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.

  1. 2022
  2. Published

    Modeling items for text comprehension assessment using confirmatory factor analysis

    Tschense, M. & Wallot, S., 20.10.2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 10 p., 966347.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The Efficacy of a Web-Based Stress Management Intervention for Employees Experiencing Adverse Working Conditions and Occupational Self-efficacy as a Mediator: Randomized Controlled Trial

    Nixon, P., Ebert, D. D., Boß, L., Angerer, P., Dragano, N. & Lehr, D., 20.10.2022, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 24, 10, 16 p., e40488.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Indikatoren für kleine und mittlere Kommunen

    Redenius, P. & Heinrichs, H., 24.10.2022, Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO), p. 1-8, 8 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Gesellschaft.; no. 2).

    Research output: Working paperExpert opinions

  5. Published

    The elephant in the room is really a cow: using consumption corridors to define sustainable meat consumption in the European Union

    Cué Rio, M., Bovenkerk, B., Castella, J. C., Fischer, D., Fuchs, R., Kanerva, M., Rounsevell, M. D. A., Salliou, N., Verger, E. O. & Röös, E., 27.10.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 2022, 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Amplifying actions for food system transformation: insights from the Stockholm region

    Lam, D. P. M., Jiménez-Aceituno, A., Guerrero Lara, L., Sellberg, M. M., Norström, A. V., Moore, M.-L., Peterson, G. D. & Olsson, P., 11.2022, In: Sustainability Science. 17, 6, p. 2379-2395 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Auswirkungen illegaler Altfahrzeugverwertung: Ermittlung der ökologischen, volkswirtschaftlichen und betriebswirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen der nicht anerkannten Demontage von Altfahrzeugen und der illegalen Altfahrzeugverbringung sowie Ableitung von Maßnahmen zur Adressierung möglicher Auswirkungen; Abschlussbericht

    Zimmermann, T., Sander, K., Memelink, R., Knode, M., Freier, M., Porsch, L., Schomerus, T., Wilkes, S. & Flormann, P., 11.2022, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 303 p. (Texte/Umweltbundesamt; vol. 129).

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

  8. Published

    Pro & Contra: Kernenergie: Pro: Wichtig gegen den Klimawandel — Contra: Energiewende statt Atomkraft

    von Weizsäcker, C. C. & Kemfert, C., 11.2022, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 102, 11, p. 814-815 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  9. Published

    Auf die Temperatur kommt es an! Untersuchung der Temperaturtoleranz mit der Wärmebildkamera

    Stinken-Rösner, L. & Rodenhauser, A., 01.11.2022, Digitale Medien für den Unterricht: Biologie: 30 innovative Unterrichtsideen . Meier, M. & Thyssen, C. (eds.). Hannover: Friedrich Verlag GmbH, p. 50-51 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  10. Published

    Chronischer beruflicher Stress: Behandlungsansätze mit Psychotherapie

    Koch, S., Lehr, D. & Hillert, A., 01.11.2022, In: Psychotherapie • Psychosomatik • Medizinische Psychologie . 72, 11, p. 497-512 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Dimensions of digital transformation in the context of modern agriculture

    Mendes, J. A. J., Carvalho, N. G. P., Mourarias, M. N., Careta, C. B., Vânia Gomes Zuin, G. Z. & Gerolamo, M. C., 01.11.2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 34, p. 613-637 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review