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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Exploring the implications of the value concept for performance assessment of sustainable business models
Norris, S., 2022, 7th International Conference on New Business Models: Sustainable Business Model Challenges: Economic Recovery and Digital Transformation; Conference Proceedings. Laura, M., Minà, A. & Alaimo Di Loro, . (eds.). Rom: LUMSA University, p. 743-755 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Neighbourhood Species Richness Reduces Crown Asymmetry of Subtropical Trees in Sloping Terrain
Perles García, M. D., Kunz, M., Fichtner, A., Meyer, N., Härdtle, W. & von Oheimb, G., 16.03.2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 6, 14 p., 1441.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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You Are Where You Eat: A Theoretical Perspective on Why Identity Matters in Local Food Groups
Poeggel, K., 23.02.2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 13 p., 782556.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Palaeoecological Interpretation of a Late Holocene Sediment Sequence from the Alpine Belt of the Southern Mongolian Altai Mountains
Goenster-Jordan, S., Urban, B. & Buerkert, A., 17.02.2022, In: Open Quaternary. 8, 1, 18 p., 2.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Promoting pro-environmental behavior through citizen science? A case study with Chilean schoolchildren on marine plastic pollution.
Wichmann , C. S., Fischer, D., Geiger, S. M., Honorato-Zimmer , D., Kruse, K., Knickmeier, K., Sundermann, A. & Thiel , M., 01.07.2022, In: Marine Policy. 141, 105035.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Educators' Competence Frameworks in Education for Sustainable Development
Rieckmann, M. & Barth, M., 2022, Competences in Education for Sustainable Development: Critical Perspectives. Vare, P., Lausselet, N. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 19-26 8 p. (Sustainable Development Goals Series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
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Der europäische Weg
Cieslewicz, K., Lang, D. & Barth, M., 28.02.2022, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 37, 1, p. 8–9 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Controller und Nachhaltigkeit im Kontext neuer Berichterstattungspflichten
Lühn, M., Nuzum, A.-K., Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2022, In: REthinking: Finance. 1, p. 25-33 9 p., REF1398613.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Better performance of organic than conventional tomato varieties in single and mixed cropping
Ficiciyan, A. M., Loos, J. & Tscharntke, T., 21.04.2022, In: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 46, 4, p. 491-509 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does Sharing with Neighbours Work? Accounts of Success and Failure from Two German Housing Experimentations
Huber, A., 20.10.2022, In: Housing, Theory and Society. 39, 5, p. 524-554 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review