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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Applying Place-Based Social-Ecological Research to Address Water Scarcity: Insights for Future Research
Castro, A. J., Quintas-Soriano, C., Brandt, J., Atkinson, C. L., Baxter, C. V., Burnham, M., Egoh, B. N., Garcia-Llorente, M., Julian, J. P., Martin-López, B., Liao, F. H., Running, K., Vaughn, C. C. & Norström, A. V., 10.05.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 5, 13 p., 1516.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Legacy effects of land-use modulate tree growth responses to climate extremes
Mausolf, K., Härdtle, W., Jansen, K., Delory, B., Hertel, D., Leuschner, C., Temperton, V. M., von Oheimb, G. & Fichtner, A., 01.07.2018, In: Oecologia. 187, 3, p. 825-837 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spillover systems in a telecoupled Anthropocene: typology, methods, and governance for global sustainability
Liu, J., Dou, Y., Batistella, M., Challies, E., Connor, T., Friis, C., Millington, J. D. A., Parish, E., Romulo, C. L., Silva, R. F. B., Triezenberg, H., Yang, H., Zhao, Z., Zimmerer, K. S., Huettmann, F., Treglia, M. L., Basher, Z., Chung, M. G., Herzberger, A., Lenschow, A., Mechiche-Alami, A., Newig, J., Roche, J. & Sun, J., 08.2018, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 33, p. 58-69 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Biodegradation tests of mercaptocarboxylic acids, their esters, related divalent sulfur compounds and mercaptans
Rücker, C., Mahmoud, W. M. M., Schwartz, D. & Kümmerer, K., 01.07.2018, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25, 19, p. 18393-18411 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Multiple streams, resistance and energy policy change in Paraguay (2004–2014)
Llamosas, C., Upham, P. & Blanco, G., 01.08.2018, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 42, August 2018, p. 226-236 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree species identity and functional traits but not species richness affect interrill erosion processes in young subtropical forests
Seitz, S., Goebes, P., Song, Z., Bruehlheide, H., Härdtle, W., Kühn, P., Li, Y. & Scholten, T., 24.06.2015, Göttingen: Copernicus Publications, p. 701-736, 36 p. (SOIL Discuss; vol. 2).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Turning Good Intentions Into Actions by Using the Health Action Process Approach to Predict Adherence to Internet-Based Depression Prevention: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Zarski, A.-C., Berking, M., Reis, D., Lehr, D., Buntrock, C., Schwarzer, R. & Ebert, D. D., 11.01.2018, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20, 1, 13 p., e9.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ausblick: Integration der ökologieorientierten Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2000, Studium der Umweltwissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 225-230 6 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Gütermarktorientiertes Umweltmanagement
Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 169-196 28 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften; vol. 4493).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Finanzmarktorientiertes Umweltmanagement
Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 2000, Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Schaltegger, S. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 149-167 19 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review