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.
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