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

    Identification of floodplain contamination hot spots by reconstructing Elbe river pollution load history and high flood sediment distribution during inundation.

    Krüger, F., Weniger, T., Haensch, M. & Urban, B., 2012, Die Elbe und ihre Sedimente. Tagungsband : Magdeburger Gewässerschutzseminar 2012; Magdebursk´y semináÿér o ochranÿée vod 2012 : 10. und 11. Oktober 2012 in Hamburg. P. D. M. G. 2. & I. K. Z. S. D. E. (eds.). Magdeburg: Magdeburger Gewässerschutzseminar, p. 157-158 2 p.

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

  2. Published

    Identification of environmentally biodegradable scaffolds for the benign design of quinolones and related substances

    Suk, M., Lorenz, S. & Kümmerer, K., 01.04.2023, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 31, 100947.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Identification of a heparin-binding motif on adeno-associated virus type 2 capsids

    Kern, A., Schmidt, K., Leder, C., Müller, O., Wobus, C. E., Bettinger, K., von der Lieth, C. W., King, J. A. & Kleinschmidt, J. A., 15.10.2003, In: Journal of Virology. 77, 20, p. 11072–11081 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Identification and initial toxicity assessment of Thalidomide and its phototransformation products

    Mahmoud, W. M. M., Toolaram, A. P., Menz, J., Leder, C., Schneider, M. & Kümmerer, K., 2013, 14th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment. European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences / Division of Organic Chemistry, p. 366 1 p.

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

  5. Published

    Ideelle biegedrillknicklasten von seitlich am obergurt gestützten brettschichtträgern

    Eilering, S., 11.2006, In: Bauingenieur. 81, 11, p. 488-495 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    ‚Ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst‘: Potenziale einer feministisch-postkolonialen Perspektive für den genderorientierten Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs

    Koch, L. M. & Roth, S., 2015, Nachhaltigkeit anders denken: Veränderungspotenziale durch Geschlechterperspektiven. Katz, C., Heilmann, S., Thiem, A., Moths, K., Koch, L. & Hofmeister, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 43-60 18 p.

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

  7. Published

    "Ich hoffe, du weißt das zu schätzen?!": Eine Erhebung der Schätzkompetenz in der Sekundarstufe I

    Stinken, L., 2017, Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin. 307 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    IBaLL - Inklusive Basiskompetenzen in den Fachdidaktiken entwickeln

    Süßenbach, J., Greve, S., Abels, S., Troll, B. & Besser, M., 2019, Professionalisierung in der Sportlehrer*innenbildung : Konzepte und Forschungen im Rahmen der "Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung". Hartmann, M., Laging, R. & Scheinert, C. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 275-284 10 p. (Bewegungspädagogik; vol. 13).

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

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    Hygrochastic capsule dehiscence supports safe site strategies in New Zealand alpine Veronica (Plantaginaceae)

    Pufal, G. & Garnock-Jones, P., 01.09.2010, In: Annals of Botany. 106, 3, p. 405-412 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review