School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
Mycorrhizae in tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning
Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Haider, S., Bruelheide, H. & Heklau, H.
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
2042: 2042: A transformative longitudinal study - energy module 1.0
01.04.14 → 01.04.17
Project: Research
Plant-insect interactions, flower traits, and pollination along an experimental plant diversity gradient (FOR 1451 - Teilprojekt 03)
01.05.10 → 05.05.15
Project: Research
Erfolgsfaktoren der Implementierung digitaler Angebote in der Betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung am Beispiel Digi Exist (Implement dBGF)
01.10.19 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
IndiWa: IndiWa: Indicators for successful land- and water management
Evers, M. & Lange, L.
01.05.09 → 31.07.11
Project: Research
SSCM: Sustainable Supply Chain Management. State of Practice in German Companies
15.06.08 → 09.09.10
Project: Research
KITA 21: Die Zukunftsgestalter. Wissenschaftliche Begleitung und Evaluation des Modellprojekts KITA21 der S.O.F. Save Our Future – Umweltstiftung
Stoltenberg, U., Gottmann, T., Czerwinski, A. & Bastian, A.
01.03.08 → 25.03.11
Project: Research
ECOPAG: Environmental consequences of participatory governance – A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Case Studies in Environmental Decision-Making
Newig, J. & Adzersen, A.
01.03.09 → 14.04.15
Project: Research
PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M., Kater-Wettstädt, L., Fischer, D., Halberstadt, J., Schaltegger, S., Leventon, J., Heinrichs, H., Lang, D. J., Wiek, A., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Vilsmaier, U., Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G., Pöggel, K., Hübel, C., Buhr, M., Beyers, F., Laudan, J., Albrecht, S., Weber, H., Rathgens, J., Keβler, L., Hilser, S. & Juarez Bourke, S.
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Kontroverse Praktiken – Praktiken einer Kontroverse. Schließung von Aushandlungsräumen in der öffentlichen Debatte zur Agro-Gentechnik in Polen
01.12.09 → 22.06.16
Project: Dissertation project
Sustainability assessment of municipal climate protection with a focus on urban energy systems based on systemic analysis and stakeholder perspectives
Bickel, M., Schomerus, T. & Lang, D. J.
01.04.14 → 01.04.17
Project: Dissertation project
sUMMITDiv "Europe’s alpine flora: past, present and future"
Wipf, S., Haider, S., Rixen, C., Steinbauer, M. J., Jurasinski, G., Grytnes, J. A. & Bjorkmann, A.
10.11.14 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
DBU Antibiotikum: Entwicklung eines umweltverträglichen Antibiotikums
Kümmerer, K., Leder, C. & Rastogi, T.
01.11.14 → 30.04.18
Project: Research
WTW: Well-Being Transformation Wuppertal - An Urban Transition Laboratory for Sustainable Economics
01.05.15 → 30.04.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Pyro-AD: Increasing the energy yield from the integration of anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis
01.02.13 → 29.09.17
Project: Research