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

    A fast sequential injection analysis system for the simultaneous determination of ammonia and phosphate

    Frank, C., Schroeder, F., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 04.2006, In: Microchimica acta. 154, 1-2, p. 31-38 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Annäherungen an ein sozial-ökologisches Raumkonzept

    Hofmeister, S. & Scurrell, B., 01.12.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 4, p. 275-284 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Atmospheric concentrations and air-sea exchanges of nonylphenol, tertiary octylphenol and nonylphenol monoethoxylate in the North Sea

    Xie, Z., Ebinghaus, R., Caba, A., Ruck, W. & Lakaschus, S., 01.07.2006, In: Environmental Pollution. 142, 1, p. 170-180 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Vegetation responses to environmental conditions in floodplain grasslands: prerequisites for preserving plant species diversity

    Härdtle, W., Redecker, B., Aßmann, T. & Meyer, H., 02.05.2006, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 7, 3, p. 280-288 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The project CHEMOL: Science education for children - Teacher education for students!

    Steffensky, M. & Parchmann, I., 04.2007, In: Chemistry Education Research and Practice. 8, 2, p. 120-129 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Dry grassland communities on southern Öland: Phytosociology, ecology, and diversity

    Löbel, S. & Dengler, J., 01.01.2007, In: Acta Phytogeographica Suecica. 88, p. 13-31 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of six remarkable plant taxa (Spermatophyta, Bryophyta, and Lichenes) of the estonian dry grassland flora

    Dengler, J. & Boch, S., 19.12.2007, In: Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae. 47, 1-2, p. 47-71 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Verzweigungslasten von seitlich am Obergurt gestützten Pult- und Satteldachträgern aus Brettschichtholz

    Eilering, S. & Halbensleben, P., 01.06.2007, In: Bautechnik. 84, 6, p. 397-402 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Public and stakeholder perceptions of 2030 bioenergy scenarios for the Yorkshire and Humber region

    Upham, P., Shackley, S. & Waterman, H., 01.09.2007, In: Energy Policy. 35, 9, p. 4403-4412 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Aktivierung von Elternverantwortung: Zur Aufgabenwahrnehmung in Jugendämtern nach dem neuen Kindschaftsrecht

    Oelkers, N., 27.03.2007, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 463 p. (Sozialtheorie)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch