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

    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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition

    Frietsch, M., Pacheco-Romero, M., Temperton, V. M., Kaplin, B. A. & Fischer, J., 23.04.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ambio. 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Sustainability management accounting – enabling macro-level sustainability transformation towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Christ, K. L., Dijkstra-Silva, S., Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 25.04.2024, In: Meditari Accountancy Research. 32, 3, p. 923-944 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Mycorrhizal type and tree diversity affect foliar elemental pools and stoichiometry

    Bönisch, E., Blagodatskaya, E., Dirzo, R., Ferlian, O., Fichtner, A., Huang, Y., Leonard, S. J., Maestre, F. T., von Oheimb, G., Ray, T. & Eisenhauer, N., 05.2024, In: New Phytologist. 242, 4, p. 1614-1629 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Airbnb and rental markets: Evidence from Berlin

    Duso, T., Michelsen, C., Schaefer, M. & Tran, K. D., 01.05.2024, In: Regional Science and Urban Economics. 106, 31 p., 104007.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published
  11. Published

    Exploring the interdependence of climate, finance, energy, and geopolitics: A conceptual framework for systemic risks amidst multiple crises

    Hoffart, F. M., D'Orazio, P., Holz, F. & Kemfert, C., 01.05.2024, In: Applied Energy. 361, 11 p., 122885.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published
  13. E-pub ahead of print

    Assessing Drifting Fish Aggregating Device (dFAD) Abandonment under International Marine Pollution Law

    Schatz, V., 02.05.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Transnational Environmental Law. 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. E-pub ahead of print

    Biodegradation of Flavonoids – Influences of structural features

    Schnarr, L., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 01.07.2024, In: Chemosphere. 359, 11 p., 142234.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. E-pub ahead of print

    Intrinsic, instrumental and relational values behind nature’s contributions to people preferences of nature visitors in Germany

    Kachler, J., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Isaac, R., Bonn, A. & Martín-López, B., 08.05.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 17 p., 2342361.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Longitudinal prediction of primary school children's COVID-related future anxiety in the second year of the pandemic in Germany

    Voltmer, K. & von Salisch, M., 08.05.2024, In: PLoS ONE. 19, 5, 16 p., e0302065.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. E-pub ahead of print

    Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction—Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries

    CSREM 2024 - Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction & Wojtczuk-Turek, A., 10.05.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. E-pub ahead of print

    Is it just conservation? A typology of Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ roles in conserving biodiversity

    Dawson, N. M., Coolsaet, B., Bhardwaj, A., Booker, F., Brown, D., Lliso, B., Loos, J., Martin, A., Oliva, M., Pascual, U., Sherpa, P. & Worsdell, T., 11.05.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: One Earth. 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  19. Published

    Public understanding of climate change terminology in Germany

    Wege, L., de Bruin, W. B. & Kause, A., 15.05.2024, In: Climatic Change. 177, 5, 27 p., 81.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  20. E-pub ahead of print

    Participatory co-learning for human–wildlife coexistence: Reflections on a novel program applying systems thinking, nonviolent communication, and learning-based approaches

    Kansky, R., Maassarani, T. & Fischer, J., 16.05.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ambio. 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    A framework for assessing social structure in community governance of sustainable urban drainage systems: insights from a literature review

    Muwafu, S. P., Rölfer, L., Scheffran, J. & Costa, M. M., 06.2024, In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 29, 5, 19 p., 42.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review