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.

  1. Published

    A three-armed randomised controlled trial investigating the comparative impact of guidance on the efficacy of a web-based stress management intervention and health impairing and promoting mechanisms of prevention

    Nixon, P., Boß, L., Heber, E., Ebert, D. D. & Lehr, D., 01.12.2021, In: BMC Public Health. 21, 1, 18 p., 1511.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    A three-dimensional framework to explore corporate sustainability activities in the mining industry: Current status and challenges ahead

    Fuisz-Kehrbach, S.-K., 01.12.2015, In: Resources Policy. 46, 1, p. 101-115 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Atlas mit CD-ROM

    Landwehr, B. & Pries, M., 2008, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett. 52 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  4. Published

    Atmogene Stickstoffeinträge als Ursache für Artenwandel und Artenschwund: Mechanismen und Interaktionen mit Klimawandel am Beispiel von Heideökosystemen.

    Härdtle, W., Meyer-Grünefeldt, M. & Oheimb, G., 2013, Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft. Pott, R. (ed.). Neustadt: Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft e. V. , Vol. 25. p. 37-48 12 p. (Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft; no. 25).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to research communication reports

  5. Published

    Atmospheric concentrations and air-sea exchanges of nonylphenol, tertiary octylphenol and nonylphenol monoethoxylate in the North Sea

    Xie, Z., Ebinghaus, R., Caba, A., Ruck, W. & Lakaschus, S., 01.07.2006, In: Environmental Pollution. 142, 1, p. 170-180 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Atmospheric concentrations and air-sea exchanges of phthalates in the North Sea (German Bight)

    Xie, Z., Ebinghaus, R., Temme, C., Caba, A. & Ruck, W., 06.2005, In: Atmospheric Environment. 39, 18, p. 3209-3219 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Atmospheric fate of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs): II. Emission source strength in summer in Zurich, Switzerland

    Wang, Z., Scheringer, M., MacLeod, M., Bogdal, C., Müller, C., Gerecke, A. & Hungerbuehler, K., 10.2012, In: Environmental Pollution. 169, p. 204-209 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Atmospheric fate of poly- and perfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs): I. Day-night patterns of air concentrations in summer in Zurich, Switzerland

    Müller, C., Gerecke, A., Bogdal, C., Wang, Z., Scheringer, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 10.2012, In: Environmental Pollution. 169, p. 196-203 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning versus gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs: Why they are not equivalent

    Glüge, J., Bogdal, C., Scheringer, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 08.2015, In: Atmospheric Environment. 115, p. 317-324 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Atmospheric mercury over sea ice during the OASIS-2009 campaign

    Steffen, A., Bottenheim, J., Cole, A., Douglas, T. A., Ebinghaus, R., Friess, U., Netcheva, S., Nghiem, S., Sihler, H. & Staebler, R., 24.07.2013, In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 13, 14, p. 7007-7021 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  2. Rechtsangleichung zwischen Gemeinschafts- und Unionsrecht – die Richtlinie über die Vorratsdatenspeicherung vor dem EuGH
  3. The Role of Corporate Sustainability in a Low-Cost Business Model
  4. Edgar Reitz' 'Heimat' als Sozialgeschichte der Neuen Medien
  5. Desiderata zur Erforschung des Einflusses von Kohäsion auf das Leseverständnis
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  7. "Sein Blut komme über uns und unsere Kinder!"(Mt 27,25)
  8. Freiwurf Hamburg - Qualitative Evaluation eines inklusiven Sportprojekts
  9. Kommunale Weiterbildung -
  10. Mediengeschichte
  11. Arbeitszufriedenheit
  12. Typen von Lehrkräften beim schulischen Einsatz von Neuen Medien
  13. Rechtspopulismus als Krisenbearbeitung.
  14. Die Lüneburger Ziegelrohstoffe und ihre Bedeutung für die historische Ziegelproduktion
  15. The Russian Energy Sector 1990-2005 and Climate Policy
  16. Unternehmerische Freiheit endogen verwirklichen
  17. Initiating transdisciplinarity in academic case study teaching
  18. Das Recht auf Bildung
  19. Oxford covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in school principals
  20. § 285 Herausgabe des Ersatzes
  21. Ausgewählte Entwicklungen und Konfliktlinien in der Grounded Theory
  22. Skandinavische Weihnachtsgeschichten
  23. Einfluss der Corporate Governance auf die Weiterentwicklung von Controlling und Interner Revision
  24. The Motivations of Book Publishers in Germany and Australia
  25. Außervertragliche Haftung der EG, legislatives Unrecht
  26. Die Lebewesen und ihre Medien
  27. Karl May und die Literaturwissenschaft: ein Thema für Außenseiter?
  28. Ferntourismus wohin?
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  30. Von Jesus Christus reden im Religionsunterricht
  31. Standardisierungsprozesse am Beispiel unterschiedlicher Akteure der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe
  32. Declining willingness to fight for one’s country
  33. Predicting the impacts of human population growth on forest mammals in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia
  34. Umweltbewusstsein unter dem Leitbild nachhaltige Entwicklung
  35. Rezension von Sieder, Reinhard: Patchworks - Das Familienleben getrennter Eltern und ihrer Kinder. - Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 2008
  36. Market driven power plant investment perspectives in Europe
  37. "Das Fenster in die Welt". Fernsehen in den fünfziger Jahren
  38. Reconciling Scientific, Political and Participatory Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism Indicator Development for Destination Sustainability Assessment
  39. Dekarbonisiert, digital und demokratisch
  40. The role of universities in fostering urban and regional sustainability