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.
Climate and Environmental Variability during the late Middle Pleistocene at the Paleolithic Sites of Schöningen, Northern Germany
01.04.17 → 01.07.22
Project: Research
GOVERNECT: Governance of Environmental Sustainability in Telecoupled Systems of Global Inter-Regional Connectedness
Lenschow, A., Newig, J., Challies, E. & Cotta, B.
01.04.17 → 31.12.20
Project: Research
Sustainability education - capacity building for teachers
Barth, M. & Redman, A.
14.03.17 → 31.05.19
Project: Research
CapaCity: Building Sustainability Implementation Capacity in City Staff and Leadership
Lang, D. J., John, B., Wiek, A., Keeler, L. W., Beaudoin, F. D., Fink, J., Shandas, V., Lerner, A., Almasan, O. & Tamm, K.
01.03.17 → 28.02.18
Project: Research
NIREM: Sustainability Innovations in Regional SMEs
Schaltegger, S., Japsen, A., Weber, U. & Rudolph, N. S.
01.03.17 → 29.02.20
Project: Other
Teach about US: Educational Outreach Project - Bridging the American Studies and Science Classrooms: Going Green Meets STEM
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J., Abels, S. & Hüfner, S. K.
24.02.17 → 30.09.18
Project: Practical Project
CfN: Caring for natures? Geschlechterperspektiven auf (Vor)Sorge im Umgang mit ,Natur/en‘
Hofmeister, S., Mölders, T., Kapitza, K., Deininger, M. & Katz, C.
01.02.17 → 30.09.20
Project: Research
Benign by design: Entwicklung von nachhaltigen Inhibitoren der bakteriellen Topoisomerase II und Topoisomerase IV
01.01.17 → 31.10.20
Project: Dissertation project
Mycorrhizae in tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning
Eisenhauer, N., Ferlian, O., Haider, S., Bruelheide, H. & Heklau, H.
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
Near-infrared spectra of leaves as predictors for forest ecosystem functions
Haider, S., Proß, T., Bruelheide, H., Potvin, C. & Auge, H.
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
The Mountain TransPlant Network
Haider, S., Chisholm, C., Walker, T. W. N. & Alexander, J. M.
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
Using plant functional traits to reveal mechanisms behind species richness patterns along elevation gradients
Haider, S., Ratier Backes, A., Römermann, C., Knight, T. M., Keil, P., Alexander, J. M. & Arévalo, J. R.
01.01.17 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Wettbewerb Zukunftsstadt - Planungs- und Umsetzungskonzept der Vision 2030+ (2. Phase)
Lang, D. J., Vilsmaier, U., Weiser, A. & Seidel, A.
01.01.17 → 30.06.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
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
Analyse und Auswertung evokativer unternehmerischer Ansätze für Umwelt und Gesellschaft
01.12.16 → 30.11.20
Project: Research
Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Erste Förderphase)
Besser, M., Abels, S., Ahlers, M., Greve, S., Leiss, D., Süßenbach, J. & Troll, B.
01.12.16 → 31.01.18
Project: Research
Verwertung evokativer unternehmerischer Ansätze für Umwelt und Gesellschaft
01.12.16 → 30.11.20
Project: Other
sTeleBES : Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence
Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Koellner, T. & Martín-López, B.
01.11.16 → 01.11.17
Project: Research
Understanding human-carnivore relationships: from social conflicts to ecosystem services
Martín-López, B., Lozano Mendoza, J., von Wehrden, H., Dorresteijn, I. & Fischer, J.
01.11.16 → 31.10.17
Project: Research
Der partizipative Weg in die nachhaltige Gesellschaft? Formative Evaluation der Gestaltung neuer Partizipationssituationen in Politik und Wirtschaft zur Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung auf der Basis systemübergreifender Prinzipien der Partizipation
Basmer-Birkenfeld, S., Heinrichs, H. & Wulfsberg, J. P.
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
NEMo: NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätsbedürfnissen im ländlichen Raum
Henkel, A., Halberstadt, J., Samland, U., Marx Gómez, J., Hahn, A., Köster, F., Taeger, J., Winter, A. J. & Woisetschläger, D. M.
01.10.16 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Untersuchungen zum Abbau siliziumorganischer Verbindungen mithilfe von Labor-Experimenten
Grabitz, E., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K.
01.10.16 → 30.11.20
Project: Dissertation project
BOTTOM-UP SUSTAINABILITY TRANSFORMATIONS: Supporting local actors fostering change towards sustainability
01.09.16 → 31.12.20
Project: Dissertation project
Minderung der Barrierewirkung von Agrarflächen mittels halboffener Verbundkorridore
Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Hein, S. & Grabener, S.
01.09.16 → 30.04.22
Project: Research
Monitoring Neubau Zentralgebäude, Teilvorhaben: Ambient Intelligence, Nutzereinbindung, Innovative Bauteile
01.09.16 → 30.06.21
Project: Research
Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Linking High-Performance Modeling and Transition Experiments to Foster Transformational Change Towards Sustainability
Lang, D. J., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Forrest, N., Engler, J., Zimmermann, H., Wiek, A., Laubichler, M., Ghosh, A., Reich, M., John, B. & Feller, R. L.
01.06.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
KLAM: DAS: Klimaanpassung managen! Weiterbildung für Bildungsakteure, Naturschutzexpert_Innen, Umwelt-, Nachhaltigkeits- und Klimaschutzbeauftragte in Kommunen sowie Multiplikator_innen zu regionalen Klimaanpassungsmanager_Innen
Urban, B., Fischer, K. & Katz, C.
01.06.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Food Policy Councils: Levers for Sustainability Transformation?
01.05.16 → 30.04.20
Project: Dissertation project
Aquiferspeicher: Development of Areas of Application of Middle Deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in Northern Germany from Economic, Geological-Technical, Environmental Chemistry and Legal/Subsidy Policy Perspectives; work packages: Economic, Environmental Chemistry and Legal Analysis of Aquifer Storage
Degenhart, H., Holstenkamp, L., Schomerus, T., Opel, O., Strodel, N. & Neidig, P.
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Process Gains and Process Losses in Negotiations
Trötschel, R., Schulz-Hardt, S., Reichold, J. & Warsitzka, M.
01.04.16 → 30.09.18
Project: Research
Proyecto de educación ambiental para la conservación del Área Protegida Municipal Bosque de Bolognia
Miranda, O., Benavides Frias, C., Flores, S. & Antezana, N.
01.04.16 → …
Project: Teaching
Vorsorgendes Wirschaften: Wege zur gesellschaftlichen Transformation. Diskursanalytische Untersuchung des Transformationsfeldes Energie
Amri-Henkel, A.
01.04.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Verfassungsrechtliche Schutzpflichten zur Bekämpfung des Bienensterbens
02.03.16 → 30.09.20
Project: Dissertation project
EdFCA: Educating Future Change Agents - Higher Education as a Motor of the Sustainability Transformation
Barth, M., Lang, D. J., Halberstadt, J. & Wiek, A.
01.03.16 → 30.04.20
Project: Research
NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätserfordernissen im ländlichen Raum
Halberstadt, J., Marx Gómez, J., Hahn, A., Köster, F., Taeger, J., Winter, A. J., Woisetschläger, D. M. & Henkel, A.
01.03.16 → 28.02.19
Project: Research
InteGrid: InteGrid - Demonstration of smart grid, storage and system integration technologies with increasing share of renewables: distribution system
Bögel, P. M., Escudero Guirado, C., Valor, C., Giersiepen, A. N., Koronen, C., Mäkivierikko, A., Nilsson, A. E. & Shahrokni, H.
01.02.16 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
SENet: Social and ecological networks supporting biodiversity and food security
15.01.16 → 17.03.18
Project: Research
CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Combined effects of altitude, fire and biotic interactions on the regeneration of subtropical mountain forest species in Central Argentina
von Wehrden, H., Hensen, I., Renison, D. & Marcora, P. I.
01.01.16 → 05.10.20
Project: Research