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

    Understanding role models for change: a multilevel analysis of success factors of grassroots initiatives for sustainable consumption

    Grabs, J., Langen, N., Maschkowski, G. & Schäpke, N., 15.10.2016, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 134 , Part A, p. 98-111 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Understanding Sustainability Performance in Business Organizations: Implications for the Sustainability Service Industry

    Imbrogiano, J.-P., 30.11.2022, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 204 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Understanding the diversity of values of “Nature’s contributions to people”: insights from the IPBES Assessment of Europe and Central Asia

    Christie, M., Martín-López, B., Church, A., Siwicka, E., Szymonczyk, P. & Mena Sauterel, J., 02.09.2019, In: Sustainability Science. 14, 5, p. 1267–1282 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Understanding the Greenhouse Effect by Embodiment: Analysing and Using Students' and Scientists' Conceptual Resources

    Niebert, K. & Gropengießer, H., 22.01.2014, In: International Journal of Science Education. 36, 2, p. 277-303 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Understanding the modes of use and availability of critical metals-An expert-based scenario analysis for the case of indium

    Weiser, A., Lang, D. J., Schomerus, T. & Stamp, A., 01.05.2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 94, p. 376-393 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published
  7. Published

    UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M., Mader, M. & Sundermann, A., 2017, Scientific Research for Sustainable Development: UNESCO Chairs in Germany. Römer, K. (ed.). Bonn: German Commission for UNESCO, p. 65-70 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    UNESCO chairs for (higher) education for sustainable development

    Michelsen, G. & Rieckmann, M., 2012, In: IAU Horizons. 18, 2, p. 16-17 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Transfer

  9. Published

    Uneven distribution of phytodiversity in NE German dry grassland communities

    Dengler, J., 01.01.2001, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft fur Okologie. 31, p. 28 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport

    Bellaby, P., Upham, P., Flynn, R. & Ricci, M., 27.04.2016, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41, 15, p. 6534-6543 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  2. Zur Finanzierung von KMU mit Private Equity in Deutschland
  3. Die philosophische Verflüchtigung des Glaubensbegriffs. Kierkegaards Auseinandersetzung mit Immanuel Hermann Fichte
  4. Bright spots
  5. Inspektionsbasierte Unterrichtsentwicklung an Schulen in schwieriger Lage
  6. Wenz, Gunther, Gott. Implizite Voraussetzungen christlicher Theologie, Göttingen 2007
  7. Sauberes wasser für Australien
  8. BINK als Bildungsinnovation aus Sicht der Bildungsforschung
  9. Joan kristin Bleicher / Bernhard Pörksen: Grenzgänger: Formen des New Journalism, Wiesbaden VS, 2004 - 443 Seiten, ISBN 3--531-14096-5
  10. Steuerpolitik
  11. Folgenbeseitigungsanspruch bei unwirksamen Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen
  12. Diagnostik und Testverfahren für die Sekundarstufe
  13. Purpose durch Nachhaltigkeit: Zukunftsfähige Zweckbestimmung für Unternehmen und Controlling
  14. § 42 Strukturen und Perspektiven der strafjustiziellen Zusammenarbeit in Europa
  15. Life Cycle Assessment of biogas production under the environmental conditions of northern Germany: Greenhouse gas balance
  16. Spannungsfelder in Familienunternehmen: Paradoxiemanagement zur Konfliktprävention
  17. Hochschule und Nachhaltigkeit
  18. Management von Innovationsprozessen für nachhaltige Entwicklung
  19. Politikwissenschaft: "Ein Fach mit Ausstrahlung"
  20. Festschrift zum 150-jährigen Vereinsjubiläum
  21. Nachhaltiges Investment erfordert "Business Cases for Sustainability"
  22. Arielle ist die Schönste für mich
  23. §14 Funktion und Auswahl von Referenzgebieten des europäischen Verwaltungsrechts
  24. Interarchive
  25. Investigation of the friction behavior between dry/infiltrated glass fiber fabric and metal sheet during deep drawing of fiber metal laminates
  26. Einführung in die Ästhetische Bildung
  27. Assessmentinstrumente bei Verletzungen der oberen Extremität - Stellenwert in der GUV
  28. Inklusion im Sportverein
  29. Milbank, Allison, Chesterton and Tolkien as Theologians. The Phantasie of the Real, London u.a. 2007
  30. Beschäftigungsmanagement
  31. Ein internetbasiertes Programm zur Prävention von Depression bei Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 Patienten
  32. Schiedsrichtertätigkeit im inklusiven Handballsport - Eine Interviewstudie am Beispiel von Freiwurf Hamburg e.V.
  33. Die europäische Union als Innovationsverbund – Innovationsverfassung und rechtliche Innovationen in der EU
  34. The New Law of Piercing the Corporate Veil in the UK
  35. Arbeitsfähigkeit als Schlüssel für Beschäftigung im Alter
  36. Bekennende Kirche und Widerstand