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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Safe-and-sustainable-by-design roadmap: identifying research, competencies, and knowledge sharing needs
Apel, C., Sudheshwar, A., Kümmerer, K., Nowack, B., Midander, K., Strömberg, E. & Soeteman-Hernández, L. G., 19.08.2024, In: RSC Sustainability. 2, 10, p. 2833-2838 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Safeguarding the rare woodland species Gagea spathacea: Understanding habitat requirements is not sufficient
Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Matthies, D., Arnold, V., Erfmeier, A., Hemke, T., Jansen, D., Lütt, S., Schmidt, M., Sturm, K., von Oheimb, G. & Ohse, B., 01.04.2020, In: Plant Species Biology. 35, 2, p. 120-129 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sagt das Emotionswissen von jungen Kindern ihre phonologische Bewusstheit im Entwicklungsverlauf voraus?
Salisch, M. & Voltmer, K., 15.10.2020, In: Kindheit und Entwicklung. 29, 4, p. 221-228 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Saisonale Wäremespeicherung im Aquifer: Ergebnisse aus dem geochemischen Monitoring der Aquiferwärme- und Kältespeicher am deutschen Reichstagskomplex in Berlin
Opel, O., Novio Liñares, J. A. & Ruck, W., 2007, Der Geothermiekongress 2007 - Energie für alle Fälle: 29. - 31.10.2007 in Bochum . Geeste: Bundesverband Geothermie e.V.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Salivary cues: simulated roe deer browsing induces systemic changes in phytohormones and defence chemistry in wild‐grown maple and beech saplings
Ohse, B., Hammerbacher, A., Seele, C., Meldau, S., Reichelt, M., Ortmann, S. & Wirth, C., 01.02.2017, In: Functional Ecology. 31, 2, p. 340-349 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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SALT - Situation-sensitive sustainable service and product alternatives: Vision, conceptual application & challenges
Trumm, D., Filler, A., Kern, E. & Naumann, S., 2015, 45. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik - INFORMATIK 2015: Informatik, Energie und Umwelt, Proceedings. Cunningham, D. W., Hofstedt, P., Schmitt, I. & Meer, K. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 355-364 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 246).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Same Play, Different Actors? Comparing the Research-Practice Gap in Management Accounting in Australia and Germany
Tucker, B. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, APIRA KOBE 2013: The Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, July 26-28, Kobe International Conference Center, Abstracts. Kokubu, K., Sawabe, N. & Sakaue, M. (eds.). Kobe University, p. 110 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Sandökosysteme im Binnenland: Förderung dynamischer Prozesse durch Beweidung?
Schwabe-Kratochwil, A., Remy, D., Zehm, A., Aßmann, T., Kratochwil, A., Mährlein, A., Nobis, M., Storm, C., Schlemmer, H., Seuss, R., Bergmann, S., Eichberg, C., Menzel, U., Persigehl, M., Wester, P. & Zimmermann, K., 2001, Forschung und Naturschutz in Sandlebensräumen: Tagungsband Symposium vom 15.-17.2.200, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen.. Erlangen: BUND NATURSCHUTZ IN BAYERN E.V., p. 43-46 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Saproxylic beetle assemblages in the Mediterranean region: Impact of forest management on richness and structure
Buse, J., Levanony, T., Timm, A., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 31.03.2010, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 259, 8, p. 1376-1384 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Saproxylic beetle assemblages of three managed oak woodlands in the Eastern Mediterranean
Buse, J., Levanony, T., Timm, A., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2008, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 45, 1, p. 55-66 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review