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.
Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Linking High-Performance Modeling and Transition Experiments to Foster Transformational Change Towards Sustainability
Lang, D. J., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Forrest, N., Engler, J., Zimmermann, H., Wiek, A., Laubichler, M., Ghosh, A., Reich, M., John, B. & Feller, R. L.
01.06.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
CapaCity: Building Capacity for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Cities
Lang, D. J., John, B., Wiek, A., Keeler, L. W., Beaudoin, F. D., Fink, J., Shandas, V., Lerner, A., Almasan, O. & Tamm, K.
01.02.18 → 15.03.19
Project: Research
CapaCity: Building Sustainability Implementation Capacity in City Staff and Leadership
Lang, D. J., John, B., Wiek, A., Keeler, L. W., Beaudoin, F. D., Fink, J., Shandas, V., Lerner, A., Almasan, O. & Tamm, K.
01.03.17 → 28.02.18
Project: Research
Bürgerbeteiligung bei Onshore-Windenergie – Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Beteiligung von Nachbarn bei der Planung, Genehmigung und Finanzierung der Errichtung und des Betriebs von Windenergieanlagen
Maly, C. & Schomerus, T.
12.02.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Biodiversity: Business and Biodiversity Initiative
Schaltegger, S. & Beständig, U.
01.06.09 → 04.10.11
Project: Research
Business Case für erneuerbare Energieerzeugungs- und Nutzungskonzepte in KMU
01.06.14 → 31.07.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
CAPFLO - Local resilience capacity building for flood mitigation
01.01.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
CfN: Caring for natures? Geschlechterperspektiven auf (Vor)Sorge im Umgang mit ,Natur/en‘
Hofmeister, S., Mölders, T., Kapitza, K., Deininger, M. & Katz, C.
01.02.17 → 30.09.20
Project: Research
TM 1.5 Case Study Sustainability Management III: Case Study 7 "Sustainability Management III - Wenn der Misthaufen nebenan steht" - Ein Dorf und 42.000 Hühner auf der Suchen nach einem friedlichen Zusammenleben
Schaltegger, S., Giese, N., Voigt, E. & Holder, S.
19.08.09 → 31.01.16
Project: Practical Project
FSM II: Certificate programme in Fellowship Sustainability Management
Schaltegger, S., Seidl, N. & Santa Cruz, A.
01.03.10 → 09.06.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
CES Summer School: Artistic and Other Creative Practices as Drivers for Urban Resilience
Kagan, S., Duxbury, N., Haley, D., Blanc, N. & Holz, V.
01.09.15 → 30.11.16
Project: Scientific event
Diptera Phenology: Changes in long term population dynamics of Diptera at Rothamsted, Harpenden
Grabener, S., Harrington, R., Shortall, C. R. & Oldeland, J.
01.11.14 → 31.05.15
Project: Research
A-KÜST: Changes in the coastal climate - evaluation of alternative strategies in coastal protection, subproject 06: Perception and Cooperation
Striegnitz, M., Schmidt, A., Lüdecke, G., von Storch, H., Weisse, R., Mayerle, R., Sauter, M., Ptak, T., Schlurmann, T. & Meon, G.
01.01.09 → 31.03.17
Project: Research
Circular EURO 2024
Süßenbach, J., Schröder, S., Greve, S. & Abels, S.
25.10.22 → 30.06.25
Project: Research
Climate and Environmental Variability during the late Middle Pleistocene at the Paleolithic Sites of Schöningen, Northern Germany
01.04.17 → 01.07.22
Project: Research
Climate Conflicts - A Case of International Environmental and Humanitarian Law
Christiansen, S. M. & Sanden, J.
04.06.09 → 12.05.15
Project: Dissertation project