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.
Verantwortung für Nachhaltigkeit
Baumgärtner, S., John, F., Quaas, M. F., Klauer, B., Schiller, J., Krysiak, F. C., Petersen, T. & Williams, G.
01.07.13 → 30.06.14
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
Untersuchungen zum biotischen und abiotischen Abbau von ionischen Flüssigkeiten auf Basis von Computermodellierungen und Labor-Experimenten
01.04.19 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Untersuchungen zum Abbau siliziumorganischer Verbindungen mithilfe von Labor-Experimenten
Grabitz, E., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K.
01.10.16 → 30.11.20
Project: Dissertation project
Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung am Beispiel ausgewählter europäischer Großunternehmen.
01.10.09 → …
Project: Dissertation project
VaNaTe: Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling
01.05.23 → 30.04.26
Project: Research
VaNaTe: Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling
01.05.23 → 30.04.26
Project: Research
Unraveling patterns of ecosystem services supply: a case study in Southern Chile
01.09.18 → 31.08.22
Project: Dissertation project
UE4SD: University Educators for Sustainable Development
Michelsen, G., Mader, M., Mader, C. & Burandt, S.
01.10.13 → 19.09.17
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
BETA-FOR: Understorey plant assemblages and primary production
von Oheimb, G. & Fichtner, A.
01.05.22 → 01.05.26
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
UCOM: Understanding Communal Orientation in Men
Block, K., Martiny, S. E., Meeussen, L., Olsson, M., Schmader, T., Schuster, C., Van Grootel, S. & Van Laar, C.
01.11.17 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
Umweltwissenschaftliche Institutionenentwicklung und Aufbau universitärer Umweltbildung
01.01.00 → 31.12.00
Project: Research
Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2
01.02.11 → 01.02.16
Project: Dissertation project
Umweltbildung: ein Problem der Lehrerbildung
Michelsen, G., Fischer, H. & Schulte, M.
01.01.95 → 31.12.97
Project: Research
Umweltbildung als Innovation - Evaluation von BLK-Modellversuchen zur Umweltbildung
01.01.95 → 31.12.96
Project: Research
Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2002. Eine repräsentative Bevölkerungsumfrage.
Kuckartz, U. & Grunenberg, H.
01.10.01 → 28.02.03
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 08: Übertragung eines Verfahrens zur Quantifizierung und Bewertung von NSO-Heterocyclen in Umweltproben
Ruck, W., Japsen, A. & Mänz, J. S.
01.12.11 → 31.10.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
TrICo Subprojekt: Community School Improvement and Leadership
Kleinknecht, M., Abels, S., Pietsch, M., Marsch, S., Frentz, J., Schellig, H., Hofmann, L. & List, F.
01.01.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
TrICo Subproject: Community Sustainable Production
Ben Khalifa, N., Heger, J., Klusemann, B., Schaltegger, S., Schmidt, M., Schulz, J., Stöver, E., Dieringa, H., Zeise, P. & Hendriok, L.
01.08.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
TrICo Subproject: Community Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Hoyer, R., Wenzel, M., Reihlen, M., Farny, S., Cnossen, B., Hörisch, J., Weisenfeld, U., Penz, F. & Lommel, L.
01.08.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P1: Spatial above- and belowground complementarity
von Oheimb, G., Fichtner, A., Liu, X., Ma, K. & Bu, W.
01.12.22 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
TreeDi: TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Fichtner, A., Perles-García, M. D., Bruelheide, H. & Wang, Y.
01.04.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P2: Complementarity through trait variation
Haider, S., Harpole, W. S., Ma, Z. & Yang, B.
01.12.22 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
Transversale Bildungsfelder. (Ent-)Kopplung von Bildungsorganisation und Wirtschaftsregion in der Bucht von San Francisco und in der Zukunftswerkstatt Buchholz
01.08.12 → 19.01.17
Project: Dissertation project
TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector
01.06.22 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
„Transformations: Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen"
Japsen, A., Meier, N., Wenzel, M., Farny, S., Schmidt, T. & Cnossen, B.
01.07.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Other
TraVo: Transformation in Ökonomie und Politik: Teilvorhaben 2: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschafliche Ansätze und Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Transformationsdebatte
Hofmeister, S., Moths, K., Amri-Henkel, A. & Lenz, C.
01.08.15 → 30.10.16
Project: Research
Global TraPs: Transdisciplinary Processes for Sustainable Phosphorus Management
01.01.10 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Training Programme „Sustainable University Development“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
01.02.11 → 14.05.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Training Programme „Sustainable Consumption and Global Justice – Perspectives for Sustainability through Academic North-South Cooperation“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
20.08.09 → 19.03.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
TRACE: TRACE – TRAit-environment interactions driving elevational range expansions under ClimatE change
Haider, S. & Ratier Backes, A.
01.01.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Towards robust detection of plant diversity & management in grasslands’ spectral signals
Doktor, D. & Haider, S.
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
ETH-Coffee: Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: A Scenario Analysis for the Jimma Coffee Landscape in Ethiopia
Fischer, J., Schultner, J., Abson, D., Duguma, D. W., Jiren, T. S. & Brück, M.
01.11.19 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
Time matters. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use
Weiser, A., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K.
01.01.15 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
The Sufficiency Perspective on Climate Change Mitigation - Policy Measures towards Transformation in Germany
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project
A-SYM: The role of (non-)synchronous coordination and its quantification in joint action
Wallot, S., Mønster, D., Leonardi, G. & Gordon, I.
01.07.21 → 30.06.25
Project: Research