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.
- Patent › Transfer
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Gremlin fusion products with immunoglobulin Fc domains and their use as antiinflammatories or immunomodulators
Gawaz, M., Müller, I., Leder, C. & Filzmayer, C., 24.05.2012, IPC No. DE 102010052941A1, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, 18.11.2010, Priority date 24.05.2012Research output: Patents › Patent
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IN DER UMWELT ABBAUBARE CHINOLON-ANTIBIOTIKA MIT HEMIAMINAL-STRUKTUREINHEIT
Kümmerer, K., Leder, C., Rastogi, T., Suk, M. & Peifer, C., 18.04.2019, IPC No. A61K31/47, A61P31/04 , C07D405/06, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. WO2019072905A1, 10.10.2018, Priority date 11.10.2017, Priority No. DE102017218119AResearch output: Patents › Patent
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Methods and compositions relating to a vaccine against prostate cancer
Leder, C., King, A. D., Pavlenko, M. & Pisa, P., 04.01.2007, IPC No. A61K39/00 (2006.01), Patent No. WO/2007/002149 A2, 21.06.2006Research output: Patents › Patent
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Random peptide library displayed on AAV vectors targeting human primary coronary artery endothelial cells
Kleinschmidt, J., Müller, O., Trepel, M., Kaul, F. & Leder, C., 30.09.2004, IPC No. C12N 15/10 (2006.01), PCT/EP2004/002923 , WIPO - Weltorganisation für geistiges Eigentum, Patent No. WO 2004083441, 19.03.2004, Priority date 19.03.2003Research output: Patents › Patent
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Stabilisierung des ph-Werts bei wässrigen Suspensionen von Metallpartikeln
Klaas, N., Steiert, S., Boer, C. D. & Ruck, W., 30.09.2010, IPC No. C02F 9/04, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, Patent No. DE102009012834A1, 02.03.2009Research output: Patents › Patent
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Verfahren, Wärmespeicher und Wärmespeichersystem zur Erwärmung und Abkühlung eines Arbeitsfluides
Ruck, W., Opel, O. & Homberger, G., 18.08.2011, IPC No. F01K25/06 , F01K3/00 , F28D17/00 , F28D20/003, Y02E60/14, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. WO2011098228A2, 03.02.2011, Priority date 15.02.2010, Priority No. DE102010008111AResearch output: Patents › Patent
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Verfahren zur Bestimmung der Neigung zur Verockerung und System hierfür
Opel, O. & Ruck, W. K. L., 02.02.2012, IPC No. G01N 33/18, Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt, Patent No. DE102010033056A1, 02.08.2010Research output: Patents › Patent
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VERFAHREN ZUR BESTIMMUNG DER NEIGUNG ZUR VEROCKERUNG UND SYSTEM HIERFÜR
Opel, O. & Ruck, W. K. L., 09.02.2012, IPC No. G01N 17/02, Patent No. WO2012016673A1, 01.08.2011Research output: Patents › Patent
- Expert opinions › Transfer
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Arzneimittelrückstände in Trinkwasser und Gewässern: Endbericht zum TA-Projekt
Klauer, B., Aicher , C., Bratan, T., Eberle, U., Hillenbrand , T., Kümmerer, K., Reuter , W., Schiller, J., Schulte-Römer , N., Schramm, E., Tettenborn, F., Völker, C. & Walz , A., 09.01.2020, Köln: Bundesanzeiger Verlag, 146 p. (TAB-Arbeitsbericht ; no. 183)(Verhandlungen des Deutschen Bundestages. Drucksachen; no. 19/16430).Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions
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Biological Diversity and Education for Sustainable Development: Key Topics and Starting Points for Educational Programs
Working Group on Biological Diversity & Leicht, A. (Editor), 2011, Bonn: Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, 36 p.Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions