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.
- 2019
General Conference - ECPR 2019
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
04.09.2019 → 07.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Understanding Learning Processes For Developing Key Competencies In Sustainability Implication For Higher Education
Barth, M. (Speaker), van Poeck, K. (Speaker) & Bengtsson, S. (Speaker)
04.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Professional Action Competence In Education For Sustainable Development: Developing Pre-sercie Teachers' Knowledge, Skills And Attitudes
Barth, M. (Speaker), Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker), Merritt, E. (Speaker) & Hale, A. (Speaker)
03.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Video-based Professional Development For (Early) Science Teacher Students
Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Egger, D. (Speaker)
02.09.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Professionalising Teachers for Inquiry-based Science Education - Challenges and Limits
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
27.08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
13th Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association -ESERA 2019
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.08.2019 → 30.08.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alcohol myopia and gambling behavior
Brinkmann, J. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research - INQUA 2019
Tucci, M. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A radical reassessment of the stratigraphy, palaeoenvironmental processes and dating of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Schöningen, northern Germany
Turner, C. (Coauthor), Urban, B. (Speaker) & van Kolfschoten, T. (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Middle Pleistocene interglacial environmental changes inferred from aquatic microfossils at the paleolithic site of Schöningen, Germany
Krahn, K. J. (Coauthor), Pilgrim, J. (Coauthor), Urban, B. (Speaker), Tucci, M. (Speaker) & Schwalb, A. (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Sedimentological and high-resolution pollen and aquatic microfossil analysis of Middle Pleistocene lakeshore deposits of paleolithic site Schöningen 13 II-4, Germany
Tucci, M. (Speaker), Krahn, K. J. (Coauthor), Urban, B. (Speaker) & Schwalb, A. (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (External organisation)
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Member)
17.07.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Does storytelling help adolescents to engage in sustainable consumption?
Sundermann, A. (Speaker), Fischer, D. (Speaker) & Selm, H. (Speaker)
11.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
32nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2019
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
07.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Dynamic Resource Development: How Parties Exploit vs. Invest into Common Resources
van Treek, M. (Speaker), Trötschel, R. (Speaker) & Majer, J. M. (Speaker)
07.07.2019 → 10.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Economic Capital and Social Capital in Integrative Negotiations - IACM 2019
Zhang, K. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
07.07.2019 → 10.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages
Norris, S. (Speaker), Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor)
03.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"Bienen - hat es sich jetzt ausgesummt?"
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
01.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Traditional knowledge and conservation and use of agrobiodiversity. The case of peasant communities in the upper basin of the Ñambí River, Nariño-Colombia
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Reviewer)
07.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress - ESR 2019
König, B. (Coauthor), Schäfer, M. (Coauthor), Kuntosch, A. (Coauthor) & Schaal, T. (presenter)
26.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
18.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
9th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts - 2019
Lindner, A. (presenter)
17.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15th Internation Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
Lindner, A. (Speaker)
03.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Damals wie heute? Wie traditionelle Geschlechterrollen Menschen in Verhandlungen beeinflussen
Mazei, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. (Panel participant)
28.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
A social-psychological perspective on non-compliance and levers of change
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
24.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity: Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic herding
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
23.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Local alternatives of agrobiodiversity use and management in the rurality of Bogotá, Colombia
Pérez, D. (Speaker) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
21.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
BNE inklusiv - Fachtreffen zur Entwicklung eines Positionspapiers - 2019
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker) & Sellin, K. (Speaker)
16.05.2019 → 17.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
BNE inklusiv in der Lehreraus-, fort- und weiterbildung
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
16.05.2019 → 17.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
C- and Si-analogous compounds – comparison of their behaviour in a test for ready biodegradability
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
07.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
05.05.2019 → 08.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference - 2019
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
05.05.2019 → 08.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Examining the spatiotemporal patterns of exotic species along the Sani Pass: Mechanisms and Management
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Aber wie können wir es machen? - eine Strategie zur Implementierung von Forschendem Lernen in den Regelunterricht
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
26.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Vom Alltagsphänomen zur Maturaaufgabe
Puddu, S. (Lecturer) & Hofer, E. (Lecturer)
25.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
15. Europäischer Chemielehrer/-innenkongress 2019
Hofer, E. (Participant)
24.04.2019 → 27.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme - OSM 2019
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
24.04.2019 → 26.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Brille, Schublade, Maßstab - wie wirken Stereotype?
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
24.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Governance induces telecoupling: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
24.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Waldgarten Reallabor: nachhaltige und multi-funktionale Flächennutzung im urbanen Raum
Albrecht, S. (Speaker) & Friedel, A. (Speaker)
09.04.2019 → 09.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Abfälle als Rohstoffquelle – Prozesslösungen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft mit regionalem Bezug
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
04.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
The Documentary Method - an Introduction
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
01.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Examining the spatiotemporal patterns of exotic species along the Sani Pass: Mechanisms and Management
Turner, S. (Speaker)
04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transdisciplinary Science Workshop at the Future Africa Campus - 2019
Barth, M. (Speaker), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Participant), Buhr, M. (Participant), Juarez Bourke, S. (Participant), Pöggel, K. (Participant), Rathgens, J. (Participant) & Hilser, S. (Participant)
27.03.2019 → 29.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Wie kommen wir zu noch saubereren Wasser?
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
22.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
International Application of Intensive, Project-Based Sustainability Professional Development for In-Service Primary School Teachers
Barth, M. (Speaker) & Redman, E. (Speaker)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Umgang mit Pestiziden und deren Transformationsprodukten bei der Regenwasserbewirtschaftung
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
German Annual IPCC Meeting - 2019
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
20.03.2019 → 21.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bestimmung von Diuron, Terbutryn, OIT sowie deren Transformationsprodukte in urbanen Oberflächengewässern und Grundwasser
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
18.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
DPG-Frühjahrstagungen – Fachverband Didaktik der Physik – DPG 2019
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant)
10.03.2019 → 05.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research