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.
- 2011
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Continental-scale ecology versus landscape-scale case studies
Fischer, J., Hanspach, J. & Hartel, T., 10.2011, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9, 8, p. 430-430 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Emerging Contaminants versus Micro-pollutants
Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 39, 10, p. 889–890 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Incomplete aerobic degradation of the antidiabetic drug Metformin and identification of the bacterial dead-end transformation product Guanylurea
Trautwein, C. & Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 5, p. 765-773 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Joint Management-Stakeholder Committees: A New Path to Stakeholder Governance?
Spitzeck, H., Hansen, E. G. & Grayson, D., 10.2011, In: Corporate Governance. 11, 5, p. 560–568 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kleidungspraktiken erforschen! „Kulturelle Dimensionen“ der Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung befragen
Offen, S., 10.2011, In: www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de. 17, 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Stability of pollination services decreases with isolation from natural areas despite honey bee visits
Garibaldi, L. A., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Kremen, C., Morales, J. M., Bommarco, R., Cunningham, S. A., Carvalheiro, L. G., Chacoff, N. P., Dudenhöffer, J. H., Greenleaf, S. S., Holzschuh, A., Isaacs, R., Krewenka, K., Mandelik, Y., Mayfield, M. M., Morandin, L. A., Potts, S. G., Ricketts, T. H., Szentgyörgyi, H., Viana, B. F., Westphal, C., Winfree, R. & Klein, A. M., 10.2011, In: Ecology Letters. 14, 10, p. 1062-1072 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Stoffstromnetzbasierte Planung und Optimierung komplexer Produktionssysteme
Viere, T., Brünner, H. & Hedemann, J., 10.2011, In: Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 83, 10, p. 1565-1572 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Innovation Contests: Evaluating Contributions with an Eco Impact-Innovativeness Typology
Hansen, E. G., Bullinger, A. C. & Reichwald, R., 10.2011, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5, 2/3, p. 221–245 25 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Towards a ‘Sustainable University’: Scenarios for sustainable university development
Barth, M., Adomßent, M., Albrecht, P., Burandt, S., Godemann, J., Franz-Balsen, A. & Rieckmann, M., 10.2011, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5, 4, p. 313-332 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transformation products of pharmaceuticals in surface waters and wastewater formed during photolysis and advanced oxidation processes: Degradation, elucidation of byproducts and assessment of their biological potency
Fatta-Kassinos, D., Vasquez, M. & Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 5, p. 693-709 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research