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.
REMOTIVE: Complementary use of mechanical, physical and chemical technologies for the development of comparative recycling concepts for complex plastic-based automotive components
Kümmerer, K. & Endres, H.
01.10.23 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
Einsatz von Gamification am Beispiel von Artenschutzsensibilisierung
01.10.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
The Sufficiency Perspective on Climate Change Mitigation - Policy Measures towards Transformation in Germany
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project
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)
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)
D&D: Decolonising and Diversifying the Curriculum
Brogan, A., Hobuß, S., Bremer, V., Edlich, M. G. P., List, F. & Lommel, L.
28.06.23 → …
Project: Teaching
Forschergruppe FOR 5375: Teilprojekt SP 8: Pflanzengemeinschaften im Unterstand von Wäldern und Primärproduktion"
01.06.23 → 30.05.26
Project: Research
Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world
01.06.23 → 01.06.26
Project: Research
PLUS Change: PLUS Change - Participatory Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a Changing world.
01.06.23 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa . Subproject SP2: Landscape context - landscape-scale restoration dynamics in western Rwanda
Fischer, J. & Kümmerle, T.
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
SInTraA: Social innovative transformation by including work spaces (SinTrA)
Farny, S., Genschow, O., Loschelder, D., Imschloß, M., Striethörster, M., Rehwinkel, S. & Führer, J.
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
VaNaTe: Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling
01.05.23 → 30.04.26
Project: Research
LFB-Labs-digital: Schülerlabore als Ort der Lehrkräftefortbildung in der digitalen Welt (BMBF)
01.04.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
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)
FDS-G: Fühlen Denken Sprechen in der Grundschule - Fortbildung zur durchgängigen inhaltsorientierten Sprachförderung für alle Betreuungspersonen - Teilprojekt Emotionsentwicklung
Salisch, M., Voltmer, K., Koch, K., Langlotz, M. & Hormann, O.
01.12.22 → 30.11.25
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
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
I4C: IMPETUS4CHANGE (I4C): Improving near-term climate predictions for societal transformation
01.11.22 → 31.10.26
Project: Research
Circular EURO 2024
Süßenbach, J., Schröder, S., Greve, S. & Abels, S.
25.10.22 → 30.06.25
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
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
SPONSORs Zertifikats
Schaltegger, S., Schmitt, C. & Sachs, B.
01.07.22 → 30.06.24
Project: Transfer (professional training)
„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
IRISS: The InteRnatIonal ecosystem for accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-design materials, products and processes
Kümmerer, K., Olsson, O. & Apel, C.
01.06.22 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector
01.06.22 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
BETA-FOR: Understorey plant assemblages and primary production
von Oheimb, G. & Fichtner, A.
01.05.22 → 01.05.26
Project: Research
Digidok: Das Versuchsprotokoll 2.0 - aus analog wird digital
Abels, S. & Stinken-Rösner, L.
01.01.22 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
FoLe-Diklusiv: Forschendes Lernen mit digitalen Medien als Beitrag zu erfolgreicher Inklusion
Stinken-Rösner, L. & Abels, S.
01.01.22 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
Linking soil chemical legacies with root economics to improve the predictability of plant-soil feedbacks
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie Niedersachsen
Heinrichs, H., Hartmann, E. & Redenius, P.
01.01.22 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
Met-Total: Plant Meta-Metabolomics – Development of an Unbiased Survey of Habitat-Dependent Metabolic Diversity (Met-Total)
Wessjohann, L. & Haider, S.
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
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
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
PRIME - Changing understandings in businesses for the achievement of societal sustainability aims
Schaltegger, S. & Imbrogiano, J.
01.12.21 → 31.05.23
Project: Research
Move'n'Sense: Sense of place and mobility in cross-border contexts – essentialist and progressive perspectives
Gottwald, S. & Kołodyńska, I.
05.11.21 → 02.01.25
Project: Research
s4f: studies4future - Blog für Gesellschaftsgestaltung
01.11.21 → 31.12.22
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
DigiTal - Teilprojekt 06: Skills for a Digital Future. Entwicklung eines studienbegleitenden Formats zur Reflexion des eigenen Lern- und Entwicklungsprozesses für Studierende
Abels, S. & Dablé, N.
01.08.21 → 31.07.24
Project: Teaching
DigiTal - Teilprojekt 09: Digitale Lehr-/Lernformate zur Internationalisierung der Master- und Promotionsphase
Abels, S., Soltau, A. & Sundermann, A.
01.08.21 → 31.07.24
Project: Teaching
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
C2C-Modellregion: Modellvorhaben: Neue Strategien und Strukturen für eine Cradle to Cradle Modellregion in Nordost-Niedersachsen
01.06.21 → 30.04.24
Project: Research
ZIL-Kontakt: Sustainable information logistics for digital contact tracing of infectious diseases
Drews, P., Funk, B., Heger, J., Lehr, D., Zimmer, M. P., Kortmann, F., Fassmeyer, P. & Usko, N.
21.05.21 → 31.03.23
Project: Research
RangeX: Mechanisms underlying the success and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of range-expanding species under climate change
Haider, S., Buhaly, M., Alexander, J. M., Clark, V. R., Høye, T. T., Kardol, P. & Vandvik, V.
01.04.21 → 31.03.24
Project: Research
Gender Equality in the 21st Century - Country-Level and Individual-Level Factors Related to Women’s and Men’s Intentions to Contribute to Childcare – A Cross-National Comparison across 49 Countries
Schuster, C., Martiny, S. E., Schmader, T., Block, K., Van Laar, C. & Meeussen, L.
15.01.21 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
iCon: Analysing plant invasions in their environmental context
Haider, S., Milanović, M. & Kühn, I.
01.01.21 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
ESD for 2030: Lernen für und in resiliente(n) und nachhaltige(n) Kommunen
Lang, D. J., Bürgener, L. & Drautz, S.
01.01.21 → 31.10.24
Project: Research
ISC3: Internationales Kooperationszentrum Nachhaltige Chemie ISC3 Phase II
01.01.21 → 31.12.24
Project: Other
Social Innovation Thinkathon - Innovative teaching and learning concepts: Innovation plus
01.01.21 → 31.12.22
Project: Teaching
The Interplay of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Conflicts as a Barrier to Sustainable Solutions
01.01.21 → 31.03.24
Project: Research
VidEX: Video4Bio – Lehren und Lernen mittels biologischer Experimentier-Videos
01.01.21 → 31.12.21
Project: Other
PRIME Stipendium: Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience
01.12.20 → 31.05.22
Project: Other
Moving to the real world: Testing biodiversity and priority effects for restoring multifunctional grasslands
Temperton, V. & Ernst, L. M.
01.10.20 → 30.09.23
Project: Research
Quantifying nonlinear dynamics in psychological data (Heisenberg-Professur)
01.10.20 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
BiodiWert: Was sind erfolgreiche Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung artenreichen Grünlandes in Deutschland? Eine multiregionale Bewertung sozial-ökologischer Systeme und pilothafte Umsetzung (Grassworks)
Temperton, V., Leventon, J., Fischer, J., Martín-López, B., May, F., Tischew, S., Kirmer, A., Kollmann, J., Beckmann, V., Dieker, P., Thiele, J. & Metzner, J.
01.10.20 → 30.09.21
Project: Research
PREMIER: Prioritisation and Risk Evaluation of Medicines in the EnviRonment
Kümmerer, K., Olsson, O. & Puhlmann, N.
01.09.20 → 31.08.26
Project: Research
KEMOV: Konzeption und Evaluierung eines Mindset-orientierten Verhandlungstrainings
Trötschel, R., Warsitzka, M. & Mann, M.
01.08.20 → 15.10.23
Project: Research
ESuDis: Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services
Martín-López, B., Felipe-Lucia, M. R. & Isaac, R.
13.07.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Kili-SES (NCP): Demand and values of Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP)
Martín-López, B., Groß, M., Pearson, J. & Julius, J.
01.07.20 → 30.06.24
Project: Research
tdAcademy: Platform for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies
Lang, D. J., Grauer, C. & Lam, D.
01.06.20 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
A Change in Perspective - The Role of Photography in Environmental Communication
Brosien, P. N. & Heinrichs, H.
01.05.20 → …
Project: Dissertation project
tdAcademy: Modul Gäste und Fellows
Lang, D. J., Grauer, C. & Lam, D.
01.05.20 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
Management von Gehölzen zur Verbesserung der Multifunktionalität in einer Kulturlandschaft Äthiopiens
15.04.20 → 14.04.23
Project: Research
POEM: PriOrity Effect Mechanisms (POEM): mechanisms of priority effects and their persistence over time in dry acidic grasslands
Temperton, V., Delory, B. & Niemeyer, T.
01.04.20 → 31.03.24
Project: Research
CODIP: Competences for Digital-Enhanced Individualized Practice
Ahlers, M., Besser, M., Kuhl, P., Lehr, D., Süßenbach, J., Schmidt, T., Herzog, C., Altenburger, L., Diekhoff, H., Hase, A. K., Kahnbach, L., Wendt, C., Wucherpfennig, S., Horst de Cuestas, K. & Neumann, A.
01.03.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Politik- und Öffentlichkeitsberatung
01.03.20 → 28.02.21
Project: Research