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.
KUNTIKUM: Climate trends and sustainable development of tourism in coastal and low mountain range regions
Kreilkamp, E., Möller, A., Heinrichs, H., Burandt, S. & Schulz, D.
01.10.06 → 31.12.09
Project: Research
College Studien in der Praxis- Besser netzwerken: KLIMAWERK Energieagentur
Hellmann, K., Teigeler, M., Seifert, A. & Burandt, S.
01.10.12 → 31.03.13
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- KLIMAWERK Energieagentur GmbH & Co. KG
Hellmann, K., Lang, F. J. & Schrader, R.
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- Profilschärfung des Reiseveranstalters FairTrade-Travel
Hellmann, K., Teigeler, M., Seifert, A. & Guerra González, J.
01.10.12 → 31.03.13
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- T.U.N. e.V. - DialogN
Hellmann, K. & Adzersen, A.
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
Combined effects of altitude, fire and biotic interactions on the regeneration of subtropical mountain forest species in Central Argentina
von Wehrden, H., Hensen, I., Renison, D. & Marcora, P. I.
01.01.16 → 05.10.20
Project: Research
ComCoast: Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones
Michelsen, G. & Striegnitz, M.
01.01.06 → 14.05.09
Project: Research
AGF: Comparing Environmental Management and Strategies in the UK and Germany
Schaltegger, S., Wehrmeyer, W. & Wagner, M.
01.03.01 → 01.12.01
Project: Research
Competence profiles, success criteria, and qualification requirements for scientists of environmental and sustainability sciences.
Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Thiem, A.
01.11.09 → 31.05.11
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
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
CCP: Complexity or control? Paradigms for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U., Lang, D. J., Hörl, E. H., Laubichler, M., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Leistert, O., Schrickel, I., Meyer, E. & Schmieg, G.
01.01.15 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
Connect to transform: Enabling transitions via quadruple helix co-creation
Upham, P., Bögel, P. M., Kordas, O. & Boman, M.
01.01.19 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Conservation of the endangered Danube Clouded Yellow butterfly (Colias myrmidone) in Natura 2000 sites of Romania
Loos, J., Börsch, J., Gallersdörfer, J., Kortmann, E., Nippen, P., Dolek, M., Kastal, A., Lengyel, P. & Vizauer, T.
01.04.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
C-MADEnS: Consortium for Modelling and Analysis of Decentralised Energy Storage
01.10.15 → 01.04.19
Project: Research
CONSUS: CONSUS - Connecting Science-Society Collaborations for Sustainable Innovations
Michelsen, G., Mader, M., Burandt, S. & Adomßent, M.
01.12.13 → 31.03.19
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2010
Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Harms, D.
01.04.09 → 14.02.11
Project: Research
Slow Fashion: Creative, technical and economic innovations for mass-market offerings in the clothing sector
Schaltegger, S., Kaspar, U. & Freudenreich, B.
01.01.15 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Crowdfunding of Environmental Innovations: Identification of target groups and communication of success factors for start-ups & SMEs
Hörisch, J., Tenner, I. & Buhr, M.
06.12.18 → 19.09.22
Project: Research
DANCE: DArwin's Naturalization Conundrum rEvisited (DANCE) – Darwin meets omics
Haider, S., Galmán, A., Neumann, S., van Dam, N. M., Uthe, H., Winter, M. & Daehler, C.
01.01.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
KLAM: DAS: Klimaanpassung managen! Weiterbildung für Bildungsakteure, Naturschutzexpert_Innen, Umwelt-, Nachhaltigkeits- und Klimaschutzbeauftragte in Kommunen sowie Multiplikator_innen zu regionalen Klimaanpassungsmanager_Innen
Urban, B., Fischer, K. & Katz, C.
01.06.16 → 31.03.19
Project: Transfer (professional training)
BNE in der Kita - Grabau: Das Leben nachhaltig gestalten lernen: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Kita. Begleitforschung und Weiterbildung für ErzieherInnen und LehrerInnen im Naturerlebniszentrum Grabau
Stoltenberg, U., Asmussen, S., Benoist, B., Holz, V., Offen, S., Kosler, T. & Moths, K.
01.03.10 → 01.03.13
Project: Research
Lipidprofil: Das Lipidprofil des initialen oralen Biofilms - Charakterisierung und prophylaktische Modifikation
01.11.10 → 16.07.13
Project: Research
Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen im Rahmen der europäischen REACH-Verordnung
Schulze-Rickmann, S. & Schomerus, T.
17.03.07 → 25.08.09
Project: Dissertation project
Digidok: Das Versuchsprotokoll 2.0 - aus analog wird digital
Abels, S. & Stinken-Rösner, L.
01.01.22 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
DIANE-CM: Decentralised Integrated Analysis and Enhancement of Awareness through Collaborative Modelling and Management of Flood Risk
Evers, M., Lange, L. & Teklesadik, A. D.
01.09.09 → 30.09.11
Project: Research
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
Deficits in EU and US Mandatory Environmental Information Disclosure Laws - Legal, Comparative Legal and Economic Facets of Pollutant Release Inventories
09.03.07 → 25.01.11
Project: Dissertation project
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
Der anthropogene Klimawandel und seine Resonanz in der Bevölkerung - Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung des Klimabewusstseins in Deutschland
Weber-Moritz, M. & Heinrichs, H.
01.05.02 → 30.04.07
Project: Dissertation project
Der Beitrag des privaten Umweltrechts zu den Umweltschutzzielen
Wogersien, J. & Schomerus, T.
21.03.06 → 12.06.06
Project: Dissertation project
Der partizipative Weg in die nachhaltige Gesellschaft? Formative Evaluation der Gestaltung neuer Partizipationssituationen in Politik und Wirtschaft zur Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung auf der Basis systemübergreifender Prinzipien der Partizipation
Basmer-Birkenfeld, S., Heinrichs, H. & Wulfsberg, J. P.
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Designing knowledge-action networks for supporting energy focused sociotechnical change in illiberal democracies: Interfacing science, policy and transformation processes towards sustainability in Andean Countries.
Noboa, E. & Heinrichs, H.
05.10.15 → 04.06.19
Project: Dissertation project
NaKoV: Development and implementation of an integrated sustainability management system in the local public sector, based on the sub-projects “Accounting System Reform” (Freiburg) and “Administrative Reform in the Case of Energy Management (Lüneburg)”
Heinrichs, H., Lang, D. J., Kirst, E. & Plawitzki, J.
01.05.12 → 30.04.17
Project: Research
CLIMASP: Development of an Interdisciplinary Programme on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy
Michelsen, G., Mader, M. & Mader, C.
01.12.13 → 31.03.19
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Biomasse: Development of a practice-proven method to simultaneously dehydrate and pelletize agricultural biomass
Schaltegger, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F.
07.12.06 → 14.11.09
Project: Research
Aquiferspeicher: Development of Areas of Application of Middle Deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in Northern Germany from Economic, Geological-Technical, Environmental Chemistry and Legal/Subsidy Policy Perspectives; work packages: Economic, Environmental Chemistry and Legal Analysis of Aquifer Storage
Degenhart, H., Holstenkamp, L., Schomerus, T., Opel, O., Strodel, N. & Neidig, P.
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
MECS: DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)
Pias, C., Warnke, M., Vehlken, S., Schrape, N., Schrickel, I., Stöcklmayr, N., Engemann, C., Winter, F. & Wellmann, J.
01.01.13 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
Didaktische Zugänge zum Thema Handy im Kontext der BNE
01.07.13 → 23.03.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Die Auswirkungen des Atomausstiegs in Deutschland auf Strompreise und Klimaschutz in Deutschland und Europa
Kemfert, C. & Schill, W. P.
01.01.12 → 30.04.12
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)