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. 2022
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    Projektband zum Forschenden Lernen im inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht

    Abels, S., 28.06.2022, Studentische Forschung im Praxissemester: Fallbeispiel aus der Lehrkräftebildung. Beckmann, T., Ehmke, T. & Besser, M. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 73-77 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Videobasierte Professionalisierung von angehenden Lehrkräften für die Gestaltung inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Sachunterrichts

    Benthien, S., Brauns, S. & Abels, S., 28.06.2022, Studentische Forschung im Praxissemester: Fallbeispiele aus der Lehrkräftebildung. Beckmann, T., Ehmke, T. & Besser, M. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 78–98 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Resource Allocation in Startup Teams: Exploring Entrepreneurial Coping with Radical Uncertainty during the Corona Pandemic

    Yahyaoui, Y., Farny, S., Jakob, E. & Steinmetz, H., 14.06.2022, Frontiers of entrepreneurship research 2021: proceedings. Zacharakis, A. (ed.). MDPI AG, p. 331-334 3 p. (Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Taxonomic revision of the African and Southwest Asian species of Platyderus Stephens, subg. Eremoderus Jeanne (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Sphodrini)

    Guéorguiev, B., Wrase, D. W., Assmann, T., Muilwijk, J. & Machard, P., 13.06.2022, In: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 69, 1, p. 71-122 52 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Flavonoids as biopesticides – Systematic assessment of sources, structures, activities and environmental fate

    Schnarr, L., Segatto, M. L., Olsson, O., Zuin, V. G. & Kümmerer, K., 10.06.2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 824, 153781.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Fashion consumption during COVID-19: Comparative analysis of changing acquisition practices across nine countries and implications for sustainability

    Vladimirova, K., Henninger, C. E., Joyner-martinez, C., Iran, S., Diddi, S., Durrani, M., Iyer, K., Jestratijevic, I., Mccormick, H., Niinimäki, K., Thangavelu, P., Sauerwein, M., Singh, R., Simek, P. & Wallaschkowski, S., 01.06.2022, In: Cleaner and Responsible Consumption. 5, 13 p., 100056.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Give and take frames in shared-resource negotiations

    Majer, J., Zhang, K., Zhang, H., Höhne, B. & Trötschel, R., 01.06.2022, In: Journal of Economic Psychology. 90, 20 p., 102492.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Microbial nutrient limitation and catalytic adjustments revealed from a long‐term nutrient restriction experiment

    Kumar, A. & Pausch, J., 01.06.2022, In: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment. 1, 2, p. 142-148 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Multiple anthropogenic pressures challenge the effectiveness of protected areas in western Tanzania

    Giliba, R., Fust, P., Kiffner, C. & Loos, J., 01.06.2022, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 4, 6, 17 p., e12684.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review