
KBC Days 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
06.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Earth System Governance 2018
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
05.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Grundwassergefährdung durch biozide Wirkstoffe und ihrer Transformationsprodukte im urbanen Niederschlagsabfluss?
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
05.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Methods of boundary work for inter- and transdisciplinary research.
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
05.11.2018 → 06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
3. CeLeB Tagung zur Bildungsforschung
Bruhn, K. (Speaker)
02.11.2018 → 03.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ecosystems and People (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)
11.2018 → 11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Gerechtigkeit und Transformation. Eine Tagung in Tutzing
Baier, A. (Coauthor), Biesecker, A. (Speaker) & Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
11.2018 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Stories of a journey: tracing traditional knowledge associated to orphan crops across agrifood circuits in Bogota
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
26.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Blockchains, Economy, Anonymity
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
25.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tailor-made bio-based ingredients for a competitive bioeconomy 2
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
24.10.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Webinar Pharmaceuticals in the environment - A new strategic approach is needed
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
XENOWAC II - 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Herbsttagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement des Verbands für Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB 2018
Hörisch, J. (Participant)
04.10.2018 → 05.10.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships II
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Lam, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
27.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
IMST-Fachdidaktiktag 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Universities as Transformative Locations for Sustainable Approaches to Science: Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers’
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
26.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Institutionen für zukünftige Generationen und ihre Institutionalisierung unter den Bedingungen einer gegenwartsfixierten Demokratie
Rose, M. (Speaker)
25.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen in der Lehrerbildung
Barth, M. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
25.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6. Symposium der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
24.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht der Sekundarstufe
Hofer, E. (presenter), Koliander, B. (Coauthor), Puddu, S. (Coauthor), Spitzer, P. (Coauthor) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
24.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry in Construction Materials and Habitation 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Organiser)
24.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Administration 2.0
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
19.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd STS Austria Conference 2018
Friedrich, B. (Speaker), Boyer, M. (Speaker), Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Hackfort, S. K. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Narciss, S. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie - DGPS 2018
Martiny, S. E. (Chair) & Schuster, C. (Chair)
18.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
How stereotypes affect grading and tutorial feedback: Shifting evaluations or shifting standards?
Martiny, S. E. (Speaker), Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Narciss, S. (Coauthor)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Veränderung von Vor- und Einstellungen zu Forschendem Lernen
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
GDCP Jahrestagung - GDCP 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
17.09.2018 → 20.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Schätzen – Aber wie?
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Speaker)
17.09.2018 → 20.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Learning for sustainability in the higher education sector: Challenges and ways forward
Barth, M. (Speaker)
14.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Consumer engagement and behavioral response management, presentation, invited panel session (InteGrid – Insight a Horizon 2020-project)
Bögel, P. M. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Textile School - SusTex 2018
Buhr, M. (Speaker), Keßler, L. (Speaker), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten (Nawi-In)
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
09.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Expert workshop ‘Sustainability: platforms to facilitate deliberative policy learning’, MCC Berlin
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Becoming a competent teacher in education for sustainable development
Barth, M. (Speaker), Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker)
04.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changes of teachers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding inquiry-based learning in the framework of a professional development programme
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
04.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
14th European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
03.09.2018 → 06.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
An axiomatic foundation of entropic preferences under Knightian uncertainty
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
02.09.2018 → 05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stockholm University
Lam, D. (Visiting researcher)
01.09.2018 → 30.11.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Alkohol und Glückspiel [Alcohol and Gambling]
Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Developing Sustainability Competencies in Teacher Education – A Case Study
Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Selbstregulation im Alltag und spontane mentale Kontrastierung [Self-regulation in every-day life an spontaneous mental contrasting]
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference 2018
Newig, J. (Speaker)
25.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Questioning societal assumptions and paradigms through transdisciplinary research
Engbers, M. (Speaker)
23.08.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6th International Conference on Degrowth for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity 2018
Engbers, M. (Speaker) & Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)
22.08.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Utopie-Konferenz 2018
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
21.08.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Detritus - Multidisciplinary Journal for Waste Resource & Residues (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.08.2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Inclusive Education: Analyzing the Status Quo and Comparing the Effect of Different Types of Subject-Specific Learning Opportunities at University on Beliefs, Self-Efficacy and Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Greve, S. (Speaker), Süßenbach, J. (Speaker), Troll, B. (Speaker), Besser, M. (Speaker) & Abels, S. (Speaker)
25.07.2018 → 28.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25th World Congress of the International Political Science Association - IPSA 2018
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
21.07.2018 → 25.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Co-production in nature conservation (Event)
Riechers, M. (Member)
14.07.2018 → 18.07.2018Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Mental Parsing as A Mixed Blessing for Integrative Agreements: When Parsing Multiple Issues into Separate Mental Accounts Helps Versus Hurts Negotiators.
Trötschel, R. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Majer, J. M. (Speaker)
08.07.2018 → 11.07.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
IUPAC Postgraduate School on Green Chemistry
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
07.07.2018 → 14.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
7th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation - WasteEng 2018
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
02.07.2018 → 05.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference of the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative - SCORAI 2018
Fischer, D. (Participant) & Fischer, D. (Organiser)
30.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Egoistic food & altruistic fashion consumption? On different drivers for sustainable consumption behaviors
Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
28.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Time rebounds, time wealth, and sustainability: A conceptual model to empirically analyze the significance of time use for sustainable consumption
Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
28.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Exploring business models of sustainability pioneers - An analysis of case studies in the smartphone industry
Zufall, J. (Speaker), Norris, S. (Coauthor), Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor), Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor) & Revellio, F. (Coauthor)
27.06.2018 → 28.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Process Biochemistry (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
27.06.2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Die Beendigung der Energetischen Nutzung von Kohle in Deutschland: ein Überblick über Zusammenhänge, Herausforderungen und Lösungsoptionen.
Kemfert, C. (Reviewer), Fischedick, M. (Reviewer) & Bausch, C. (Reviewer)
26.06.2018 → 01.12.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker) & Weiser, A. (Speaker)
25.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
The Story of Storytelling Effects in Sustainability Communication: A Systematic Literature Review on the Evidence-Base
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
22.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Communicating for Sustainable Consumption: Conceptual Explorations and a Research Agenda
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
21.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Decentralized use of organic residues
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
18.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Processes of Sustainability Transformation. An inter- and transdisciplinary project
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker), Hilser, S. (Speaker), Hübel, C. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)
13.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Examining the impact of transition initiatives on organizational change
Bögel, P. M. (presenter), Pereverza, K. (Coauthor), Upham, P. J. (Coauthor) & Kordas, O. (Coauthor)
11.06.2018 → 14.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transport policy change - An actor-centered analysis of Berlin’s Verkehrswende project, speed talk session
Bögel, P. M. (Speaker) & Upham, P. J. (Speaker)
11.06.2018 → 14.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
24th Symposium on Chemistry and Science Education - 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
01.06.2018 → 03.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The bumpy road from investigation to knowledge
Hofer, E. (presenter) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
01.06.2018 → 03.06.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (RRB-14)
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
31.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
UNLEASH 2018
Derwort, P. (Participant)
30.05.2018 → 06.06.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Control and Sovereignty via Blockchains
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
22.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting
Wieck, S. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor) & Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor)
14.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
13.05.2018 → 16.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Photolytic and biological degradation of silicon organic compounds
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
13.05.2018 → 17.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Photolytic degradation of organosilicon compounds: comparison of the effect of different co-solvents
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
13.05.2018 → 16.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Malta Legal Forum - MLF 2018
Derwort, P. (Participant) & Schomerus, C.-T. (Participant)
10.05.2018 → 11.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
6th Workshop on Unintended Consequences
Derwort, P. (Participant)
07.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Stockholm University
Riechers, M. (Visiting researcher)
07.05.2018 → 24.05.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
WeltWeitWissen-Kongress 2018
Fischer, D. (Organiser)
04.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alcohol myopia and risk-taking in gambling
Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services and Management (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)
05.2018 → 11.2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Prototyping in der transdisziplinären Teamarbeit
Peukert, D. (Speaker)
05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Journal of CO2 Utilization (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
27.04.2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Benign-by-Design - Konzept der grünen und nachhaltigen Pharmazie zum Schutz von Wasserressourcen
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
23.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Doctoral Colloquium of the Leibniz Research Alliance on Energy Transitions
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
23.04.2018 → 24.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Linden Fiction Revisited - Utopie als kreativer Möglichkeitsraum 2018
Finkeldei, U. (Speaker), Grigoleit, A. (Speaker), Holz, V. (Speaker), Laube, C. (Speaker) & Kirchberg, V. (Participant)
23.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
ÖkoKult - Sicherung der Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Biodiversität in extensiv bewirtschafteten Kulturlandschaften
Walmsley, D. (Speaker)
21.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Conference Sustainability and me
Fischer, D. (Organiser)
17.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Assiciation - AERA 2018
Narciss, S. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. (Speaker)
14.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Student Gender and Teachers' Grading and Written Feedback on Math or Language Assignments
Narciss, S. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. (Coauthor)
14.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Presentation of the results from the research on the Nature Park Wildeshauser Geest in Hatten and Bassum
Engbers, M. (presenter)
11.04.2018 → 12.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Philosophy with Children in pre-service teacher education - A reconstructive study of teacher training students' experiences with philosophizing with children in inclusive settings
Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Michalik, K. (Coauthor)
07.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Zukunftsfähige Bildung - Der Lernbereich Globale Entwicklung in Schule und Unterricht
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
06.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
6. Chemietage des Verbandes der Chemielehrer/-innen Österreichs 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
05.04.2018 → 07.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Vom Alltagsphänomen zur Maturaaufgabe
Puddu, S. (Lecturer) & Hofer, E. (Lecturer)
05.04.2018 → 06.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
3 Biotech (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.04.2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Pleißner, D. (Member)
01.04.2018Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer