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

    Nachhaltiger Ressourcenschutz und Recht

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2016, Im Brennpunkt: Ressourcenwende: Transformation zu einer ressourcenleichten Gesellschaft. Binswanger, H.-C., Ekardt, F., Grothe, A., Hasenclever, W.-D., Hauchler, I., Jänicke, M., Kollmann, K., Michaelis, N., Nutzinger, H. G., Rogall, H. & Scherhorn, G. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 215-236 22 p. (Jahrbuch Nachhaltige Ökonomie; vol. 2016/2017, no. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  2. Published

    Regional differences in soil pH niche among dry grassland plants in Eurasia

    Wagner, V., Chytrý, M., Zelený, D., von Wehrden, H., Brinkert, A., Danihelka, J., Hölzel, N., Jansen, F., Kamp, J., Lustyk, P., Merunková, K., Palpurina, S., Preislerová, Z. & Wesche, K., 05.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 5, p. 660-670 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Learning through evaluation: A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments

    Lüderitz, C., Schäpke, N., Wiek, A., Lang, D. J., Bergmann, M., Bos, J. J., Burch, S., Davies, A., Evans, J., König, A., Farrelly, M. A., Forrest, N., Frantzeskaki, N., Gibson, R. B., Kay, B., Loorbach, D., McCormick, K., Parodi, O., Rauschmayer, F., Schneidewind, U., Stauffacher, M., Stelzer, F., Trencher, G., Venjakob, J., Vergragt, P. J., von Wehrden, H. & Westley, F. R., 15.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 169, p. 61-76 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    A review of ecosystem service benefits from wild bees across social contexts

    Matias, D. M. S., Leventon, J., Rau, A. L., Borgemeister, C. & von Wehrden, H., 01.05.2017, In: Ambio. 46, 4, p. 456-467 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Introduction bias affects relationships between the characteristics of ornamental alien plants and their naturalization success

    Maurel, N., Hanspach, J., Kühn, I., Pyšek, P., van Kleunen, M. & Evans, K., 01.12.2016, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 25, 12, p. 1500-1509 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Beta diversity of plant species in human-transformed landscapes: Control of community assembly by regional productivity and historical connectivity

    Conradi, T., Temperton, V. M. & Kollmann, J., 01.02.2017, In: Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 24, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Online-CSR-Kommunikation: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede börsennotierter Unternehmen in der DACH-Region

    Hetze, K., Bögel, P. M., Glock, Y. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2016, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 24, 2, p. 223-236 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Sustainability and management control. Exploring and theorizing control patterns in large European firms

    Crutzen, N., Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 01.02.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 143, p. 1291-1301 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Does Internet-based guided self-help for depression cause harm? An individual participant data meta-analysis on deterioration rates and its moderators in randomized controlled trials

    Ebert, D. D., Donkin, L., Andersson, G., Andrews, G., Berger, T. K., Carlbring, P., Rozental, A., Choi, I., Laferton, J. A. C., Johansson, R., Kleiboer, A., Lange, A., Lehr, D., Reins, J. A., Funk, B., Newby, J., Perini, S., Riper, H., Ruwaard, J., Sheeber, L., Snoek, F., Titov, N., Ünlü Ince, B., Van Bastelaar, K. M. P., Vernmark, K., Van Straten, A., Warmerdam, L., Salsman, N. & Cuijpers, P., 01.10.2016, In: Psychological Medicine. 46, 13, p. 2679-2693 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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Activities

  1. Eröffnungsvortrag auf der Tagung ‚Kinderliteratur im Fremdsprachenunterricht', Eötvös Loránd Universität Budapest 2004
  2. 30. Symposium klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs Fachgruppe klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie 2012
  3. Die Entwicklung politisch-administrativer Mehrebenensysteme in Mittel- und Osteuropa: Regionalisierung durch Europäisierung
  4. 5. Tagung des EU-Forschungsverbundes CAPRIGHT - Resources, Rights and Capabilities, towards a social foundation for Europe 2010
  5. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Strategische Prozessführung. Dienst an der Gesellschaft oder Missbrauch der Gerichte?
  6. Konzeptionelle Äquivalenz der Kompetenzmessung in Mathematik in der Primarstufe zwischen NEPS, TIMSS und den Bildungsstandards
  7. Die Deutschdidaktik und die Musikdidaktik. Anmerkungen eines Sprachdidaktikers zum Tagungsthema "Perspektiven der Musikdidaktik"
  8. Wer entscheidet unter welchen Bedingungen über die Nominierung von Kandidaten?' Die Kandidatenaufstellung zur Bundestagswahl 2009
  9. 13. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises ,,Wahlen und politische Einstellungen'' der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaften - 2010
  10. MEPs on the Web - different from national MPs or just the same? Socialisation and the new digital media in the European Parliament
  11. How to support teachers to give feedback to modelling tasks effectively? Results from a teacher training study in the COCA project
  12. Healingo Fit – eine gamifizierte Webanwendung zur Förderung der körperlichen Aktivität. Überblick und erste Evaluationsergebnisse
  13. COCA: Conditions and consequences of classroom assessment. Formatives Assessment in einem kompetenzorientierten Mathema-tikunterricht.
  14. Projektvorstellung: Lernprozessbegleitende Diagnostik und lernförderliche Leistungsrückmeldung im inklusiven Fachunterricht (LERN-IF)
  15. Spam mail: Promotional genres revisted (2nd Inter-Varietal Applied Corpus Studies (IVACS) Group International Conference, Belfast, Irland)
  16. Co²CA: Conditions and Consequences of Classroom Assessment. Projektübersicht im Rahmen des SPP-Jahreskolloquiums 2013 in Frankfurt (Main)

Publications

  1. Why phubbing is toxic for your relationship: Understanding the role of smartphone jealousy among "Generation Y" users
  2. Spurengaremissionen (N20, NH3) und Ertragsentwicklung nach Gärrestapplikation auf einem Marschstandort Norddeutschlands
  3. Teachers' content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge: The role of structural differences in teacher education
  4. Rezension: Die Instabilität der Praxis. Reproduktion und Transformation des Sozialen in der Praxistheorie (Hilmar Schäfer)
  5. Demokratisierung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse im Spannungsfeld von Politisierung und Entpolitisierungsprozessen
  6. Loewenheim, Ulrich/Meessen, Karl M./Riesenkampff, Alexander (Hrsg.) , Kartellrecht Kommentar, Band 1: Europäisches Recht, Band 2: GWB
  7. Temporäre Durchbrechung des Vorrangs des europäischen Gemeinschaftsrechts beim Vorliegen „inakzeptabler Regelungslücken“ ?
  8. Network access charges, vertical integration, and property rights structure-experiences from the German electricity markets
  9. The role of plant biodiversity in modifying the structure and functioning of higher tropic Levels in species-rich forests
  10. La reaction allemande face aux mesures prises par l´OCDE en matieres de conventions fiscales in La fin des paradis fiscaux
  11. Identification of perfluoroalkyl acid sources in Swiss surface waters with the help of the artificial sweetener acesulfame
  12. Addressing societal challenges through nature-based solutions: How can landscape planning and governance research contribute?
  13. The relationship between plant species richness and soil pH vanishes with increasing aridity across Eurasian dry grasslands
  14. Entscheidungsbäume und bestärkendes Lernen zur dynamischen Auswahl von Reihenfolgeregeln in einem flexiblen Produktionssystem
  15. OKBQA framework towards an open collaboration for development of natural language question-answering systems over knowledge bases
  16. Gone with the wind? - Electricity market prices and incentives to invest in thermal power plants under increasing wind energy supply
  17. Modelling scenarios to identify a combined sediment-water management strategy for the large reservoirs of the Tuyamuyun hydro-complex