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.
- 2021
- Published
Interactions between species richness, herbivory and precipitation affect standing biomass in Mongolian rangelands
Ahlborn, J., Wesche, K., Lang, B., Oyunbileg, M., Oyuntsetseg, B., Römermann, C., French Collier, N. & von Wehrden, H., 01.04.2021, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 24, 2, 12 p., e12581.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant intraspecific competition and growth stage alter carbon and nitrogen mineralization in the rhizosphere
Sun, Y., Zang, H., Splettstößer, T., Kumar, A., Xu, X., Kuzyakov, Y. & Pausch, J., 01.04.2021, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 44, 4, p. 1231-1242 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Predicting the impacts of human population growth on forest mammals in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Dorresteijn, I., Guilherme, J. L., Hanspach, J., De Beenhouwer, M., Hylander, K., Bekele, B., Senbeta, F., Fischer, J. & Nimmo, D., 01.04.2021, In: Biological Conservation. 256, 109046.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What the eyes reveal about (reading) poetry
Menninghaus, W. & Wallot, S., 01.04.2021, In: Poetics. 85, 15 p., 101526.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Corporate contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals: An empirical analysis informed by legitimacy theory
Silva, S., 10.04.2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 292, 125962.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Comment on "nomenclature, Chemical Abstracts Service Numbers, Isomer Enumeration, Ring Strain, and Stereochemistry: What Does Any of This Have to Do with an International Chemical Disarmament and Nonproliferation Treaty?"
Rücker, C., Meringer, M. & Wassermann, A., 13.04.2021, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 98, 4, p. 1465-1467 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Integrating Sustainability into Learning in Chemistry
Wissinger, J. E., Visa, A., Saha, B. B., Matlin, S. A., Mahaffy, P. G., Kümmerer, K. & Cornell, S., 13.04.2021, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 98, 4, p. 1061-1063 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Perspectivas urbano-rurales sobre la circulación de dos frutos silvestres del Bosque Altoandino en sistemas agroalimentarios de Bogotá, Colombia
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S., Consuegra, C., van der Hammen, M. C. & Pérez, D., 13.04.2021, In: Revista Etnobiología. 19, 1, p. 81-95 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hybrid life cycle assessment of an onshore wind farm including direct and indirect services: A case study in Guajira, Colombia
Vélez-Henao, J. A. & Vivanco, D. F., 15.04.2021, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 284, 112058.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Resolving conflicts between people and over time in the transformation toward sustainability: A framework of interdependent conflicts
Majer, J. M., Barth, M., Zhang, H., Treek, M. & Trötschel, R., 15.04.2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 16 p., 623757.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review