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.

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  1. GLOCULL: Globally and Locally-sustainable Food-Water-Energy Innovation in Urban Living Labs

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Bernert, P. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.05.1831.03.22

    Project: Research

  2. GOVERNECT: Governance of Environmental Sustainability in Telecoupled Systems of Global Inter-Regional Connectedness

    Lenschow, A. (Project manager, academic), Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Challies, E. (Project manager, academic) & Cotta, B. (Project staff)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.1731.12.20

    Project: Research

  3. GrassSyn - Biodiversity of Brazilian grasslands and savannas: patterns and drivers, ecosystem services, and strategies for conservation and restoration

    Overbeck, G. E. (Project manager, academic), Temperton, V. (Partner), Anand, M. (Partner), Santiago, B. (Partner), Carlucci, M. (Partner), Dechoum, M. (Partner), Durigan, G. (Partner), Fidelis, A. (Partner), Guido, A. (Partner), Menezes, L. (Partner), Müller, S. (Partner), Rosenfield, M. F. (Partner), Sampaio, A. (Partner), Sosinski, E. (Partner), Staude, I. (Partner), Tornquist, C. G. (Partner), Turchetto, C. (Partner), Veldman, J. W. (Partner), Vélez-Martin, E. (Partner) & Wiesmeier, M. (Partner)

    01.01.2031.12.22

    Project: Research

  4. Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer - Applied Science

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Grunenberg, H. (Project staff)

    01.10.1231.10.13

    Project: Research

  5. Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Was bewegt die Jugend?

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Grunenberg, H. (Project staff) & Rode, H. (Project staff)

    01.09.1030.06.18

    Project: Research

  6. GrünlandVielfalt: Ökologische und gesellschaftliche Grünland-Transformation in der Ise-Niederung"

    Petersen-Schlapkohl, U. (Project manager, academic), Temperton, V. (Partner) & Ernst, L. M. (Project staff)

    01.10.22 → …

    Project: Research

  7. Halboffene Weidelandschaft Höltigbaum

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)

    10.03.0026.03.09

    Project: Research

  8. HyperSys: High Perfomance Analytical System

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    15.11.2131.03.23

    Project: Research

  9. KuNaH: Hochschulen in Gesellschaft – Realexperimente transformativer Lern- und Forschungsprozesse für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen: Teilprojekt D - Begleitung Realexperimente und Synthese

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Potthast, T. (Coordination), Singer-Brodowski, M. (Partner), Nölting, B. (Partner), Parodi, O. (Partner) & Scheiding, C. (Project staff)

    01.10.2230.09.25

    Project: Research

  10. HYACINTH: Hydrogen acceptance in the transition phase

    Upham, P. (Project manager, academic) & Bögel, P. M. (Project staff)

    01.09.1401.06.18

    Project: Research

  11. IBA Sloth Bears

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)

    15.04.1515.04.16

    Project: Other

  12. 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

  13. Impacts of plant invasions on the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional homogeni-zation of mountain ecosystems across a broad latitudinal gradient

    Haider, S. (Project staff), Pauchard, A. (Project manager, academic), Cavieres, L. (Project manager, academic), Bustamante, R. (Project manager, academic), García, R. A. (Project manager, academic) & Marticorena, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1831.12.22

    Project: Research

  14. Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic) & Otte, I. (Project manager, academic)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    01.01.1131.10.12

    Project: Research

  15. Unilever: Impulsierung einer nachhaltigen Ernährungsweise

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wüst, S. (Project staff)

    12.09.1730.06.19

    Project: Other

  16. INPLAMINT: Increasing agricultural nutrient-use efficiency by optimizing plant-soil-microorganism interactions

    Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Brüggemann, N. (Project manager, academic), Rillig, M. C. (Project manager, academic), Schloter, M. (Project manager, academic), Müller-Lindenlauf, M. (Project manager, academic), Bonkowski, M. (Project manager, academic), Koller, R. (Project manager, academic), Kage, H. (Project manager, academic) & Armbruster, M. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.04.1531.03.18

    Project: Research

  17. handprint approach: Increasing positive contributions to sustainability transformations

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Silva, S. (Project staff)

    01.10.1931.12.19

    Project: Research

  18. Increasing the application of effective sustainability management methods in SMEs

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.1801.08.19

    Project: Research

  19. Indicators for Education for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project staff) & Burandt, S. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.02.0831.08.10

    Project: Research

  20. IndiWa: IndiWa: Indicators for successful land- and water management

    Evers, M. (Project manager, academic) & Lange, L. (Project staff)

    01.05.0931.07.11

    Project: Research

  21. Infernum 2019-2024

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Sachs, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1931.12.24

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  22. Influence of degradation-resistent antibiotics and their transformation products from veterinary medicine on herbivorous and nectarivorous insects

    Bolek, R. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Leonhardt, S. (Project manager, academic) & Pufal, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1328.02.14

    Project: Research

  23. I N&J: Initiative "Nachhaltigkeit und Journalismus" - Durchführung einer Experten-Workshop-Reihe und Entwicklung von Modulen für die Aus- und Weiterbildung

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Humburg, A. (Project staff), Marwege, R. (Project staff) & Achenbach, A. (Project staff)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    19.09.1231.05.15

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  24. Inklusion als Gegenstand der Weiterbildung von Multiplikator_innen. Professioneller Habitus, Selbst- und Bildungsverständnis, professionelle Haltung

    Offen, S. (Project manager, academic) & Budde, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.1331.10.14

    Project: Research

  25. TM 1.3 IP Verbund 1 INaMi: Innovations- und Transferverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Coordination), Klewitz, J. (Project staff), Schock, M. (Project staff), Schmitt-Sattelberg, A. (Project staff), Modelsee, F. (Project staff), Weber, U. (Project staff) & Schäffler, A. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    19.08.0931.03.16

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  26. Institutionalisierung von Nachhaltigkeit in der Gesundheitspolitik

    Fischer, M. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    02.12.1304.12.18

    Project: Dissertation project

  27. INM: Instruments of Sustainability Management (ISM)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Müller, J. (Project staff)

    01.11.0131.05.02

    Project: Research

  28. InteGrid: InteGrid - Demonstration of smart grid, storage and system integration technologies with increasing share of renewables: distribution system

    Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic), Escudero Guirado, C. (Project manager, academic), Valor, C. (Project manager, academic), Giersiepen, A. N. (Project staff), Koronen, C. (Project staff), Mäkivierikko, A. (Project manager, academic), Nilsson, A. E. (Project staff) & Shahrokni, H. (Project staff)

    01.02.1630.06.18

    Project: Research

  29. Intensivworkshop: Methoden zur Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien

    Mader, C. (Project manager, academic), Leitenberger, A.-T. (Project manager, academic) & Timm, J.-M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1331.01.14

    Project: Practical Project

  30. Intensivworkshop: Methoden zur Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien

    Mader, C. (Project manager, academic), Leitenberger, A.-T. (Project manager, academic) & Timm, J.-M. (Project manager, academic)

    08.11.1318.01.14

    Project: Teaching

  31. Interdependenzen zwischen kulturellem Wandel und nachhaltiger Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Partner) & Holz, V. (Project staff)

    01.07.0901.12.11

    Project: Research

  32. Interdisziplinäre Methoden und Kompetenzen

    von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.2431.03.26

    Project: Research

  33. Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit zur Vorhersage und Verhinderung von Naturkatastrophen

    Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1031.08.15

    Project: Research

  34. Intergenerationelle Gerechtigkeit und ökonomische Effizienz in der Nutzung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen unter Unsicherheit

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Glotzbach, S. (Project staff), Hoberg, N. (Project staff), Fünfgelt, J. (Project staff) & Stumpf, K. H. (Project staff)

    22.07.0931.03.11

    Project: Research

  35. International DAAD-Alumni Seminar „Education for Sustainable Development and Biodiversity“

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination) & Aguirre, P. (Coordination)

    15.06.0914.10.11

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  36. International DAAD Summer School “Sustainable Development as Strategy and Aim of Higher Education”

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0912.03.10

    Project: Other

  37. Internationales Kooperationszentrum Nachhaltige Chemie ISC3

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1730.11.20

    Project: Other

  38. ISC3: Internationales Kooperationszentrum Nachhaltige Chemie ISC3 Phase II

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2131.12.24

    Project: Other

  39. International evaluation off interpretation training options at all levels in the BSR.

    Wohlers, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0530.12.05

    Project: Research

  40. FSM I: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang I

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Dubielzig, F. (Project staff), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)

    01.02.0911.03.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  41. FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)

    01.03.1104.04.12

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  42. ILT MBA: International Leadership Training Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Grimm, J. (Project staff), Klinke, T. (Project staff) & Prox, M. (Project staff)

    01.11.0529.12.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  43. Internetgestützte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX 30-Unternehmen in Kooperation mit dem Centre for Sustainability Management, CSM

    Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project manager, academic) & Blanke, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.0401.12.04

    Project: Research

  44. Vigoni: Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting in the Banking Sector

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project staff) & Giese, N. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.0831.05.11

    Project: Research

  45. "Invasive" Arten im Prozessschutz

    Kapitza, K. (Project manager, academic) & Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1730.04.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  46. IP KT8 Thermische Batterie II

    Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project staff), Osterland, T. (Project manager, academic), Weist, K. (Project staff), Fopah Lele, A. (Project staff), N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Project staff), Korhammer, K. (Project staff), Rammelberg, H. U. (Project staff) & Watts, B. A. (Project staff)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.10.1131.07.15

    Project: Other

  47. ISC3-Summer School 2019

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.1931.12.19

    Project: Other

  48. KF-ZIM FQ-Monitor

    Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1530.09.18

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  49. KIEN: Kindertagesstätten und Energiewende - Entwicklung modellhafter Bildungspraxis, Mitarbeiterqualifizierung und kommunale Einbindung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Preisigke, J. (Project staff), Falk, O. (Partner), Menrad, K. (Partner), Botzler, F. (Project staff), Kühnast, B. (Project staff) & Schmid, C. (Project staff)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    01.11.1428.02.18

    Project: Research

  50. Kleinforschungsprojekt: Transformationsfeld Energiewende im Raum - Impulse aus der Genderforschung

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Henkel, A. (Project staff) & Stumpe, F. (Project staff)

    16.02.1530.09.15

    Project: Research

  51. Klimaschutz und Verwirklichung eines globalen Nachhaltigkeitsideals

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Guerra González, J. (Project staff)

    11.03.0930.08.11

    Project: Research

  52. Kolleg Didaktik: Digital

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project staff)

    Joachim Herz Stiftung

    01.01.2030.09.22

    Project: Teaching

  53. Kollektiv-privater Landbesitz und die Krise des (Re)Produktiven

    Dannenberg, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.13 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  54. RESI: Kölner Netzwerk „Resozialisierung und Soziale Integration

    Plewig, H.-J. (Project manager, academic) & Kohlschmidt, A. (Partner)

    01.04.0901.09.12

    Project: Research

  55. Konflikttreiber Klimawandel? –Eine Analyse zukünftiger Konfliktpotenziale infolge des Klimawandels in Tourismusdestinationen

    Bartels, C. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0731.10.09

    Project: Dissertation project

  56. Konzept für die Fortentwicklung des deutschen Klimaschutzrechts

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Ekardt, F. (Partner) & Klinski, S. (Partner)

    01.04.1231.03.14

    Project: Research

  57. Konzeption eines produktbezogenen TOP-Runner Modells auf EU-Ebene

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.0920.05.11

    Project: Research

  58. KEMOV: Konzeption und Evaluierung eines Mindset-orientierten Verhandlungstrainings

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Warsitzka, M. (Project manager, academic) & Mann, M. (Project staff)

    01.08.2015.10.23

    Project: Research