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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Recommendations for the evaluation of transdisciplinary research
Loibl, M. C., 01.11.2005, In: GAIA. 14, 4, p. 351-353 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Reconciling conservation and development in protected areas of the Global South
Loos, J., 01.08.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 54, p. 108-118 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation: participatory scenario planning in southwestern Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Fischer, J., Bergsten, A., Senbeta, F., Hylander, K. & Dorresteijn, I., 09.2020, In: Ecology and Society. 25, 3, p. 1-16 16 p., 24.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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“Re-connecting people and nature”: wrong term, wrong goal?
Fischer, J., 09.02.2016Research output: other publications › Articles in scientific forums or blogs › Research
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Reconnecting with nature for sustainability
Ives, C. D., Abson, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Dorninger, C., Klaniecki, K. & Fischer, J., 01.09.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 5, p. 1389-1397 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reconstructing the “biopiracy” debate from a justice perspective
Stumpf, K. H., 2014, Concepts and Values in Biodiversity. Lanzerath, D. & Friele, M. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 225-242 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Reconstruction of Past and Prediction of Future Benzo[a]pyrene Concentrations Over Europe
Bieser, J., Aulinger, A., Matthias, V. & Quante, M., 01.01.2014, Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXII: Environmental Security. Steyn, D., Builtjes, P. & Timmermans, R. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 59-63 5 p. (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security; vol. 137).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Recurring patterns and blueprints of industrial symbioses as structural units for an it tool
Rohde-Lütje, A. & Wohlgemuth, V., 08.10.2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 19, 21 p., 8280.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Recycling and reuse of food waste
Pleißner, D., 10.2018, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 13, October 2018, p. 39-43 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Recycling of food waste as nutrients in Chlorella vulgaris cultivation
Lau, K. Y., Pleissner, D. & Lin, C. S. K., 10.2014, In: Bioresource Technology. 170, p. 144-151 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review