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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Steady-State-Modelle als Grundlage von Betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen
Möller, A., 2014, Konzepte, Anwendungen und Entwicklungstendenzen von betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen (BUIS): Tagungsband zu den 6. BUIS-Tagen am 24. und 25.04.2014 in Berlin. Wohlgemuth, V., Lang, C. & Marx Gomez, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Shaker Verlag, p. 83-100 18 p. (Berichte aus der Umweltinformatik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Dialektik der Umweltinformatik
Möller, A. & Hedemann, J., 2014, Umweltinformatik: Einblick in drei Jahrzehnte der Entwicklung einer Wissenschaftsdisziplin, Festschrift zur Pensionierung von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Page. Wohlgemuth, V., Voigt, K. & Pillmann, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 31-40 10 p. 4Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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What role for social-ecological systems research in governing global teleconnections?
Challies, E., Newig, J. & Lenschow, A., 07.2014, In: Global Environmental Change : Human and Policy Dimensions. 27, 1, p. 32-40 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Non-native tree species (Pseudotsuga menziesii) strongly decreases predator biomass and abundance in mixed-species plantations of a tree diversity experiment
Schuldt, A. & Scherer-Lorenzen, M., 01.09.2014, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 327, 1, p. 10-17 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit in der ambulanten Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz
Baumgardt, J., Radisch, J., Touil, E., Moock, J., Plewig, H.-J., Kawohl, W. & Rössler, W., 11.2014, In: Psychiatrische Praxis. 41, 8, p. 424- 431 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emotionswissen, exekutive Funktionen und Veränderungen bei Aufmerksamkeitsproblemen von Vorschulkindern
von Salisch, M., Hänel, M. & Denham, S., 2015, In: Kindheit und Entwicklung. 24, 2, p. 78-85 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Current and New Research Perspectives on Dynamic Facial Emotion Detection in Emotional Interface
Tews, T.-K., Oehl, M., Faasch, H. & Kanno, T., 2014, Human-Computer Interaction: Advanced Interaction Modalities and Techniques - 16th International Conference, HCI International 2014, Proceedings. Kurosu, M. (ed.). PART 2 ed. Springer, Vol. 2. p. 779-787 9 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 8511 LNCS, no. PART 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Interacting effects of pollination, water and nutrients on fruit tree performance
Klein, A.-M., Hendrix, S. D., Clough, Y., Scofield, A. & Kremen, C., 01.01.2015, In: Plant Biology. 17, 1, p. 201-208 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spatial and seasonal distribution of trace metals in floodplain soils: A case study with the middle Elbe river, Germany
Schulz-Zunkel, C., Krüger, F., Rupp, H., Meißner, R., Gruber, B., Gerisch, M. & Bork, H. R., 12.2013, In: Geoderma. 211-212, p. 128-137 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Helical [n]catamantanes and all-trans-perhydroacenic [n]perimantanes: Structures and von Baeyer IUPAC numbering of carbon atoms
Balaban, A. T. & Rücker, C., 19.12.2013, In: Arkivoc. 2014, 2, p. 346-361 16 p., CV-8352NP.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review