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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Patterns and hotspots of carabid beetle diversity in the Palaearctic – insights from a hyperdiverse invertebrate taxon
Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 2011, Biodiversity Hotspots: distribution and protection of conservation priority areas. Zachos, F. E. & Habel, J. C. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, p. 175-188 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Patterns of species composition and species richness in moist (ash-alder) forests of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Westphal, C., 01.12.2003, In: Feddes Repertorium. 114, 7/8, p. 574-586 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Paying Attention to Environmental Pay-Offs: The Case of an Indonesian Textile Manufacturer
Schaltegger, S., Viere, T. & Zvezdov, D., 07.2012, In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. 12, 1, p. 56-75 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Payments for ecosystem services – for efficiency and for equity?
Baumgärtner, S., 2012, Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organisational Challenges: Proceedings of the 3rd International Sustainability Conference. Daub, C.-H., Burger, P., Scherrer, Y. M. & Frecè, J. T. (eds.). Basel: edition gesowip, p. 248 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Peer-Ablehnung, Wettbewerbsorientierung und Probleme bei der Zusammenarbeit von gleichaltrigen Kindern
Salisch, M., 2002, In: Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht. 49, 2, p. 89-101 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Peer group influences on fifth graders' reading motivation
von Salisch, M., Philipp, M. & Gölitz, D., 01.06.2008, In: International Journal of Psychology. 43, 3-4, p. 214 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Peer-Netzwerke und Freundschaften in der Ganztagsschule: Auswirkungen der Ganztagsschule auf die Entwicklung sozialer und emotionaler Kompetenzen von Jugendlichen
Kanevski, R. & von Salisch, M., 2011, 1 ed. Weinheim: Juventa Verlag. 254 p. (Studien zur ganztägigen Bildung)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Pennycress-corn double-cropping increases ground beetle diversity
Groeneveld, J. H. & Klein, A. M., 01.06.2015, In: Biomass and Bioenergy. 77, p. 16-25 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pennycress double-cropping does not negatively impact spider diversity
Groeneveld, J. H., Lührs, H. P. & Klein, A. M., 08.2015, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 17, 3, p. 247-257 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Perceived contributions of multifunctional landscapes to human well-being: Evidence from 13 European sites
Fagerholm, N., Martín-López, B., Torralba, M., Oteros-Rozas, E., Lechner, A. M., Bieling, C., Stahl Olafsson, A., Albert, C., Raymond, C. M., Garcia-Martin, M., Gulsrud, N. & Plieninger, T., 01.03.2020, In: People and Nature. 2, 1, p. 217-234 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review