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. Published

    Applicability of the European Commission's framework on safe and sustainable by design to the pharmaceutical sector

    Puhlmann, N., Abbate, E., Kümmerer, K., Oomen, A. G., Ragas, A. M. J. & Moermond, C., 12.2024, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 42, 15 p., 101845.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Application of CEICPMS and CEESIMS in metalloproteomics: challenges, developments, and limitations

    Pröfrock, D. & Prange, A., 10.2005, In: Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry. 383, 3, p. 372-389 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Application of feedforward artificial neural network in Muskingum flood routing: A black-box forecasting approach for a natural river system

    Latt, Z. Z., 11.2015, In: Water Resources Management. 29, 14, p. 4995-5014 20 p., a006.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Application of modern coexistence theory to rare plant restoration provides early indication of restoration trajectories

    Aoyama, L., Shoemaker, L. G., Gilbert, B., Collinge, S. K., Faist, A. M., Shackelford, N., Temperton, V. M., Barabás, G., Larios, L., Ladouceur, E., Godoy, O., Bowler, C. & Hallett, L. M., 01.10.2022, In: Ecological Applications. 32, 7, 14 p., e2649.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Application of non-target analysis with LC-HRMS for the monitoring of raw and potable water: Strategy and results

    Bader, T., Schulz, W., Lucke, T. & Winzenbacher, R., 2016, Assessing Transformation Products of Chemicals by Non-Target and Suspect Screening - Strategies and Workflows Volume 2. Letzel, T. & Drewes, J. E. (eds.). American Chemical Society, p. 49-70 22 p. (ACS Symposium Series; vol. 1242).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  6. Published

    Application of Software and Web-Based Tools for Sustainability Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

    Johnson, M., Viere, T., Schaltegger, S. & Halberstadt, J., 2014, EnviroInfo 2014 - ICT for Energy Efficiency : 28th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection ; proceedings. Marx Gómez, J., Sonnenschein, M., Vogel, U., Winter, A., Rapp, B. & Giesen, N. (eds.). Universität Oldenburg, Bibliotheks- und Informationssystem, p. 413-420 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Application of the two-sample doubly labelled water method alters behaviour and affects estimates of energy expenditure in black-legged kittiwakes

    Schultner, J., Welcker, J., Speakman, J. R., Nordoy, E. S. & Gabrielsen, G. W., 01.09.2010, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, 17, p. 2958-2966 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published
  9. Published

    Applications of the Simultaneous Modular Approach in the Field of Material Flow Analysis

    Möller, A., 2013, Environmental Informatics and Renewable Energies: 27th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Page, B., Fleischer, A., J. G. & Wohlgemuth, V. (eds.). 1 ed. Shaker Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 456-464 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Applying a capitals approach to understand rural development traps: A case study from post-socialist Romania

    Mikulcak, F., Haider, J. L., Abson, D., Newig, J. & Fischer, J., 01.02.2015, In: Land Use Policy. 43, 2, p. 248-258 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Activities

  1. Nation as a Context for Strategy: The Effects of National Characteristics on Business-Level Strategies
  2. Detached and out of touch? Political Elites between public criticism and logic of professionalization.
  3. Feministische Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft: Positionen zu Erkenntnis- und Gesellschaftskritik
  4. Is small beautiful? Small-scale farming in Poland and its contribution to sustainable rural development
  5. Conference presentation: Does supervisory board composition influence sustainability reporting quality?
  6. Conference presentation: Does supervisory board composition influence sustainability reporting quality?
  7. University-School Partnerships in Initial Teacher Education: Further Insights from Lüneburg and Glasgow
  8. Ergebnisse der Modellversuchsforschung zur Didaktik der Berufsbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BBNE)
  9. Later Life Workplace Index (LLWI) – Wie Arbeitgeber dem demografischen Wandel erfolgreich begegnen können
  10. Impulsvortrag und Podiumsdiskussion: Reformbedarf nach Wirecard. Liefert das FISG die richtigen Antworten?
  11. Auftaktveranstaltung der Reihe „Förder-institutionen im Gespräch“: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  12. Cultural differences in the credibility of cause-related marketing campaigns - A German-Chinese comparison
  13. 12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011
  14. 12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises „Ländlicher Raum“ der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie - DGfG 2011

Publications

  1. Applicability of adapted reservoir operation for water stress mitigation under dry year conditions
  2. Izutschenije kompetenzii ustnoj retschevoj kommunikazii utschitelej rodnovo i inostrannovo jazykov
  3. Rechtswegzuweisungen im Sog der Föderalismusreform – zum Verhältnis von § 126 BRRG und § 54 BeamtStG
  4. Long-term results of a web-based guided self-help intervention for employees with depressive symptoms
  5. Vertrag zur Gründung der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (EGV) : Artikel 27 [Kommissionsaufgaben; Zielsetzung]
  6. Environmental Management Accounting and the Opportunity Cost of Neglecting Environmental Protection
  7. Bildungsmaßnahmen für Ärzte und Pflegepersonal bezüglich Arzneimittelrückstände im Wasserkreislauf
  8. The influence of age and sex on speed–strength performance in children between 10 and 14 years of age
  9. Der steinige weg zum fairen gold herausforderungen der zertifizierung von kleinbergbau in ostafrika
  10. Evaluation der Bewegungs-, Spiel- und Sportangebote im Ganztag in Nordrhein-Westfalen und Niedersachsen
  11. Short-term effects of a web-based guided self-help intervention for employees with depressive symptoms
  12. Carbon content and other soil properties of near-surface peats before and after peatland restoration
  13. Is the reverse J-shaped diameter distribution universally applicable in European virgin beech forests?
  14. Ecological impacts of oil palm agriculture on forest mammals in plantation estates and smallholdings
  15. Biodegradation screening of chemicals in an artificial matrix simulating the water-sediment interface
  16. Impact of participation on sustainable water management planning: Comparative analysis of eight cases
  17. Kein Anschluss ohne Kommunikation oder: Lese- und Medienkompetenz entstehen im Gespräch, auch mit Peers?
  18. Ecosystem services and sustainability: descriptive means, normative goals and societal transformations
  19. Multidimensional Polarization of Income and Wealth: The Extent and Intensity of Poverty and Affluence
  20. Impact Assessment of Emissions Stabilization Scenarios with and without Induced Technological Change
  21. The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
  22. Fundamental study on additive manufacturing of aluminum alloys by friction surfacing layer deposition
  23. A Cross-Classified CFA-MTMM Model for Structurally Different and Nonindependent Interchangeable Methods
  24. Direct and Mn-Controlled Indirect Iron Oxidation by Leptothrix discophora SS-1 and Leptothrix cholodnii
  25. Aufbau einer Landesfachstelle „Suizidprävention in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe“ in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  26. Depression and social anxiety in help-seeking patients with an ultra-high risk for developing psychosis
  27. Wie treffen Gruppen gute Entscheidungen? "Holzbein Kiel" - eine Übung zur Entscheidungsfindung in Gruppen
  28. Self-directed racialized humor as in-group marker among migrant players in a professional football team
  29. Teaching Games for Understanding – Ein vernachlässigter Ansatz in der deutschsprachigen Sportpädagogik?
  30. Kritische Relektüre von Cassirers Philosophie der symbolischen Formen in interkultureller Perspektive
  31. Technical, economic and environmental analysis of lactic acid and biogas production from kitchen waste