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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Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis
Meacham, M., Norströma, A. V., Peterson, G. D., Andersson, E., Bennett, E. M., Biggs, R., Crouzat, E., Cord, A. F., Enfors, E., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Fischer, J., Hamann, M., Hanspach, J., Hicks, C., Jacobs, S., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Martín-López, B., Plieninger, T. & Queiroz, C., 02.2022, In: Ecosystems and People. 18, 1, p. 99-111 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeit erzählen: Durch Storytelling besser kommunizieren?
Fischer, D. (Editor), Fücker, S. (Editor), Selm, H. (Editor) & Sundermann, A. (Editor), 04.02.2021, München : oekom verlag GmbH. 180 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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A scale-up procedure to dialkyl carbonates; evaluation of their properties, biodegradability, and toxicity
Trapasso, G., Salaris, C., Reich, M., Logunova, E., Salata, C., Kümmerer, K., Figoli, A. & Aricò, F., 01.05.2022, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 26, 100639.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability
Balvanera, P., Brauman, K. A., Cord, A. F., Drakou, E. G., Geijzendorffer, I. R., Karp, D. S., Martín-López, B., Mwampamba, T. H. & Schröter, M., 01.02.2022, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 54, 9 p., 101152.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effectiveness of an Internet-Based Self-Help Intervention versus Public Mental Health Advice to Reduce Worry during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pragmatic, Parallel-Group, Randomized Controlled Trial
Heckendorf, H., Lehr, D. & Boß, L., 01.11.2022, In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 91, 6, p. 398-410 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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I share because of who I am: values, identities, norms, and attitudes explain sharing intentions
Schuster, C., Goseberg, T., Arnold, J. & Sundermann, A., 01.2024, In: Journal of Social Psychology. 164, 2, p. 199-217 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Circular business models for the fastmoving consumer goods industry: Desirability, feasibility, and viability
Bocken, N. M. P., Harsch, A. & Weissbrod, I., 01.03.2022, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 30, p. 799-814 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Der Scheidige Gelbstern (Gagea spathacea): Schutzstrategien für eine Verantwortungsart in Deutschland
Fichtner, A., Jansen, D., Härdtle, W., Matthies, D., Arnold, V., Erfmeier, A., Hemke, T., Lütt, S., Schmidt, M., Sturm, K., von Oheimb, G., Wiebe, C. & Ohse, B., 02.2022, In: Natur und Landschaft. 97, 2, p. 71-77 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kinetic and Stoichiometric Modeling-Based Analysis of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Production Potential by Crypthecodinium cohnii from Glycerol, Glucose and Ethanol
Berzins, K., Muiznieks, R., Baumanis, M. R., Strazdina, I., Shvirksts, K., Prikule, S., Galvanauskas, V., Pleissner, D., Pentjuss, A., Grube, M., Kalnenieks, U. & Stalidzans, E., 01.02.2022, In: Marine Drugs. 20, 2, 18 p., 115.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Give and take frames in shared-resource negotiations
Majer, J., Zhang, K., Zhang, H., Höhne, B. & Trötschel, R., 01.06.2022, In: Journal of Economic Psychology. 90, 20 p., 102492.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review