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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Interaktive Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Unternehmen: Konzeption und Analyse der Internetnutzung von GF-500-Unternehmen hinsichtlich der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung
Kim, K., 2005, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 248 p. (Europäische Hochschulschriften)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Interaktive Videoformate für den naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht: Vom Rezipieren zum Interagieren
Meier, M., Stinken-Rösner, L. & Zeller, D., 07.2022, In: Unterricht Biologie. 475, p. 44-47 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Inter- and intraspecific consumer trait variations determine consumer diversity effects in multispecies predator−prey systems
Flöder, S., Bromann, L. & Moorthi, S., 16.05.2018, In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 81, 3, p. 243-256 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interannual variation in land-use intensity enhances grassland multidiversity
Allan, E., Bossdorf, O., Dormann, C. F., Prati, D., Gossner, M. M., Tscharntke, T., Blüthgen, N., Bellach, M., Birkhofer, K., Boch, S., Böhm, S., Börschig, C., Chatzinotas, A., Christ, S., Daniel, R., Diekötter, T., Fischer, C., Friedl, T., Glaser, K., Hallmann, C., Hodac, L., Hölzel, N., Jung, K., Klein, A. M., Klaus, V. H., Kleinebecker, T., Krauss, J., Lange, M., Morris, E. K., Müller, J., Nacke, H., Pašalić, E., Rillig, M. C., Rothenwöhrer, C., Schall, P., Scherber, C., Schulze, W., Socher, S. A., Steckel, J., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Türke, M., Weiner, C. N., Werner, M., Westphal, C., Wolters, V., Wubet, T., Gockel, S., Gorke, M., Hemp, A., Renner, S. C., Schöning, I., Pfeiffer, S., König-Ries, B., Buscot, F., Linsenmair, K. E., Schulze, E. D., Weisser, W. W. & Fischer, M., 07.01.2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). 111, 1, p. 308-313 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interconnected place-based social–ecological research can inform global sustainability
Balvanera, P., Calderón-Contreras, R., Castro, A. J., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Geijzendorffer, I. R., Jacobs, S., Martín-López, B., Arbieu, U., Speranza, C. I., Locatelli, B., Harguindeguy, N. P., Mercado, I. R., Spierenburg, M. J., Vallet, A., Lynes, L. & Gillson, L., 01.12.2017, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 29, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Interculturality as background for sustainability
Guerra González, J., 2009, Sustainability in Karamoja? : Rethinking the Terms of Global Sustainability in a Crisis Region of Africa . Knaute, D. & Kagan, S. (eds.). Köln: Rüdiger Koppe, Vol. 12. p. 263-270 8 p. (Topics in Interdisciplinary African Studies ; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Interdependencies between Biotic and Abiotic Ferrous Iron Oxidation and Influence of pH, Oxygen and Ferric Iron Deposits
Eggerichs, T., Opel, O., Otte, T. & Ruck, W., 07.2014, In: Geomicrobiology Journal. 31, 6, p. 461-472 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: finding the common ground of multi-faceted concepts
von Wehrden, H., Guimarães, M. H., Bina, O., Varanda, M., Lang, D. J., John, B., Gralla, F., Alexander, D., Raines, D., White, A. & Lawrence, R. J., 07.05.2019, In: Sustainability Science. 14, 3, p. 875-888 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research and practice: Balancing expectations of the 'old' academy with the future model of universities as 'problem solvers'
Fam, D., Clarke, E., Freeth, R., Derwort, P., Klaniecki, K. T., Kater-Wettstädt, L., Juarez Bourke, S., Hilser, S., Peukert, D., Meyer, E. M. & Horcea-Milcu, A. I., 01.01.2020, In: Higher Education Quaterly. 74, 1, p. 19-34 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interdisciplinary Review of Medium-deep Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage in North Germany
Holstenkamp, L., Meisel, M., Neidig, P., Opel, O., Steffahn, J., Strodel, N., Lauer, J. J., Vogel, M., Degenhart, H., Michalzik, D., Schomerus, C.-T., Schönebeck, J. & Növig, T., 01.10.2017, In: Energy Procedia. 135, p. 327-336 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review