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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Field trips in environmental education
Storksdieck, M., 2006, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 194 p. (Umweltkommunikation; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Factors affecting fruit set in Aizoaceae species of the Succulent Karoo
Pufal, G., Mayer, C., Porembski, S. & Juergens, N., 01.07.2008, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 9, 4, p. 401-409 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conflicts over coastal protection in a National Park: Mediation and negotiated law making
Striegnitz, M., 01.01.2006, In: Land Use Policy. 23, 1, p. 26-33 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Time course of exhaled hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide during chemotherapy
Wewel, A. R., Crusius, J. A. M., Gatzemeier, U., Heckmayr, M., Becher, G., Magnussen, H., Jorres, R. A. & Holz, O., 01.05.2006, In: European Respiratory Journal. 27, 5, p. 1033-1039 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Lung fibroblasts from patients with emphysema show markers of senescence in vitro
Müller, K. C., Welker, L., Paasch, K., Feindt, B., Erpenbeck, V., Hohlfeld, J., Krug, N., Nakashima, M., Branscheid, D., Magnussen, H., Jorres, R. A. & Holz, O., 21.02.2006, In: Respiratory Research. 7, 10 p., 32.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Specific SBR population behaviour as revealed by comparative dynamic simulation analysis of three full-scale municipal SBR wastewater treatment plants
Roenner-Holm, S. G. E., Mennerich, A. & Holm, N. C., 01.07.2006, In: Water Science and Technology. 54, 1, p. 71-80 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Development and application of a laboratory flux measurement system (LFMS) for the investigation of the kinetics of mercury emissions from soils
Bahlmann, E., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 01.10.2006, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 81, 2, p. 114-125 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bioassay-directed fractionation for analyzing estrogens in surface waters of the German Baltic Sea
Beck, I.-C., Bruhn, R. & Gandrass, J., 01.12.2006, In: Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica. 34, 6, p. 560-567 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity, ecosystem function, and resilience: ten guiding principles for commodity production landscapes
Fischer, J., Lindenmayer, D. B. & Manning, A. D., 03.2006, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 4, 2, p. 80-86 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Beyond fragmentation: the continuum model for fauna research and conservation in human-modified landscapes
Fischer, J. & Lindenmayer, D. B., 01.02.2006, In: Oikos. 112, 2, p. 473-480 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review