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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The role of co-evolutionary development and value change debt in navigating transitioning cultural landscapes: the case of Southern Transylvania
Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Abson, D. J., Dorresteijn, I., Loos, J., Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J., 12.05.2018, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 61, 5/6, p. 800-817 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Disaggregating ecosystem services and disservices in the cultural landscapes of southwestern Ethiopia: a study of rural perceptions
Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J., Collier, N. F., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.11.2017, In: Landscape Ecology. 32, 11, p. 2151-2165 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Thinking beyond Western commercial honeybee hives: towards improved conservation of honey bee diversity
Matias, D. M. S., Borgemeister, C. & von Wehrden, H., 01.12.2017, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 26, 14, p. 3499 - 3504 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Testing socio-cultural valuation methods of ecosystem services to explain land use preferences
Schmidt, K., Walz, A., Martín-López, B. & Sachse, R., 01.08.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 26, Part A, p. 270-288 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A new approach to semantic sustainability assessment: text mining via network analysis revealing transition patterns in German municipal climate action plans
Bickel, M. W., 01.12.2017, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 7, 1, 25 p., 22.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Action research in science education: an analytical review of the literature
Laudonia, I., Mamlok-Naaman, R., Abels, S. & Eilks, I., 27.05.2018, In: Educational Action Research. 26, 3, p. 480-495 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Simulation of the fate of Boscalid and its transformation product 4-Chlorobenzoic acid in a vineyard-terraces catchment
Vollert, D., Gassmann, M., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 04.2017, Proceedings from the 19th EGU General Assembly, EGU2017. Copernicus Publications, Vol. 19. p. 15167 1 p. (Geophysical research abstracts; vol. 19).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Diagnose sozial-emotionaler Kompetenzen in Vorschule und Schule
Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 2018, Schuleingangsdiagnostik. Schneider, W. & Hasselhorn, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 207-222 16 p. 10. (Tests und Trends. Jahrbuch der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik. ; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Three Meta-Analyses of Children’s Emotion Knowledge and Their School Success
Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 10.2017, In: Learning and Individual Differences. 59, p. 107 - 118 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Non-metric multidimensional performance indicator scaling reveals seasonal and team dissimilarity within the National Rugby League
Woods, C. T., Robertson, S., Sinclair, W. H. & Collier, N. F., 04.2018, In: Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 21, 4, p. 410-415 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review