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.
INPLAMINT: Increasing agricultural nutrient-use efficiency by optimizing plant-soil-microorganism interactions
Temperton, V., von Wehrden, H., Brüggemann, N., Rillig, M. C., Schloter, M., Müller-Lindenlauf, M., Bonkowski, M., Koller, R., Kage, H. & Armbruster, M.
01.04.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Research
Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation: Institutions, People and Knowledge
Vilsmaier, U., Lang, D. J., Newig, J., Fischer, J., Schomerus, T., von Wehrden, H., Sieveking, A., Klaniecki, K. T., Dorninger, C., Clarke, E. A., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Lam, D., Patru-Duse, I. A., Jager, N. W., Derwort, P., Patru-Duse, I. A., Apetrei, C., Freeth, R. C., Engbers, M., Peukert, D., Berkau, A. J., Lutz, L. M., Leventon, J. & Abson, D.
01.04.15 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
LLE: Local Living Economies - Buy Local Initiativen und nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
Lang, D. J., Keeler, L. W., Luthardt, P., Al-Badri, A., Blauth, C., Bohr, K., Brodersen, L., Cammann, J., Haas, J., Johannsen, L., Klemmer, E., Koltzau, J., Kurwan, J., Livonius, M., Nicklas, H., Rathgens, J., Schmidt, N., Seufert, J., Thiede, C., Vonnahme, M. & Weiss, F.
01.04.15 → 01.04.16
Project: Teaching
MUTReWa: Measures for a more sustainable management of pesticides and their transformation products within a regional water management
01.04.15 → 31.05.18
Project: Research
Qualifizierungsprogramm: Ausstellungsmanagement und Evaluation für erfolgreiche Ausstellungen zur Umweltkommunikation
Marwege, R., Adomßent, M., Weyer, M. & Siekierski, E.
01.04.15 → 30.06.17
Project: Transfer (professional training)
WTW: Well-Being Transformation Wuppertal - An Urban Transition Laboratory for Sustainable Economics
01.05.15 → 30.04.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)