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.
Phos4Sustain: Nachhaltiger Umgang mit Phosphor
Pacholski, A., Kümmerer, K. & Luthardt, P.
01.04.14 → 01.04.15
Project: Teaching
Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen von Führungspersonen in Kommunalverwaltungen
01.04.14 → 31.03.18
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
The potential spread of collaborative consumption practices in France and Germany
Huber, A., Heinrichs, H., Wilhite, H. & Douzou, S.
01.03.14 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Effects of woody species diversity and composition on individual plant growth and demography
19.02.14 → 12.04.19
Project: Research
Mechanisms of soil erosion, soil properties and Ecoscape analysis as a function of species richness and species composition in subtropical forests
Aßmann, T., Kühn, P., Scholten, T. & Schmidt, K.
19.02.14 → 12.04.19
Project: Research
Multi-trophic plant-insect networks in a tree diversity experiment in China
19.02.14 → 11.06.19
Project: Research
The role of herbivory in mediating ecosystem functions in species-rich forests
18.02.14 → 25.04.19
Project: Research