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.

  1. 2021
  2. Published

    Leverage points to foster human–nature connectedness in cultural landscapes

    Riechers, M., Pătru-Dușe, I. A. & Balázsi, Á., 01.09.2021, In: Ambio. 50, 9, p. 1670-1680 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Leveraging inner sustainability through cross-cultural learning: evidence from a Quichua field school in Ecuador

    Gray, K. & Manuel-Navarrete, D., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1459-1473 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Life cycle assessment of hetero- and phototrophic as well as combined cultivations of Galdieria sulphuraria

    Thielemann, A. K., Smetana, S. & Pleissner, D., 01.09.2021, In: Bioresource Technology. 335, 7 p., 125227.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Reprint of: Tree-tree interactions and crown complementarity: the role of functional diversity and branch traits for canopy packing

    Hildebrand, M., Perles-Garcia, M. D., Kunz, M., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Fichtner, A., 01.09.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 55, p. 53-63 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Social dynamics of community resilience building in the face of climate change: the case of three Scottish communities

    Fazey, I., Carmen, E., Ross, H., Rao-Williams, J., Hodgson, A., Searle, B. A., AlWaer, H., Kenter, J. O., Knox, K., Butler, J. R. A., Murray, K. A., Smith, F. M., Stringer, L. C. & Thankappan, S., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1731-1747 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Spent mushroom substrate and sawdust to produce mycelium-based thermal insulation composites

    Schritt, H., Vidi, S. & Pleissner, D., 01.09.2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 313, 8 p., 127910.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The patterns of curriculum change processes that embed sustainability in higher education institutions

    Weiss, M., Barth, M. & von Wehrden, H., 01.09.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 5, p. 1579-1593 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning

    Trogisch, S., Liu, X., Rutten, G., Xue, K., Bauhus, J., Brose, U., Bu, W., Cesarz, S., Chesters, D., Connolly, J., Cui, X., Eisenhauer, N., Guo, L., Haider, S., Härdtle, W., Kunz, M., Liu, L., Ma, Z., Neumann, S., Sang, W., Schuldt, A., Tang, Z., van Dam, N. M., von Oheimb, G., Wang, M. Q., Wang, S., Weinhold, A., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Xu, X., Yang, B., Zhang, N., Zhu, C. D., Ma, K., Wang, Y. & Bruelheide, H., 01.09.2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 55, p. 33-52 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Towards the design of organosilicon compounds for environmental degradation by using structure biodegradability relationships

    Grabitz, E., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 01.09.2021, In: Chemosphere. 279, 12 p., 130442.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Forestry contributed to warming of forest ecosystems in northern Germany during the extreme summers of 2018 and 2019

    Blumröder, J. S., May, F., Härdtle, W. & Ibisch, P. L., 09.2021, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 2, 3, 14 p., e12087.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Activities

  1. 68. Tagung der AEPF "Übergänge im Bildungswesen", Symposium "Bildungsqualität von Schule".
  2. Möglichkeiten der Ausgestaltung des Verwaltungsverfahrens im Rahmen der nach § 16 Abs. 5 und § 17 Abs. 6 des Hamburgischen Klimaschutzgesetzes zu erlassenden Rechtsverordnungen
  3. The Influence of Robots’ Emotion Expressions on the Uncanny-Valley-Effect
  4. 4500 Kartoffelsorten – ein Schatz für die Zukunft. Biologische Vielfalt als Voraussetzung für eine zukunftsfähige Entwicklung
  5. Jahrestagung Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft 2011
  6. A radical reassessment of the stratigraphy, palaeoenvironmental processes and dating of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Schöningen, northern Germany
  7. The International Academy of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research (Externe Organisation)
  8. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Externe Organisation)
  9. Forschungskolloquium "EU Governance and Civil Society and the Eastern Enlargement”, Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen
  10. Einführung eines Videokonferenzsystems im psychiatrischen Versorgungsalltag. Evaluation der chefärztlichen Aufnahmegespräche – ist videogestützte und Face-to-Face-Kommunikation als qualitativ gleichwertig zu betrachten?
  11. Schweizer Landschaftskongress 2020
  12. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Ländlicher Raum in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geographie 2012
  13. Association of German Engineers (Externe Organisation)
  14. "A Woman Sitting After Killing" (2001). Reviewing Chantal Akerman's "Jeanne Dielman" (1976).

Publications

  1. Bürokratie(kosten)abbau: verbesserte Rahmenbedingungen für Existenzgründer?
  2. Productivity and the extensive margins of trade in German manufacturing firms
  3. Beschäftigungstrends 2004 Niedersachsen
  4. Entrepreneurial Marketing and Capital Acquisition
  5. Einflüsse der Land- und Wassernutzung auf das Niedrigwasser
  6. Tourismus und wirtschaftliche Regionalentwicklung
  7. Das Sozialmanagement stärken: Qualitätskriterien und Nutzwertanalyse im Corporate Volunteering
  8. Zwischen Dekonstruktion und Reproduktion diskriminierender Schulkulturen
  9. Jugend, Delinquenz und gesellschaftlicher Wandel
  10. Agrarsubventionen als Gegenstand des Umweltinformations- und Informationsfreiheitsrechts
  11. Die Ordnung des Paares und die Grenzen der Partnerschaft
  12. Die Wirkung von Lautsymbolik auf Produktassoziationen und Kaufimpulse
  13. Handlungsorientiertes Lernen durch Beratung realer Gründungsfälle - Voraussetzungen und Entwicklung eines curricularen Angebots
  14. Zusammenhänge und Kinetik biotischer und abiotischer Eisenoxidation bei der Brunnenverockerung und Ansätze zur Modellierung
  15. "Von seiner Jugend erlöst" - Heinrich Manns Romanerstling 'In einer Familie' (1894)
  16. Handel mit Treibhausgas-Emissionszertifikaten in der EG
  17. Ursula Böing, Tobias Bernasconi (Hrsg.): Inklusive Schulen entwickeln. Impulse für die Praxis. Julius Klinkhardt Verlagsbuchhandlung (Bad Heilbrunn) 2017
  18. Ästhetische Bildung
  19. Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen der Verklappung von Ladungsrückständen fester Massengüter durch Seeschiffe
  20. "Grenzen" sozialraumbezogener Sozialpolitik
  21. Sustainability in Higher Education
  22. Handbuch Sportspiel, hrsg. von Andreas Hohmann ... Mit Beitr. von: T. Alkemeyer ...
  23. Fatty Acid Profile of the Initial Oral Biofilm (Pellicle)
  24. Kein Preis für Genauigkeit - Preise für Sekundärregelleistung in Deutschland diskriminierend?
  25. Internationales und Europäisches Finanzmarktrecht
  26. Students’ perceptions toward academic competencies
  27. Gesundheitsarbeit in der Sozialpädagogischen Familienhilfe