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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Theorising the dynamics of collaborative consumption practices: A comparison of peer-to-peer accommodation and cohousing
Huber, A., 06.2017, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 23, June, p. 53–69 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The pace of life for forest trees
Author Collaboration of "The pace of life for forest trees.", Bialic-Murphy, L., McElderry, R. M., Esquivel-Muelbert, A., van den Hoogen, J., Zuidema, P. A., Phillips, O. L., de Oliveira, E. A. & Klipel, J., 04.10.2024, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 386, 6717, p. 92-98 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The pace of range expansion: a long-term study on the flightless ground beetle Carabus hortensis (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Völler, E., Boutaud, E. & Assmann, T., 01.02.2018, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 22, 1, p. 163-169 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The parrot knew everything: [ab 10 Jahren]
Puchalla, D., 2007, Berlin: Langenscheidt ELT. 131 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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The patterns of curriculum change processes that embed sustainability in higher education institutions
Weiss, M., Barth, M. & von Wehrden, H., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1579-1593 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Political Role of the Business Firm: An Ordonomic Concept of Corporate Citizen-ship Developed in Comparison with the Aristo-telian Idea of Individual Citizenship
Pies, I., Beckmann, M. & Hielscher, S., 2012, Halle-Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 37 p. (Diskussionspapiere; vol. 2012, no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The ponds of Hattuša -: Early groundwater management in the Hittite kingdom
Wittenberg, H. & Schachner, A., 01.01.2013, In: Water Supply. 13, 3, p. 692-698 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Population Trajectories Both of the Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) in Spain: Implications for Conservation
Lozano Mendoza, J., Cabezas-Díaz, S. & Virgós, E., 01.01.2014, Trends in Environmental Science. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 105-132 28 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The Porter Hypothesis Revisited: A Literature Review of Theoretical Models and Empirical Tests
Wagner, M., 12.2003, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 44 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The positive effect of plant diversity on soil carbon depends on climate
Spohn, M., Bagchi, S., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Bråthen, K. A., Bugalho, M. N., Caldeira, M. C., Catford, J. A., Collins, S. L., Eisenhauer, N., Hagenah, N., Haider, S., Hautier, Y., Knops, J. M. H., Koerner, S. E., Laanisto, L., Lekberg, Y., Martina, J. P., Martinson, H., McCulley, R. L., Peri, P. L., Macek, P., Power, S. A., Risch, A. C., Roscher, C., Seabloom, E. W., Stevens, C., Veen, G. F., Virtanen, R. & Yahdjian, L., 01.12.2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 1, 10 p., 6624.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review