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.

  1. Business Case für erneuerbare Energieerzeugungs- und Nutzungskonzepte in KMU

    Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project staff)

    01.06.1431.07.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  2. SESyP: Identifying social-ecological System Properties benefiting Biodiversity and Food Security

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Hanspach, J. (Coordination), Schultner, J. (Coordination), Dorresteijn, I. (Coordination), Collier, N. (Coordination), Dugo, G. S. (Project staff), Rodrigues, P. (Project staff), Jiren, T. S. (Project staff) & Manlosa, A. O. (Project staff)

    01.06.1431.05.19

    Project: Research

  3. Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz im Wärmemarkt

    Ahlbrink, M. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    14.05.1430.09.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  4. Responses of plant performance and functional diversity along a climate and land-use gradient in Mongolia

    von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Wesche, K. (Project manager, academic) & Römermann, C. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.05.1431.08.19

    Project: Research

  5. Land-use responses of dung beetle communities and their ecosystem services

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Blüthgen, N. (Project manager, academic) & Schmitt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    11.04.1410.08.18

    Project: Research

  6. 2042: 2042: A transformative longitudinal study - energy module 1.0

    Bickel, M. (Project staff)

    01.04.1401.04.17

    Project: Research

  7. Die Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen in der Konzeption des Integrated Reporting

    Augustine, S. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1414.12.17

    Project: Dissertation project

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Researchers

  1. Paul Barchewitz

Publications

  1. Journal of Cleaner Production. Special Volume: The Integration of Corporate Sustainability Assessment, Management Accounting, Control, and Reporting
  2. Die Welt von morgen mitgestalten
  3. Global Consciousness Predicts Behavioral Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  4. How accurate are drivers' predictions of their own mobility? Accounting for psychological factors in the development of intelligent charging technology for electric vehicles
  5. Apologies across the U.S.A.
  6. "Äh, was ich sagen wollte ..."
  7. Bildschirmtext (Btx)
  8. NATO 2030
  9. کتاب ادبیات تطبیقی کودکان [Comparative Children's Literature]
  10. Measurement and modelling of NH3 emissions from field-applied biogas residues in North German energy crop rotations
  11. Verständnisbarriere
  12. Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitsinnovationen durch nachhaltiges Unternehmertum
  13. Sorption and thermal characterization of composite materials based on chlorides for thermal energy storage
  14. PISA
  15. The intention to quit apprenticeships and the role of secondary jobs
  16. Partizipation und Selbstexklusion
  17. Einleitung
  18. Propaganda auf hoher See
  19. Atelier
  20. Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest
  21. Neighbourhood diversity mitigates drought impacts on tree growth
  22. Offene Aufgaben, auch ein offenes Problem der Bewertung?
  23. Vom Fragen in den Geisteswissenschaften
  24. Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory
  25. Was bewirken sprachliche Variationen von Aufgabenkontexten für das Schreiben von argumentativen Schülertexten?
  26. Befremdete Gesten