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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Plant diversity in a changing agricultural landscape mosaic in Southern Transylvania (Romania)
Loos, J., Turtureanu, P. D., Wehrden, H. V., Hanspach, J., Dorresteijn, I., Frink, J. P. & Fischer, J., 01.2015, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 199, p. 350-357 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity increases spatio-temporal niche complementarity in plant-pollinator interactions
Venjakob, C., Klein, A.-M., Ebeling, A., Tscharntke, T. & Scherber, C., 01.04.2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 8, p. 2249-2261 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant–flower visitor interaction webs: Temporal stability and pollinator specialization increases along an experimental plant diversity gradient
Ebeling, A., Klein, A.-M. & Tscharntke, T., 06.2011, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 12, 4, p. 300-309 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant functional trait response to environmental drivers across European temperate forest understorey communities
Maes, S. L., Perring, M. P., Depauw, L., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Blondeel, H., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., Govaert, S., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Hertzog, L., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K., Kopecký, M., Landuyt, D., Máliš, F., Vanneste, T., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K., 01.05.2020, In: Plant Biology. 22, 3, p. 410-424 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant intraspecific competition and growth stage alter carbon and nitrogen mineralization in the rhizosphere
Sun, Y., Zang, H., Splettstößer, T., Kumar, A., Xu, X., Kuzyakov, Y. & Pausch, J., 01.04.2021, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 44, 4, p. 1231-1242 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant neighbors differentially alter a focal species' biotic interactions through changes to resource allocation
Turner, S. C. & Schweitzer, J. A., 11.2024, In: Ecology. 105, 11, 18 p., e4395.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant–pollinator interactions in changing environments
Klein, A.-M., 06.2011, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 12, 4, p. 279-281 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant species diversity and endemism on islands and archipelagos, with special reference to the Macaronesian Islands
Hobohm, C., 01.01.2000, In: Flora. 195, 1, p. 9-24 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant species diversity in dry coastal dunes of the southern Baltic coast
Peyrat, J. & Fichtner, A., 01.12.2011, In: Community Ecology. 12, 2, p. 220-226 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant species diversity in skirt communities: investigations from Wendland/Lower Saxony
Eisenberg, M., Dengler, J., Hobohm, C. & Härdtle, W., 2003, Biodiversity - from patterns to processes: Kurzfassungen der Beiträge zur 33. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie in Halle/Saale vom 8.-12.9.2003. Stadler, J. (ed.). Göttingen: Die Werkstatt Verlag, p. 80 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 33).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research