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.

Topics

Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.

  1. Published

    Natural habitat does not mediate vertebrate seed predation as an ecosystem dis-service to agriculture

    Schäckermann, J., Mandelik, Y., Weiss, N., von Wehrden, H. & Klein, A. M., 04.2015, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 52, 2, p. 291-299 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Natural vs. financial insurance in the management of public-good ecosystems

    Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.04.2008, In: Ecological Economics. 65, 2, p. 397-406 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Natural vs. financial insurances in the management of public good ecosystems

    Quaas, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 23 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 34).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Naturbilder, von der Vorstellung zum Handeln

    Weiland, S. & Mölders, T., 2007, Agrarpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert: Wahrnehmungen, Konflikte, Verständigungsbedarf. Feindt, P. H. & Lange, J. (eds.). p. 203-212 10 p. (Loccumer Protokolle; vol. 30, no. 07).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Natur der Zeiten - Zeiten der Natur oder "Momos Entdeckung". Zur Bedeutung der Verbindung von Reproduktion und Innovation für das Verständnis einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, Zeitlandschaften - Perspektiven öko-soziale Zeitpolitik. Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 83-106 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Nature-gender relations within a Social-Ecological Perspective on European Multifunctional Agriculture: The Case of Agrobiodiversity

    Burandt, A. & Mölders, T., 01.12.2017, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 34, 4, p. 955–967 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    ´Natur/en´ als Räume des Vor_Sorgens: Eine (re)produktionstheorethische Reflexion des ´Caring for nature/s´

    Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 2018, Zum Selbstverständnis der Gender-Studies II: Technik - Raum - Bildung. Onnen, C. & Rode-Breymann, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Verlag Babara Budrich, Vol. 2. p. 65-82 18 p. (L'AGENda; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Nature’s contributions to people and quality of life

    Martín-López, B., Church, A., Başak Dessane, E., Berry, P., Chenu, C., Christie, M., Gerino, M., Keune, H., Oteros-Rozas, E., Paillard, S., Rossberg, A. G., Schröter, M. & van Oudenhoven, A. P. E., 2018, IPBES (2018): The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia. Rounsevell, M., Fischer, M., Torre-Marin Rando, A. & Mader, A. (eds.). Bonn: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, p. 60-185

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Nature’s contributions to people in mountains: A review

    Martín-López, B., Leister, I., Lorenzo Cruz, P., Palomo, I., Grêt-Regamey, A., Harrison, P. A., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Luque, S. & Walz, A., 11.06.2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 24 p., e0217847.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Natures running wild: a social-ecological perspective on wilderness

    Hofmeister, S., 01.2009, In: Nature and Culture. 4, 3, p. 293-315 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review