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. Published

    Impact of anthropogenic input on physicochemical parameters and trace metals in marine surface sediments of Bay of Bengal off Chennai, India

    Raju, K., Vijayaraghavan, K., Seshachalam, S. & Muthumanickam, J., 01.06.2011, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 177, 1-4, p. 95-114 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Impact and Importance of Heterocyclics in Remediation: adsorption on activated carbon

    Mänz, J. S., Naumann, E., Palm, W.-U. & Ruck, W., 2008, Gasworks Europe: Forum fuer Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten e.V.. Werner, P., Bilitewski, B. & Hüsers, N. (eds.). GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, Vol. 56. p. 276 1 p. (Beiträge zur Abfallwirtschaft, Altlasten; vol. 56).

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

  3. Published

    Impact and importance of heterocyclic PAH in remediation: Adsorption of activated carbon

    Mänz, J. S., Naumann, E., Palm, W.-U., Ruck, W. & Birke, V., 2009, CLEANUP 3rd International Contaminated Site Remediation Conference: Program and Proceedings. CRC CARE , p. 15-16 2 p.

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

  4. Published

    Im Namen der Natur! Welcher Natur? Naturverständnisse und -verhältnisse bei ausgewählten Natur- und Umweltschutzverbänden

    Mölders, T., Katz, C. & Unterreiner, S., 2004, Naturverständnisse in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Rink, D. & Wächter, M. (eds.). Frankfurt [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 173-202 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Im Fokus: Das (Re)Produktive: die Neubestimmung des Ökonomischen mithilfe der Kategorie (Re)Produktivität

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2010, Gender and economics: Feministische Kritik der politischen Ökonomie. Bauhardt, C. & Çağlar, G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 51-80 30 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Imagining the unimaginable: Synthesis of essays on abrupt and extreme climate change

    Martens, P., Aerts, J. C. J. H., Amelung, B., Bouwer, L. M., Chang, C. T., Huynen, M., van Ierland, E. C., van Koppen, C. S. A. K., McEvoy, D., Mol, A. P. J. & van Tatenhove, J., 12.2010, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2, 5-6, p. 347-355 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Il progetto ELLA international: Storia, scopie, struttura del progetto

    Stoltenberg, U. & Muraca, B., 2005, La Sostenibilità si può fare: la "vetrina per uno sviluppo sostenibile": un progetto innovativo per la comunicazione e lo sviluppo della sostenibilità. Stoltenberg, U., Muraca, B. & Nora, E. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 42-53 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    “I’ll Worry About It Tomorrow” – Fostering Emotion Regulation Skills to Overcome Procrastination

    Schuenemann, L., Scherenberg, V., Eckert, M. & Salisch, M., 22.03.2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 13 p., 780675.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Illusio Fachkräftemangel: Der Zwischenraum von Bildung und Wirtschaft in Deutschland und Nordkalifornien

    Herberg, J., 03.2018, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 612 p. (Politische Soziologie)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  10. Published

    IKT-Dienstleistungen zur Unterstützung der Diffusion von e-Car-Sharing

    Weiß, C., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 118 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers