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. 2007
  2. Published

    Public and stakeholder perceptions of 2030 bioenergy scenarios for the Yorkshire and Humber region

    Upham, P., Shackley, S. & Waterman, H., 01.09.2007, In: Energy Policy. 35, 9, p. 4403-4412 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Optimization and validation of an HPLC-UV method for determination of tranexamic acid in a dosage form and in human urine.

    Hadad, G. M., El-Gindy, A. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 09.2007, In: Chromatographia. 66, 5-6, p. 311-317 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Reformation process of the neuronal template for nestmate recognition cues in the carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus)

    Leonhardt, S., Brandstaetter, A. S. & Kleineidam, C. J., 09.2007, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A – Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 193, 9, p. 993-1000 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The informed society - Final report of SAFECOAST action 2

    Heinrichs, H., Grunenberg, H. & Knolle, M., 09.2007, 80 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

  6. Published

    Water quantity and quality dynamics of the THC - Tuyamuyun hydroengineering complex - and implications for reservoir operation

    Froebrich, J., Bauer, M., Ikramova, M. & Olsson, O., 09.2007, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 14, 6, p. 435-442 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Priming of CD8+ T-cell responses after DNA immunization is impaired in TLR9- and MyD88-deficient mice.

    Pavlenko, M., Leder, C., Moreno, S., Levitsky, V. & Pisa, P., 21.08.2007, In: Vaccine. 25, 34, p. 6341-6347 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Air-sea exchange fluxes of synthetic polycyclic musks in the North Sea and the Arctic

    Xie, Z., Ebinghaus, R., Temme, C., Heemken, O. & Ruck, W., 15.08.2007, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 41, 16, p. 5654-5659 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Modulation of T-effector function by imatinib at the level of cytokine secretion

    Leder, C., Ortler, S., Seggewiss, R., Einsele, H. & Wiendl, H., 01.08.2007, In: Experimental Hematology . 35, 8, p. 1266-1271 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Syntheses of retipolide E and ornatipolide, 14-membered biaryl-ether macrolactones from mushrooms

    Ingerl, A., Justus, K., Hellwig, V. & Steglich, W., 09.07.2007, In: Tetrahedron. 63, 28, p. 6548-6557 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Diversity and spatio-temporal dynamics of dead wood in a temperate near-natural beech forest (Fagus sylvatica)

    von Oheimb, G., Westphal, C. & Haerdtle, W., 01.07.2007, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 126, 3, p. 359-370 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review