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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Understanding the diversity of values of “Nature’s contributions to people”: insights from the IPBES Assessment of Europe and Central Asia
Christie, M., Martín-López, B., Church, A., Siwicka, E., Szymonczyk, P. & Mena Sauterel, J., 02.09.2019, In: Sustainability Science. 14, 5, p. 1267–1282 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Impacts of Multiple Environmental Change Drivers on Growth of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica): Forest History Matters
Mausolf, K., Härdtle, W., Hertel, D., Leuschner, C. & Fichtner, A., 01.04.2020, In: Ecosystems. 23, 3, p. 529-540 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Toward “hardened” accountability? Analyzing the European Union's hybrid transnational governance in timber and biofuel supply chains
Moser, C. & Leipold, S., 01.2021, In: Regulation & Governance. 15, 1, p. 115-132 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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StadtLandschaft
Hofmeister, S. & Mölders, T., 2019, Handbuch Landschaft. Kühne, O., Weber, F., Berr, K. & Jenal, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 731-741 11 p. (RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management: Establishing linkages
Norris, S., Zufall, J., Schaltegger, S. & Weissbrod, I., 01.07.2019, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on New Business Models: New Business Models for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Transformation. Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Froese, T. (eds.). Berlin: ESCP Europe, p. 872-873 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Recent trends in green and sustainable chemistry: rethinking textile waste in a circular economy
To, M. H., Uisan, K., Ok, Y. S., Pleißner, D. & Lin, C., 12.2019, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 20, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Natur und Landschaft
Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 2019, Handbuch Landschaft: RaumFragen: Stadt – Region – Landschaft. Kühne, O., Weber, F., Beer, K. & Jenal, C. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 469-478 10 p. (RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Utilization of phenolic compounds by microalgae
Lindner, A. V. & Pleißner, D., 01.09.2019, In: Algal Research. 42, 9 p., 101602.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Step back from the forest and step up to the Bonn Challenge: How a broad ecological perspective can promote successful landscape restoration
Temperton, V. M., Buchmann, N., Buisson, E., Durigan, G., Kazmierczak, L., Perring, M. P., de Sá Dechoum, M., Veldman, J. W. & Overbeck, G. E., 01.07.2019, In: Restoration Ecology. 27, 4, p. 705-719 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Becoming a competent teacher in education for sustainable development: Learning outcomes and processes in teacher education
Brandt, J. O., Bürgener, L., Barth, M. & Redman, A., 19.07.2019, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 20, 4, p. 630-653 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review