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.
- 2015
- Published
B7-H1 Selectively Controls TH17 Differentiation and Central Nervous System Autoimmunity via a Novel Non-PD-1-Mediated Pathway
Herold, M., Posevitz, V., Chudyka, D., Hucke, S., Groß, C., Kurth, F., Leder, C., Loser, K., Kurts, C., Knolle, P., Klotz, L. & Wiendl, H., 15.10.2015, In: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 195, 8, p. 3584-3595 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Maternal transfer of emerging brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in European eels
Sühring, R., Freese, M., Schneider, M., Schubert, S., Pohlmann, J. D., Alaee, M., Wolschke, H., Hanel, R., Ebinghaus, R. & Marohn, L., 15.10.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 530-531, p. 209-218 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Subthreshold Depression: Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
Buntrock, C., Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Riper, H., Smit, F., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 14.10.2015, In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 84, 6, p. 348-358 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Evaluating the (cost-)effectiveness of guided and unguided Internet-based self-help for problematic alcohol use in employees: A three arm randomized controlled trial
Boß, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M., Riper, H., Schaub, M. P. & Ebert, D. D., 12.10.2015, In: BMC Public Health. 15, 1, 14 p., 1043.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Thermal conductivity measurement of thermochemical storage materials
Fopah Lele, A., N'Tsoukpoe, K. E., Osterland, T., Kuznik, F. & Ruck, W., 05.10.2015, In: Applied Thermal Engineering. 89, p. 916-926 11 p., 6771.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Impact of land cover homogenization on the Corncrake (Crex crex) in traditional farmland
Dorresteijn, I., Teixeira, L., von Wehrden, H., Loos, J., Hanspach, J., Stein, J. A. R. & Fischer, J., 04.10.2015, In: Landscape Ecology. 30, 8, p. 1483-1495 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Adapting livestock management to spatio-temporal heterogeneity in semi-arid rangelands
Jakoby, O., Quaas, M. F., Baumgärtner, S. & Frank, K., 01.10.2015, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 162, p. 179-189 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Case-based Mutual Learning Sessions: knowledge integration and transfer in transdisciplinary processes
Vilsmaier, U., Engbers, M., Luthardt, P., Maas-Deipenbrock, R. M., Wunderlich, S. & Scholz, R. W., 01.10.2015, In: Sustainability Science. 10, 4, p. 563-580 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emotionale Kompetenz bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Entwicklung und Folgen
Klinkhammer, J. & von Salisch, M., 01.10.2015, 1 ed. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. 188 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Landscape context influences chytrid fungus distribution in an endangered European amphibian
Scheele, B. C., Driscoll, D. A., Fischer, J., Fletcher, A. W., Hanspach, J., Vörös, J. & Hartel, T., 01.10.2015, In: Animal Conservation. 18, 5, p. 480-488 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review