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. 2024
  2. Published

    Evidence for regional-scale declines in carabid beetles in old lowland beech forests following a period of severe drought

    Weiss, F., Winter, S., Pflugmacher, D., Kolling, T. & Linde, A., 07.2024, In: Landscape Ecology. 39, 7, 19 p., 123.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Intrinsic, instrumental and relational values behind nature’s contributions to people preferences of nature visitors in Germany

    Kachler, J., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Isaac, R., Bonn, A. & Martín-López, B., 07.2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 17 p., 2342361.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Priority effects transcend scales and disciplines in biology

    Stroud, J. T., Delory, B. M., Barnes, E. M., Chase, J. M., De Meester, L., Dieskau, J., Grainger, T. N., Halliday, F. W., Kardol, P., Knight, T. M., Ladouceur, E., Little, C. J., Roscher, C., Sarneel, J. M., Temperton, V., van Steijn, T. L. H., Werner, C. M., Wood, C. W. & Fukami, T., 07.2024, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 39, 7, p. 677-688 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Revisiting Renewable Energies: Liberating, Pacifying, and Democratizing

    Schaltegger, S., Linnenluecke, M. K., Dijkstra-Silva, S. & Christ, K. L., 07.2024, In: Business and Society. 63, 6, p. 1295-1301 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  6. Published

    Roadside disturbance promotes plant communities with arbuscular mycorrhizal associations in mountain regions worldwide

    Clavel, J., Lembrechts, J. J., Lenoir, J., Haider, S., McDougall, K., Nuñez, M. A., Alexander, J., Barros, A., Milbau, A., Seipel, T., Pauchard, A., Fuentes-Lillo, E., Ratier Backes, A., Dar, P., Reshi, Z. A., Aleksanyan, A., Zong, S., Arevalo Sierra, J. R., Aschero, V., Verbruggen, E. & Nijs, I., 07.2024, In: Ecography. 2024, 7, 14 p., e07051.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Interplay Between Supply Chain Transparency and NGO Pressure: A Quantitative Analysis in the Fashion Industry Context

    Schäfer, N., Petersen, L. & Hörisch, J., 07.2024, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 192, 4, p. 713-727 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Transformative pedagogy for sustainable entrepreneurship and technology innovation: The case of EIT climate KIC training

    Klapper, R. G., Upham, P. J. & Oberstrass, T., 07.2024, In: The International Journal of Management Education. 22, 2, 14 p., 100971.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Transformative research for sustainability: characteristics, tensions, and moving forward

    Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Dorresteijn, I., Leventon, J., Stojanovic, M., Lam, D. P. M., Lang, D. J., Moriggi, A., Raymond, C. M., Stålhammar, S., Weiser, A. & Zimmermann, S., 07.2024, In: Global Sustainability. 7, 16 p., e14.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Who benefits from indirect prevention and treatment of depression using an online intervention for insomnia? Results from an individual-participant data meta-analysis

    Thielecke, J., Kuper, P., Lehr, D., Schuurmans, L., Harrer, M., Ebert, D. D., Cuijpers, P., Behrendt, D., Brückner, H. A., Horvath, H., Riper, H. & Buntrock, C., 07.2024, In: Psychological Medicine. 54, 10, p. 2389-2402 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Assessing Drifting Fish Aggregating Device (dFAD) Abandonment under International Marine Pollution Law

    Schatz, V., 01.07.2024, In: Transnational Environmental Law. 13, 2, p. 243-263 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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