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.
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A comparative survey of chemistry-driven in silico methods to identify hazardous substances under REACH
Nendza, M., Gabbert, S., Kühne, R., Lombardo, A., Roncaglioni, A., Benfenati, E., Benigni, R., Bossa, C., Strempel, S., Scheringer, M., Fernández, A., Rallo, R., Giralt, F., Dimitrov, S., Mekenyan, O., Bringezu, F. & Schüürmann, G., 01.08.2013, In: Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP. 66, 3, p. 301-314 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A comparison of feasible methods for microalgal biomass determinations during tertiary wastewater treatment
Su, Y., Mennerich, A. & Urban, B., 01.09.2016, In: Ecological Engineering. 94, p. 532-536 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A comparison of students' (mis)understanding of female entrepreneurship: A German South African exploratory study
Halberstadt, J., Scholtz, B. & Haak, L., 2014, 8th International Business Conference 2014: Proceedings. Bisschoff, C. (ed.). North-West University , p. 42-51 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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A comprehensive assessment of ecosystem services: Integrating supply, demand and interest in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve
Castillo-Eguskitza, N., Martín-López, B. & Onaindia, M., 10.2018, In: Ecological Indicators. 93, p. 1176-1189 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A comprehensive Eulerian modeling framework for airborne mercury species: Comparison of model results with data from measurement campaigns in Europe
Schmolke, S. R. & Petersen, G., 01.01.2003, In: Atmospheric Environment. 37, SUPPL. 1, p. 51-62 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A comprehensive method for determination of fatty acids in the initial oral biofilm (pellicle)
Reich, M., Hannig, C., Al-Ahmad, A., Bolek, R. & Kuemmerer, K., 01.10.2012, In: Journal of Lipid Research. 53, 10, p. 2226-2230 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A Computational Research System for the History of Science
Damerow, J., Peirson, E. & Laubichler, M. D., 2019, Culture and Cognition: Essays in Honor of Peter Damerow. Renn, J. & Schemmel, M. (eds.). Berlin: Edition Open Access, Vol. 11. p. 245-255 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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A Conceptual Structure of Justice - Providing a Tool to Analyse Conceptions of Justice
Stumpf, K. H., Becker, C. U. & Baumgaertner, S., 01.11.2016, In: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice . 19, 5, p. 1187-1202 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A continental-scale analysis of feral cat diet in Australia
Doherty, T. S., Davis, R. A., van Etten, E. J. B., Algar, D., Collier, N., Dickman, C. R., Edwards, G., Masters, P., Palmer, R. & Robinson, S., 01.05.2015, In: Journal of Biogeography. 42, 5, p. 964-975 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A critical review of policies and legislation protecting Tanzanian wetlands
Materu, S. F., Urban, B. & Heise, S., 02.12.2018, In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 4, 12, p. 310-320 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research