School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- 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.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
- 2018
- Published
A social-ecological typology of rangelands based on rainfall variability and farming type
Engler, J.-O., Abson, D. J., Feller, R., Hanspach, J. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2018, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 148, p. 65 - 73 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
A Sustainability Agenda for Tropical Marine Science
Partelow, S., Schlüter, A., von Wehrden, H., Jänig, M. & Senff, P., 01.01.2018, In: Conservation Letters. 11, 1, 15 p., e12351.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
- Published
Biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions
Meyer, S. T., Ptacnik, R., Hillebrand, H., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Halle, S., Klein, A. M., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Temperton, V. M., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W. & Weisser, W. W., 01.01.2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 1, p. 44-49 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Chancen für erneuerbare Energien in Wärmenetzen
Bickel, M. W., Soetebeer, I., Neidig, P. & Schneidewind, U., 01.01.2018, In: GAIA. 27, 1, p. 190-192 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Climate Change May Trigger Broad Shifts in North America's Pacific Coastal Rainforests
DellaSala, D. A., Brandt, P., Koopman, M., Leonard, J., Meisch, C., Herzog, P., Alaback, P., Goldstein, M. I., Jovan, S., MacKinnon, A. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2018, Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene: Volume 2: Climate Change. Dellasala, D. A. & Goldstein, M. I. (eds.). Oxford: Elsevier B.V., Vol. 1-5. p. 233-244 12 p. (Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
- Published
Coffee management and the conservation of forest bird diversity in southwestern Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Shumi, G., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.01.2018, In: Biological Conservation. 217, 1, p. 131-139 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Correction to: Scenario modeling of ammonia emissions from surface applied urea under temperate conditions: application effects and model comparison (Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, (2018), 110, 1, (177-193), 10.1007/s10705-017-9883-5)
Pacholski, A., Doehler, J., Schmidhalter, U. & Kreuter, T., 01.01.2018, In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. 110, 1, p. 195-196 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
- Published
Effectiveness of Web- and Mobile-Based Treatment of Subthreshold Depression With Adherence-Focused Guidance: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Ebert, D. D., Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Smit, F., Riper, H., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 01.01.2018, In: Behavior Therapy. 49, 1, p. 71-83 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Evidence for climatic changes around the Matuyama-Brunhes Boundary (MBB) inferred from a multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental study of the GBY#2 core, Jordan River Valley, Israel
Proborukmi, M. S., Urban, B., Mischke, S., Mienis, H. K., Melamed, Y., Dupont-Nivet, G., Jourdan, F. & Goren-Inbar, N., 01.01.2018, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 489, p. 166-185 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Global assessment of the non-equilibrium theory of rangelands: Revisited and refined
Engler, J. O. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2018, In: Land Use Policy. 70, p. 479 - 484 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review