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

    Tree cover mediates the effect on rapeseed leaf damage of excluding predatory arthropods, but in an unexpected way

    Lemessa, D., Samnegård, U., Hambäck, P. A. & Hylander, K., 15.12.2015, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 211, p. 57-64 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Edible wild fruit trees and shrubs and their socioeconomic significance in central ethiopia

    Seyoum, Y., Teketay, D., Shumi, G. & Wodafirash, M., 28.06.2015, In: Ethnobotany Research and Applications. 14, p. 183-197 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Fingerprint analysis of brominated flame retardants and Dechloranes in North Sea sediments

    Sühring, R., Barber, J. L., Wolschke, H., Kötke, D. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.07.2015, In: Environmental Research. 140, p. 569-578 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Zwecke von betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen im Rahmen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    Moeller, A., 2015, 45. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft f�r Informatik - INFORMATIK 2015: Informatik, Energie und Umwelt, Proceedings. Cunningham, D. W., Hofstedt, P., Schmitt, I. & Meer, K. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 281-290 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 246).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Computational modeling of material flow networks

    Moeller, A., 2015, ICT Innovations for Sustainability. Hilty, L. M. & Aebischer, B. (eds.). Springer International Publishing AG, Vol. 310. p. 301-311 11 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 310).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Vasodilatierende Substanzen in Kläranlagenabläufen und Oberflächengewässern

    Hensen, B., Faubel, C., Palm, W. U. & Steffen, D., 12.2015, In: Wasser und Abfall. 17, 12, p. 44-49 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Application of feedforward artificial neural network in Muskingum flood routing: A black-box forecasting approach for a natural river system

    Latt, Z. Z., 11.2015, In: Water Resources Management. 29, 14, p. 4995-5014 20 p., a006.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Catch, bycatch and discards of the GalapagosMarine Reserve small-scale handline fishery

    Zimmerhackel, J. S., Schuhbauer, A. C., Usseglio, P., Heel, L. C. & Salinas-de-León, P., 09.06.2015, In: PeerJ. 3, 6, 22 p., 995.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The IRENA Project Navigator: Developing bankable renewable energy projects

    Roesch, R., Sánchez, C. G. R., Benmarraze, S., Salgado Gonzalez, A. & Bohr, K., 01.12.2015, In: Development (Basingstoke). 58, 4, p. 556-563 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Kommunikationsmöglichkeiten für Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeitsinformatik

    Kern, E., 2015, 45. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik - INFORMATIK 2015: Informatik, Energie und Umwelt, Proceedings. Cunningham, D. W., Hofstedt, P., Schmitt, I. & Meer, K. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 345-354 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 246).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review