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.
GrassSyn - Biodiversity of Brazilian grasslands and savannas: patterns and drivers, ecosystem services, and strategies for conservation and restoration
Overbeck, G. E., Temperton, V., Anand, M., Santiago, B., Carlucci, M., Dechoum, M., Durigan, G., Fidelis, A., Guido, A., Menezes, L., Müller, S., Rosenfield, M. F., Sampaio, A., Sosinski, E., Staude, I., Tornquist, C. G., Turchetto, C., Veldman, J. W., Vélez-Martin, E. & Wiesmeier, M.
01.01.20 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer - Applied Science
Michelsen, G. & Grunenberg, H.
01.10.12 → 31.10.13
Project: Research
Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Was bewegt die Jugend?
Michelsen, G., Grunenberg, H. & Rode, H.
01.09.10 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
GrünlandVielfalt: Ökologische und gesellschaftliche Grünland-Transformation in der Ise-Niederung"
Petersen-Schlapkohl, U., Temperton, V. & Ernst, L. M.
01.10.22 → …
Project: Research
HR ion trap LC: Hochauflösendes ion trap-Massenspektrometer mit Flüssigkeitschromatographieanlage (I)
01.05.12 → 04.12.12
Project: Research
HR ion trap LC: Hochauflösendes ion trap-Massenspektrometer mit Flüssigkeitschromatographieanlage (II)
16.05.12 → 16.11.12
Project: Research
KuNaH: Hochschulen in Gesellschaft – Realexperimente transformativer Lern- und Forschungsprozesse für eine Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen: Teilprojekt D - Begleitung Realexperimente und Synthese
Schaltegger, S., Lang, D. J., Potthast, T., Singer-Brodowski, M., Nölting, B., Parodi, O. & Scheiding, C.
01.10.22 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
MERU: “Holistic management of energy- and resource efficiency in companies” (MERU)
Schaltegger, S., Wüst, S. & Norris, S.
01.11.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Identifikation, Vernetzung und Stärkung von Akteuren im Bereich Care in der Green Economy
01.11.13 → 30.04.15
Project: Research
SESyP: Identifying social-ecological System Properties benefiting Biodiversity and Food Security
Fischer, J., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Dorresteijn, I., Collier, N., Dugo, G. S., Rodrigues, P., Jiren, T. S. & Manlosa, A. O.
01.06.14 → 31.05.19
Project: Research
Impacts of plant invasions on the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional homogeni-zation of mountain ecosystems across a broad latitudinal gradient
Haider, S., Pauchard, A., Cavieres, L., Bustamante, R., García, R. A. & Marticorena, A.
01.01.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
I4C: IMPETUS4CHANGE (I4C): Improving near-term climate predictions for societal transformation
01.11.22 → 31.10.26
Project: Research
Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe
Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Otte, I.
01.01.11 → 31.10.12
Project: Research
INPLAMINT: Increasing agricultural nutrient-use efficiency by optimizing plant-soil-microorganism interactions
Temperton, V., von Wehrden, H., Brüggemann, N., Rillig, M. C., Schloter, M., Müller-Lindenlauf, M., Bonkowski, M., Koller, R., Kage, H. & Armbruster, M.
01.04.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Research
INPLAMINT II: Increasing agricultural nutrient-use efficiency by optimizing plant–soil-microorganism interactions
01.04.18 → 31.05.21
Project: Research
ERASMUS Türkei SEMA: Increasing awareness and recognition of sustainability, social and environmental management accounting in academic training and research
Schaltegger, S., Silva, S. & Beske-Janssen, P.
01.09.15 → 21.02.18
Project: Transfer (professional training)
handprint approach: Increasing positive contributions to sustainability transformations
01.10.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Increasing the application of effective sustainability management methods in SMEs
01.08.18 → 01.08.19
Project: Research
Pyro-AD: Increasing the energy yield from the integration of anaerobic digestion and pyrolysis
01.02.13 → 29.09.17
Project: Research
Indicators for Education for Sustainable Development
Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Burandt, S.
01.02.08 → 31.08.10
Project: Research
Individual plant growth and branch demography as a function of species richness and composition (FOR 891 - Teilprojekt 02)
01.02.11 → 26.08.15
Project: Research
IndiWa: IndiWa: Indicators for successful land- and water management
Evers, M. & Lange, L.
01.05.09 → 31.07.11
Project: Research
I N&J: Initiative "Nachhaltigkeit und Journalismus" - Durchführung einer Experten-Workshop-Reihe und Entwicklung von Modulen für die Aus- und Weiterbildung
Michelsen, G., Fischer, D., Humburg, A., Marwege, R. & Achenbach, A.
19.09.12 → 31.05.15
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Inklusion als Gegenstand der Weiterbildung von Multiplikator_innen. Professioneller Habitus, Selbst- und Bildungsverständnis, professionelle Haltung
Offen, S. & Budde, J.
01.06.13 → 31.10.14
Project: Research
TM 1.3 IP Verbund 1 INaMi: Innovations- und Transferverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand
Schaltegger, S., Petersen, H., Klewitz, J., Schock, M., Schmitt-Sattelberg, A., Modelsee, F., Weber, U. & Schäffler, A.
19.08.09 → 31.03.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
SAUBER+: Innovative Konzepte und Technologien für die separate Behandlung von Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens (Teilprojekt 3)
Kümmerer, K., Olsson, O., Michelsen, G. & Pinnekamp, J.
01.12.11 → 31.05.15
Project: Research
Institutionalisierung von Nachhaltigkeit in der Gesundheitspolitik
02.12.13 → 04.12.18
Project: Dissertation project
Instrumente des Klimaschutzes und ihre Auswirkung auf die Verwirklichung eines globalen Nachhaltigkeitsideals
01.02.09 → 30.11.10
Project: Research
INM: Instruments of Sustainability Management (ISM)
Schaltegger, S., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J.
01.11.01 → 31.05.02
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
Intensivworkshop: Methoden zur Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien
Mader, C., Leitenberger, A. & Timm, J.
01.11.13 → 31.01.14
Project: Practical Project
Intensivworkshop: Methoden zur Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien
Mader, C., Leitenberger, A. & Timm, J.
08.11.13 → 18.01.14
Project: Teaching
Intercultural CityLandscapes - Analysis and Design of Spatial Social-Ecological Transformations for Sustainable Regional Development
18.02.09 → 18.08.10
Project: Research
Interdependenzen zwischen kulturellem Wandel und nachhaltiger Entwicklung
01.07.09 → 01.12.11
Project: Research