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.
- Published
Nonlinear Dynamics of Reading and Text Comprehension
Tschense, M., 2024Research output: Books and anthologies › Dissertations
- Published
Non-material contributions of nature expressed by former tourists of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Pearson, J., Gross, M. & Hofmann, J., 02.2024, In: People and Nature. 6, 1, p. 220-229 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Non-metric multidimensional performance indicator scaling reveals seasonal and team dissimilarity within the National Rugby League
Woods, C. T., Robertson, S., Sinclair, W. H. & Collier, N. F., 04.2018, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 21, 4, p. 410-415 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Non-native populations of an invasive tree outperform their native conspecifics
Hirsch, H., Hensen, I., Wesche, K., Renison, D., Wypior, C., Hartmann, M. & von Wehrden, H., 13.10.2016, In: AoB PLANTS. 8, 11 p., plw071.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Non-native tree species (Pseudotsuga menziesii) strongly decreases predator biomass and abundance in mixed-species plantations of a tree diversity experiment
Schuldt, A. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 01.09.2014, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 327, 1, p. 10-17 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Non-sterile fermentation of food waste with indigenous consortium and yeast – Effects on microbial community and product spectrum
Peinemann, J., Rhee, C., Shin, S. G. & Pleißner, D., 01.06.2020, In: Bioresource Technology. 306, 123175.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Non-technical success factors for bioenergy projects-Learning from a multiple case study in Japan
Blumer, Y. B., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D. J., Hayashi, K. & Uchida, S., 09.2013, In: Energy Policy. 60, 9, p. 386 - 395 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Nonylphenol polyethoxylate degradation by means of electrocoagulation and electrochemical Fenton
Martins, A. F., Wilde, M. L., Vasconcelos, T. G. & Henriques, D. M., 15.06.2006, In: Separation and Purification Technology. 50, 2, p. 249-255 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
Nonylphenol polyethoxylate in hospital wastewater: A study of the subproducts of electrocoagulation
Henriques, D. M., Kümmerer, K., Mayer, F. M., Vasconcelos, T. G. & Martins, A. F., 01.02.2012, In: Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering. 47, 3, p. 497-505 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
- Published
“Normality” Revisited: Fieldwork and Family
Dannenberg, J., 2019, Affective Dimensions of Fieldwork and Ethnography. Stodulka, T., Dinkelaker, S. & Thajib, F. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 167-179 13 p. (Theory and History in the Human and Social Sciences).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review