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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PharmCycle: a holistic approach to reduce the contamination of the aquatic environment with antibiotics by developing sustainable antibiotics, improving the environmental risk assessment of antibiotics, and reducing the discharges of antibiotics in the wastewater outlet
Andrae, J., Beyer, F., Cornelissen, G., Einfeldt, J., Heseding, J., Kuemmerer, K., Oelkers, K. & Floeter, C., 01.12.2018, In: Environmental Sciences Europe. 30, 1, 15 p., 24.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Komplexe Verhältnisse: Bildungsprozesse zwischen Theorie und Praxis
Offen, S. & Hechler, A., 02.12.2018, In: Journal für Politische Bildung. 2018, 3, p. 46-51 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Narrationen und Narrative als Zugänge zu Emotionen in der politischen Bildung
Offen, S., 2018, In: Journal für Politische Bildung. 8, 2, p. 30-33 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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A path to clean water: Reduced chemicals input must complement wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of water resources
Kümmerer, K., Dionysiou, D. D., Olsson, O. & Fatta-Kassinos, D., 20.07.2018, In: Science. 361, 6399, p. 222 - 224 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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What drives social entrepreneurial appraisal among hearing-impaired individuals?
Jasniak, M., Ermakova, T., Baierl, R. & Halberstadt, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 236-255 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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SHEstainability: How relationship networks influence the idea generation in opportunity recognition process by female social entrepreneurs
Spiegler, A. B. & Halberstadt, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 202-235 34 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Freundschaft als Resilienzfaktor
Salisch, M., 05.2020, Was Kinder stärkt.: Erziehung zwischen Risiko und Resilienz. Fingerle, M., Opp, G. & Suess, G. (eds.). 4. Auflage ed. München: Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, p. 194-201 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Native-born German and immigrant children’s development of emotion knowledge: A latent growth curve analysis
Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 03.2019, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 37, 1, p. 112-129 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effectiveness of Web- and Mobile-Based Treatment of Subthreshold Depression With Adherence-Focused Guidance: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Ebert, D. D., Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Smit, F., Riper, H., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 01.01.2018, In: Behavior Therapy. 49, 1, p. 71-83 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Is Peru prepared for large-scale sustainable rural electrification?
Feron, S. & Cordero, R. R., 22.05.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 5, 20 p., 1683.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review