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

    Nutzung und Einfluss von Bildschirmspielen bei Kindern

    von Salisch, M., 2011, Generation digital: Neue Medien in der Erziehungsberatung. B. E. (ed.). Benedict Press, p. 65-81 17 p. (Materialien zur Beratung ; vol. 19).

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

  2. Published

    Nutzung von Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement-Software in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen

    Johnson, M., 2016, Bewertung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit: Modelle und Methoden zur Selbstbewertung. Grothe, A. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 139-155 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Oberirdisches und unterirdisches Einzugsgebiet - Bedeutung für den Wasserhaushalt

    Wittenberg, H., Matz, R. & Rhode, C., 2003, Klima - Wasser - Flussgebietsmanagement - im Lichte der Flut: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 20./21. März 2003 in Freiburg i.Br.. Kleeberg, H.-B. (ed.). Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, Vol. 1. p. 29-32 4 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; vol. 4).

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

  4. Published

    OBI: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit dem FOX

    Botschen, S., Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 2002, Nachhaltig managen mit der Balanced Scorecard: Konzept und Fallstudien. Schaltegger, S. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag, p. 259-281 23 p.

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

  5. Published

    Objektivierung von Naturschutzbewertungen - Das Beispiel Roter Listen von Pflanzengesellschaften

    Timmermann, T., Dengler, J., Abdank, A. & Berg, C., 01.05.2006, In: Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung. 38, 5, p. 133-139 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Observational natural history and morphological taxonomy are indispensable for future challenges in biodiversity and conservation

    Staab, M., Ohl, M., Zhu, C. D. & Klein, A. M., 2015, In: Communicative and Integrative Biology. 8, 1, 3 p., e992745.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Observing the Middle Elbe Biosphere in Germany by Means of TerraSAR-X Images

    Farghaly, D., Elba, E. & Urban, B., 01.01.2014, In: International Journal of Geosciences. 5, 2, p. 196-205 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Occupational e-Mental Health: Current Approaches and Promising Perspectives for Promoting Mental Health in Workers

    Lehr, D., Geraedts, A., Persson Asplund, R., Khadjesari, Z., Heber, E., de Bloom, J., Ebert, D. D., Angerer, P. & Funk, B., 01.01.2016, Healthy at Work: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Wiencke, M., Cacace, M. & Fischer, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 257-281 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  9. Published

    Occupational e-Mental Health – eine Übersicht zu Ansätzen, Evidenz und Implementierung

    Lehr, D. & Boß, L., 12.2019, Fehlzeiten-Report 2019: Digitalisierung - gesundes Arbeiten ermöglichen. Badura, B., Ducki, A., Schröder, H., Klose, J. & Meyer, M. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Nature AG, p. 155-178 24 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-review

  10. Published

    "Occupational eMental Health" in der Lehrergesundheit: Ein metaanalytisches Review zur Wirksamkeit von Online-Gesundheitstrainings bei Lehrkräften

    Lehr, D., Heber, E., Sieland, B., Hillert, A., Funk, B. & Ebert, D. D., 01.08.2016, In: Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. 11, 3, p. 182-192 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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Publications

  1. Multilingual Development: A longitudinal perspective – Mehrsprachigkeitsentwicklung im Zeitverlauf (MEZ)
  2. The Competitive Strategies of Ecopreneurs: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability
  3. Task choice shields against incidental affective influences on effort-related cardiovascular response
  4. Rezension zu: Hatzimihail, Nikitas, Preclassical Conflict of Laws, Cambridge University Press, 2021, 607 S.
  5. ephemera: theory and politics in organization. Special issue: "Immaterial and Affective Labour: Explored"
  6. Harald Fritsch, Vollendete Selbstmitteilung Gottes an seine Schöpfung. Die Eschatologie Karl Rahners
  7. A Study on the Performance of Adaptive Neural Networks for Haze Reduction with a Focus on Precision
  8. Stanley J. Grenz, Reason for Hope. The Systematic Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg. Grand Rapids u.a. 2005
  9. The effect of yield surface curvature change by cross hardening on forming limit diagrams of sheets
  10. Funktionsbedingungen der neuen Beschäftigungsverhältnisse - eine verhaltenswissenschaftliche Analyse?
  11. Microbial decomposition of soil organic matter is mediated by quality and quantity of crop residues
  12. Unterrichtshandeln von Lehrkräften und Schülern verbessern durch Förderung emotionaler Kompetenzen
  13. Die raum-zeitliche Verbreitung der Schmetterlinge von nährstoffarmen Mooren in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  14. Strategies for correcting the workpiece deformation during the manufacturing at the milling process
  15. Konsequenzen gesellschaftlicher Entwicklungstrends für Familie und private Lebensformen der Zukunft
  16. Heinrich Oberreuter (Hrsg.): Standortbestimmung Politische Bildung. Schwalbach/Ts.: Wochenschau Verlag 2009
  17. Development and Implementation of Technical Interventions to Motivate Young Females for STEM Studies
  18. Multidimensional Polarization of Income and Wealth: The Extent and Intensity of Poverty and Affluence
  19. The Carabus fauna of Israel - updated identification key, faunistics, and habitats (Coleoptera: Carabidae)