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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Measuring at all scales: sourcing data for more flexible restoration references
Shackelford, N., Dudney, J., Stueber, M. M., Temperton, V. M. & Suding, K. L., 11.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 8, 10 p., e13541.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Toward Application and Implementation of in Silico Tools and Workflows within Benign by Design Approaches
Lorenz, S., Amsel, A. K., Puhlmann, N., Reich, M., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 20.09.2021, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 9, 37, p. 12461-12475 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effectiveness of an internet-based intervention to improve sleep difficulties in a culturally diverse sample of international students: A randomised controlled pilot study
Spanhel, K., Burdach, D., Pfeiffer, T., Lehr, D., Spiegelhalder, K., Ebert, D. D., Baumeister, H., Bengel, J. & Sander, L. B., 01.04.2022, In: Journal of Sleep Research. 31, 2, 12 p., e13493.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond
Levin, S. A., Anderies, J. M., Adger, N., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Crépin, A. S., Ehrlich, P., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Kautsky, N., Kling, C., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Scheffer, M., Segerson, K., Shogren, J., van den Bergh, J., Walker, B., Weber, E. U. & Wilen, J., 01.04.2022, In: Ecosystems. 25, 3, p. 697-711 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mindfulness as self-confirmation? An exploratory intervention study on potentials and limitations of mindfulness-based interventions in the context of environmental and sustainability education
Frank, P., Fischer, D., Stanszus, L., Grossman, P. & Schrader, U., 02.11.2021, In: Journal of Environmental Education. 52, 6, p. 417-444 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and goethite promote carbon sequestration via hyphal-aggregate mineral interactions
Jeewani, P. H., Luo, Y., Yu, G., Fu, Y., He, X., Van Zwieten, L., Liang, C., Kumar, A., He, Y., Kuzyakov, Y., Qin, H., Guggenberger, G. & Xu, J., 01.11.2021, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 162, 11 p., 108417.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wirtschaft und Verkehrswende: Nachhaltigkeitstransformation der Autoindustrie
Schaltegger, S., 2021, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 2021, 3, p. 88-89 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Eemian landscape response to climatic shifts and evidence for northerly Neanderthal occupation at a palaeolake margin in northern Germany
Hein, M., Urban, B., Tanner, D. C., Buness, A. H., Tucci, M., Hoelzmann, P., Dietel, S., Kaniecki, M., Schultz, J., Kasper, T., Suchodoletz, H., Schwalb, A., Weiss, M. & Lauer, T., 01.11.2021, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 46, 14, p. 2884-2901 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The contribution of material circularity to sustainability—Recycling and reuse of textiles
Keßler, L., Matlin, S. A. & Kümmerer, K., 01.12.2021, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 32, 10 p., 100535.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Integrated Research for Integrated Ocean Management
Rölfer, L., Liconti, A., Prinz, N. & Klöcker, C. A., 17.08.2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 16 p., 693373.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review