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.
- 2007
- Published
Modelling habitat and spatial distribution of an endangered longhorn beetle: a case study for saproxylic insect conservation
Buse, J., Schroeder, B. & Aßmann, T., 01.07.2007, In: Biological Conservation. 137, 3, p. 372-381 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Occurrence and Air-sea exchange of phthalates in the Arctic
Xie, Z., Ebinghaus, R., Temme, C., Lohmann, R., Caba, A. & Ruck, W., 01.07.2007, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 41, 13, p. 4555-4560 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Reliving the past in a changed environment: Hydropower ambitions, opportunities and constraints in Tajikistan
Wegerich, K., Olsson, O. & Froebrich, J., 01.07.2007, In: Energy Policy. 35, 7, p. 3815-3825 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The effects of windthrow on plant species richness in a Central European beech forest
von Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Bertsch, A. & Haerdtle, W., 01.07.2007, In: Plant Ecology. 191, 1, p. 47-65 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Accelerated dereplication of natural products, supported by reference libraries
Bitzer, J., Köpcke, B., Stadler, M., Hellwig, V., Ju, Y.-M., Seip, S. & Henkel, T., 27.06.2007, In: Chimia. 61, 6, p. 332-338 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Can prescribed burning compensate for atmospheric nutrient loads in wet heathlands?
Haerdtle, W., Niemeyer, T., Assmann, T., Meyer, H. & von Oheimb, G., 20.06.2007, In: Phytocoenologia. 37, 2, p. 161-174 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Strongly diverging population genetic patterns of three skipper species: the role of habitat fragmentation and dispersal ability
Louy, D., Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Aßmann, T., Meyer, M. & Müller, P., 01.06.2007, In: Conservation Genetics. 8, 3, p. 671-681 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Verzweigungslasten von seitlich am Obergurt gestützten Pult- und Satteldachträgern aus Brettschichtholz
Eilering, S. & Halbensleben, P., 01.06.2007, In: Bautechnik. 84, 6, p. 397-402 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ärgerregulierung bei jungen mit ADHS
Bonekamp, E. & von Salisch, M., 01.05.2007, In: Zeitschrift für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie. 35, 3, p. 189-198 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Habitat modelling for the conservation of the rare ground beetle species Carabus variolosus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the riparian zones of headwaters
Matern, A., Drees, C., Kleinwachter, M. & Aßmann, T., 01.05.2007, In: Biological Conservation. 136, 4, p. 618-627 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review