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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ORCHIDEE-SOM: Modeling soil organic carbon (SOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) dynamics along vertical soil profiles in Europe
Camino-Serrano, M., Guenet, B., Luyssaert, S., Ciais, P., Bastrikov, V., De Vos, B., Gielen, B., Gleixner, G., Jornet-Puig, A., Kaiser, K., Kothawala, D., Lauerwald, R., Peñuelas, J., Schrumpf, M., Vicca, S., Vuichard, N., Walmsley, D. & Janssens, I. A., 15.03.2018, In: Geoscientific Model Development. 11, 3, p. 937-957 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ordnungsverantwortung: Ein strategisches Konzept für Corporate Citizenship
Beckmann, M., Hielscher, S. & Pies, I., 2010, Corporate Citizenship in Deutschland: Gesellschaftliches Engagement. Bilanz und Perspektiven. Backhaus-Maul, H., Biedermann, C., Nährlich, S. & Polterauer, J. (eds.). 2. erweiterte und überarbeitete Auflage ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 147-156 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ordnungsverantwortung: Rational Choice als ordonomisches Forschungsprogramm
Beckmann, M., 11.03.2010, Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin. 342 p. (Ökonomik und Ethik; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Organic farming affects the biological control of hemipteran pests and yields in spring barley independent of landscape complexity
Birkhofer, K., Arvidsson, F., Ehlers, D., Mader, V. L., Bengtsson, J. & Smith, H. G., 01.03.2016, In: Landscape Ecology. 31, 3, p. 567-579 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organic farming in isolated landscapes does not benefit flower-visiting insects and pollination
Brittain, C., Vighi, M., Bommarco, R., Settele, J. & Potts, S. G., 08.2010, In: Biological Conservation. 143, 8, p. 1860-1867 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organic farming promotes bee abundance in vineyards in Italy but not in South Africa
Kehinde, T., von Wehrden, H., Samways, M., Klein, A. M. & Brittain, C., 01.02.2018, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 22, 1, p. 61-67 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organic matter priming by invasive plants depends on dominant mycorrhizal association
Kumar, A., Phillips, R. P., Scheibe, A., Klink, S. & Pausch, J., 01.01.2020, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 140, 4 p., 107645.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organisationalen Wandel fördern: Interventionen zur Verankerung nachhaltiger Entwicklung in der Hochschule
Albrecht, P., Burandt, S. & Schaltegger, S., 2008, "Sustainable University": Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt a.M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 95-109 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Organisational Involvement of Corporate Functions in Sustainability Management: An Empirical Analysis of Large German Companies
Schaltegger, S., Harms, D., Windolph, S. E. & Hörisch, J., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 20 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Organisationen hacken: Einfallstore in eine nachhaltige Arbeitswelt
Hochmann, L. (Editor) & Möller, S. (Editor), 01.02.2024, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 418 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research