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.
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Estimation of baseflow and water transfer in karst catchments in Mediterranean Turkey by nonlinear recession analysis
Eris, E. & Wittenberg, H., 01.11.2015, In: Journal of Hydrology. 530, p. 500-507 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Estimating the aquatic emissions and fate of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) into the river Rhine
Paul, A., Scheringer, M., Hungerbühler, K., Loos, R., Jones, K. & Sweetman, A., 02.2012, In: Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14, 2, p. 524-530 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Establishment success in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning experiment in subtropical China (BEF-China)
Yang, X., Bauhus, J., Both, S., Fang, T., Härdtle, W., Kröber, W., Ma, K., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., Schmid, B., von Oheimb, G. & Bruelheide, H., 07.2013, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 132, 4, p. 593-606 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability
Balvanera, P., Brauman, K. A., Cord, A. F., Drakou, E. G., Geijzendorffer, I. R., Karp, D. S., Martín-López, B., Mwampamba, T. H. & Schröter, M., 01.02.2022, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 54, 9 p., 101152.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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"Es geht um einen engagierten Journalismus"
Michelsen, G., Humburg, A. & Schäfer, T., 2013, In: Journalistik Journal. 16, 1, p. 12-13 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Transfer
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Es geht auch anders! Nachhaltigkeitspioniere krempeln die Smartphone-Branche um
Revellio, F. & Norris, S., 01.12.2019, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 4, p. 102-104 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Erwerb von Schlüsselkompetenzen ermöglichen. Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Hochschulbildung
Barth, M., Godemann, J., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 2008, Sustainable University. Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 110-129 20 p. (Innovationen in den Hochschulen – Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ertrags-/Risikooptimierung von Nachhaltigkeitsfonds: eine konzeptionelle und empirische Untersuchung
Peylo, B. T., 04.2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 174 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Erratum zu: Digitale Behandlungsangebote für Insomnie – eine Übersichtsarbeit (Somnologie, (2020), 24, 2, (106-114), 10.1007/s11818-020-00238-9)
Spiegelhalder, K., Acker, J., Baumeister, H., Büttner-Teleaga, A., Danker-Hopfe, H., Ebert, D. D., Fietze, I., Frase, L., Klein, S., Lehr, D., Maun, A., Mertel, I., Richter, K., Riemann, D., Sauter, C., Schilling, C., Schlarb, A. A., Specht, M., Steinmetz, L., Weeß, H. G. & Crönlein, T., 01.06.2020, In: Somnologie. 24, 2, p. 115-115 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Erratum to "Generic functions of railway stations-A conceptual basis for the development of common system understanding and assessment criteria" [Transp. Policy 18 (2010) 446-455]
Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D. J. & Scholz, R. W., 08.2011, In: Transport Policy. 18, 4, p. 648-648 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research