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

    Tree diversity promotes functional dissimilarity and maintains functional richness despite species loss in predator assemblages

    Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Michalski, S. G., Purschke, O. & Aßmann, T., 02.2014, In: Oecologia. 174, 2, p. 533-543 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Tree diversity promotes generalist herbivore community patterns in a young subtropical forest experiment

    Zhang, J., Bruelheide, H., Chen, X., Eichenberg, D., Kröber, W., Xu, X., Xu, L. & Schuldt, A., 01.02.2017, In: Oecologia. 183, 2, p. 455-467 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China

    Schuldt, A., Baruffol, M., Boehnke, M., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Lang, A. C., Nadrowski, K., von Oheimb, G., Voigt, W., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 07.2010, In: Journal of Ecology. 98, 4, p. 917-926 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest

    Staab, M., Schuldt, A., Aßmann, T. & Klein, A.-M., 10.2014, In: Ecological Entomology. 39, 5, p. 637-647 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Tree diversity promotes predatory wasps and parasitoids but not pollinator bees in a subtropical experimental forest

    Guo, P. F., Wang, M. Q., Orr, M., Li, Y., Chen, J. T., Zhou, Q. S., Staab, M., Fornoff, F., Chen, G. H., Zhang, N. L., Klein, A. M. & Zhu, C. D., 06.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 53, p. 134-142 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Tree diversity, tree growth, and microclimate independently structure Lepidoptera herbivore community stability

    Wang, M. Q., Albert, G., Chesters, D., Bruelheide, H., Li, Y., Chen, J. T., Haider, S., Li, S., von Oheimb, G., Proß, T., Schnabel, F., Yang, B., Zhou, Q. S., Ma, K., Liu, X., Zhu, C. D., Luo, A. & Schuldt, A., 08.2025, In: Ecological Monographs. 95, 3, 22 p., e70026.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Tree morphology responds to neighbourhood competition and slope in species-rich forests of subtropical China

    Lang, A. C., Haerdtle, W., Bruelheide, H., Geissler, C., Nadrowski, K., Schuldt, A., Yu, M. & von Oheimb, G., 15.10.2010, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 260, 10, p. 1708-1715 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tree neighbourhood diversity increases community productivity and growth stability under contrasting climatic regimes

    Schnabel, F., Schwarz, J. A., Danescu, A., Fichtner, A., Nock, C., Bauhus, J. & Potvin, C., 30.08.2019, In: Brazilian Journal of Forestry Research. 39, Special Issue, p. 149-149 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

  9. Published

    Tree phylogenetic diversity structures multitrophic communities

    Staab, M., Liu, X., Assmann, T., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A. M., Ma, K., Michalski, S., Wubet, T., Schmid, B. & Schuldt, A., 01.02.2021, In: Functional Ecology. 35, 2, p. 521-534 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Tree resin composition, collection behavior and selective filters shape chemical profiles of tropical bees (Apidae: Meliponini)

    Leonhardt, S. D., Schmitt, T. & Blüthgen, N., 08.08.2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 8, 10 p., e23445.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Researchers

  1. Dörte Haftendorn

Publications

  1. Reconciling Scientific, Political and Participatory Perspectives on Sustainable Tourism Indicator Development for Destination Sustainability Assessment
  2. Synästhetische Strategien in der Kunstvermittlung
  3. Entstehung, Verlauf und Wirkungen von Technisierungskonflikten
  4. ALOCAÇÃO DE RECURSOS (CARBOIDRATOS) NO DESENVOLVIMENTO INICIAL DE PLÂNTULAS DE Schizolobium parahyba (Vell.) S.F. Blake (FABACEAE - CAESALPINIOIDEAE)
  5. Critique of Creativity
  6. Beschäftigungstrends 2003 Niedersachsen
  7. Die EU-Parlamentsbeschlüsse vom 03.04.2014 zur Regulierung der europäischen Abschlussprüfung
  8. Lust auf Schule - Typische Schulsituationen als Impulse für Gesundheit, Schul- und Unterrichtsqualität
  9. Der deutsche Prüfungsausschuss nach dem BilMoG und dem VorstAG
  10. Geomorphic evaluation of landslides along the Teesta river valley, Sikkim Himalaya, India
  11. Financial Penalties and Bank Performance
  12. Mikroökonomische Beschäftigungseffekte des Hamburger Modells zur Beschäftigungsförderung
  13. Famous Leader of the German Colony Here
  14. Einige Anmerkungen zur Sozialberatung
  15. Informationssysteme zur Unterstützung der Wertschöpfungsprozesse in Unternehmen vor dem Hintergrund sich ändernder klimapolitischer Rahmenbedingungen
  16. Democratic Congruence Re-Established
  17. The role of universities in fostering urban and regional sustainability
  18. Integrative Bewertung der Auswirkungen touristischer Nutzungen auf die Bereitstellung der Ecosystem Services auf der Insel Sylt
  19. Komparatistik
  20. Ökonomie und Naturnutzung
  21. Auenböden der Elbe als Archiv für die Stoffdynamik im Einzugsgebiet
  22. Grundlagen und Bedeutung der grenzüberschreitenden Vermögensabschöpfung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Verordnung (EU) 2018/1805 – Teil 1
  23. Die ökonomischen Folgen des Klimawandels
  24. Grundsätzliche Implikationen aus Basel II für die Finanzierung von Investor-Relations-Politik von kleinen und mitteleren Unternehmen (KMU)
  25. Strategie in der Politikwissenschaft
  26. Evaluation der Kraftfähigkeiten der oberen Extremität paralympischer Rollstuhlathleten.
  27. Vorabentscheidungsverfahren, allgemein
  28. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der schulischen Praxis verankern
  29. Heavy resistance training in wheelchair athletes
  30. „Warnhinweise auf alkoholischen Getränken"
  31. § 394 Berichte der Aufsichtsratsmitglieder