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. 2023
  2. Published

    Assessing protected area effectiveness in western Tanzania: Insights from repeated line transect surveys

    Kiffner, C., Giliba, R. A., Fust, P., Loos, J. & Waltert, M., 12.2023, In: African Journal of Ecology. 61, 4, p. 966-979 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Can we have it all? The role of grassland conservation in supporting forage production and plant diversity

    Kachler, J., Benra, F., Bolliger, R., Isaac, R., Bonn, A. & Felipe-Lucia, M. R., 12.2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 12, p. 4451-4465 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Environmental heterogeneity modulates the effect of plant diversity on the spatial variability of grassland biomass

    Daleo, P., Alberti, J., Chaneton, E. J., Iribarne, O., Tognetti, P. M., Bakker, J. D., Borer, E. T., Bruschetti, M., MacDougall, A. S., Pascual, J., Sankaran, M., Seabloom, E. W., Wang, S., Bagchi, S., Brudvig, L. A., Catford, J. A., Dickman, C. R., Dickson, T. L., Donohue, I., Eisenhauer, N., Gruner, D. S., Haider, S., Jentsch, A., Knops, J. M. H., Lekberg, Y., McCulley, R. L., Moore, J. L., Mortensen, B., Ohlert, T., Pärtel, M., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Risch, A. C., Rocca, C., Smith, N. G., Stevens, C., Tamme, R., Veen, G. F. C., Wilfahrt, P. A. & Hautier, Y., 12.2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 11 p., 1809.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Finding the Best Match — a Case Study on the (Text‑) Feature and Model Choice in Digital Mental Health Interventions

    Zantvoort, K., Scharfenberger, J., Boß, L., Lehr, D. & Funk, B., 12.2023, In: Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research. 7, 4, p. 447-479 33 p., 00148.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Future-proofing ecosystem restoration through enhancing adaptive capacity

    Frietsch, M., Loos, J., Löhr, K., Sieber, S. & Fischer, J., 12.2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 9 p., 377.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    „Protonen bei chemischen Reaktionen?“ – didaktische Rekonstruktion des Säure-Base-Konzepts nach Brønsted für die Sekundarstufe II

    Krebs, R. E., Hofer, E. & Lembens, A., 12.2023, In: ChemKon. 30, 8, p. 334-340 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Spatial characterization of social-ecological systems units for management in Tropical Dry Forests

    Santillán-Carvantes, P., Balvanera, P., Thomsen, S., Mora, F., Pérez-Cárdenas, N., Cohen-Salgado, D., Ramírez-Ramírez, R., Gavito, M. E. & Martín-López, B., 12.2023, In: Landscape Ecology. 38, 12, p. 4303-4323 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    A framework for drivers fostering social-ecological restoration within forest landscape based on people’s participation. A systematic literature review

    Maniraho, L., Frietsch, M., Sieber, S. & Löhr, K., 01.12.2023, In: Discover Sustainability. 4, 13 p., 26.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Biological nitrogen recirculation to food protein – A review

    Siddiqui, S. A., Pleissner, D., Pentjuss, A., Gołaszewski, J., Karwowska, A., Dace, E., Pahmeyer, M., Van Miert, S., Frooninckx, L., Broeckx, L., Heinz, V. & Smetana, S., 01.12.2023, In: Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy. 6, 15 p., 100056.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Effects of habitat heterogeneity on bird communities in forests of northeastern Germany

    Sommer, R. S. & Fichtner, A., 01.12.2023, In: Baltic Forestry. 29, 2, 10 p., 699.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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