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
The lens of polycentricity: Identifying polycentric governance systems illustrated through examples from the field of water governance
Schröder, N. J. S., 01.07.2018, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 28, 4, p. 236-251 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
The role of attitudes in technology acceptance management: Reflections on the case of hydrogen fuel cells in Europe
Bögel, P., Oltra, C., Sala, R., Lores, M., Upham, P., Dütschke, E., Schneider, U. & Wiemann, P., 01.07.2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 188, p. 125-135 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Legume intercropping with the bioenergy crop sida hermaphrodita on marginal soil
Nabel, M., Schrey, S. D., Temperton, V. M., Harrison, L. & Jablonowski, N. D., 02.07.2018, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, 9 p., 905.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Precrop functional group identity affects yield of winter barley but less so high carbon amendments in a mesocosm experiment
van Duijnen, R., Roy, J., Härdtle, W. & Temperton, V. M., 03.07.2018, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 9, 12 p., 912.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Kita und Kommune - Partner für eine nachhaltige Energiewende: oder: Was hat Bildung mit der Energiewende zu tun?
Stoltenberg, U., 04.07.2018, Kulmbach: Mediengruppe Oberfranken. 82 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
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Technological response options after the VW diesel scandal: Implications for engine CO2 emissions
Andersen, O., Upham, P. & Aall, C., 04.07.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 7, 18 p., 2313.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Does SMS-support make a difference? Effectiveness of a two-week online-training to overcome procrastination. A randomized controlled trial
Eckert, M., Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Sieland, B. & Berking, M., 05.07.2018, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 9, JUL, 13 p., 1103.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dimensions, dialectic, discourse: Three political perspectives on the sustainability of the German healthcare system
Fischer, M. & Heinrichs, H., 19.07.2018, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15, 7, 22 p., 1526.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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A path to clean water: Reduced chemicals input must complement wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of water resources
Kümmerer, K., Dionysiou, D. D., Olsson, O. & Fatta-Kassinos, D., 20.07.2018, In: Science. 361, 6399, p. 222 - 224 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Investigating Factors on R estorative Sleep Quality and its Relationship with Personal Work Performance - An Analysis of Diary Data
Bremer, V., Funk, B. & Lehr, D., 24.07.2018, Cornell: PsyArXiv, 14 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers