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.

  1. 2024
  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests: Evidence from a tree diversity experiment

    Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, P., Monjau, T., Goldmann, K., Ferlian, O., Eisenhauer, N., Bruelheide, H., Ma, Z. & Haider, S., 21.03.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Functional Ecology. 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Appraising biocultural approaches to sustainability in the scientific literature in Spanish

    Díaz-Reviriego, I., Hanspach, J., Torralba, M., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S., Frias, C. B., Burke, L., García-Martín, M. & Oteros-Rozas, E., 04.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 4, p. 499-516 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Corporate change agents for sustainability: Transforming organizations from the inside out

    Schaltegger, S., Girschik, V., Trittin-Ulbrich, H., Weissbrod, I. & Daudigeos, T., 04.2024, In: Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility. 33, 2, p. 145-156 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Long-term drought triggers severe declines in carabid beetles in a temperate forest

    Weiss, F., von Wehrden, H. & Linde, A., 04.2024, In: Ecography. 2024, 4, 17 p., e07020.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Using density surface models to assess the ecological effectiveness of a protected area network in Tanzania

    Giliba, R. A., Kiffner, C., Fust, P. & Loos, J., 04.2024, In: Ecosphere. 15, 4, 16 p., e4840.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    15 years of degrowth research: A systematic review

    Engler, J. O., Kretschmer, M. F., Rathgens, J., Ament, J. A., Huth, T. & von Wehrden, H., 01.04.2024, In: Ecological Economics. 218, 14 p., 108101.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Careless product use in access-based services: A rebound effect and how to address it

    Ackermann, L. & Tunn, V. S. C., 01.04.2024, In: Journal of Business Research. 177, 11 p., 114643.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Circular and inclusive utilization of alternative proteins: A European and Mediterranean perspective

    Athanassiou, C. G., Smetana, S. M., Pleißner, D., Tassoni, A., Gasco, L., Gai, F., Shpigelman, A., Bravo Cadena, M., Gastli, M., Conceição, L. E. C., Gronich, E., Paolacci, S., Chalkidis, V., Kuthy, M., Stolzenberger, R. E., El Yaacoubi, A., Mehlhose, C., Petrusán, J-I. & Rumbos, C. I., 01.04.2024, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 46, 6 p., 100892.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Flavonoids as benign substitutes for more harmful synthetic chemicals - effects of flavonoids and their transformation products on algae

    Schnarr, L., Olsson, O., Ohls, S., Webersinn, J., Mauch, T. & Kümmerer, K., 01.04.2024, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 38, 19 p., 101473.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Green deserts, but not always: A global synthesis of native woody species regeneration under tropical tree monocultures

    Simões, L. H. P., Guillemot, J., Ronquim, C. C., Weidlich, E. W. A., Muys, B., Fuza, M. S., Lima, R. A. F. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 01.04.2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 4, 14 p., e17269.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  13. Published

    Mapping ecosystem services in Colombia: Analysis of synergies, trade-offs and bundles in environmental management

    Burgos-Ayala, A., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., Meacham, M., Rozas-Vásquez, D., Mancilla García, M., Rocha, J. & Rincón-Ruíz, A., 01.04.2024, In: Ecosystem Services. 66, 13 p., 101608.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Predicting Effects of a Digital Stress Intervention for Patients With Depressive Symptoms: Development and Validation of Meta-Analytic Prognostic Models Using Individual Participant Data

    Harrer, M., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P., Heber, E., Lehr, D., Kessler, R. C. & Ebert, D. D., 01.04.2024, In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 92, 4, p. 226-235 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Wie genau die Welt retten? Denkanstöße zum Club-of-Rome-Bericht "EARTH FOR ALL"

    Lietzke-Prinz, I. (ed.) & Farny, S. (ed.), 04.04.2024, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 228 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  16. Published

    “First come, first served" or “the more, the merrier"? Organizational dynamics of citizen-led solar initiatives and the presence of photovoltaic installations in Germany

    Mueller, L., Marcroft, T. P., von Beck, C., Zeiss, J. P., Schwanitz, V. J., Wierling, A. & Holstenkamp, L., 10.04.2024, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 449, 11 p., 141861.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Dorresteijn, I., Leventon, J., Stojanovic, M., Lam, D. P. M., Lang, D. J., Moriggi, A., Raymond, C. M., Stålhammar, S., Weiser, A. & Zimmermann, S., 11.04.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Sustainability. 7, 16 p., e14.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  18. Published

    How data on transformation products can support the redesign of sulfonamides towards better biodegradability in the environment

    Puhlmann, N., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 15.04.2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 921, 13 p., 171027.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. E-pub ahead of print

    Summer temperatures from the Middle Pleistocene site Schöningen 13 II, northern Germany, determined from subfossil chironomid assemblages

    Rigterink, S., Krahn, K. J., Kotrys, B., Urban, B., Heiri, O., Turner, F., Pannes, A. & Schwalb, A., 15.04.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Boreas. 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Accepted/In press

    Navigating social–ecological changes: A mixed-method analysis of extensive livestock systems in southern Patagonian forests, Argentina

    Rodríguez, P., Benra, F., Fischer, J., Romano, S. & Soler, R., 18.04.2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Ambio. 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Effectiveness of an online recovery training for employees exposed to blurred boundaries between work and non-work: Bayesian analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Brückner, H., Wallot, S., Horvath, H., Ebert, D. D. & Lehr, D., 19.04.2024, In: BMJ mental health. 27, 1, 7 p., e301016.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review