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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Early subtropical forest growth is driven by community mean trait values and functional diversity rather than the abiotic environment
Kröber, W., Li, Y., Härdtle, W., Ma, K., Schmid, B., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., Seidler, G., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C. & Bruehlheide, H., 01.09.2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 17, p. 3541-3556 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., Li, Y., Ma, K., Oheimb, G. & Zhang, J., 01.05.2015, In: Journal of Ecology. 103, 3, p. 563-571 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Early-Career Researchers’ Perceptions of the Prevalence of Questionable Research Practices, Potential Causes, and Open Science
Stürmer, S., Oeberst, A., Trötschel, R. & Decker, O., 01.11.2017, In: Social Psychology. 48, 6, p. 365-371 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamische Modellierung der Sorption von Substanzen in einem hydrologischen Einzugsgebietsmodell anhand des Beispiels Phosphor
Gassmann, M. & Olsson, O., 22.03.2012, Wasser ohne Grenzen: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 22./23. März 2012 an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg. Weiler, M. (ed.). 1 ed. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, 6 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; vol. 31.12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Dynamik von Artenvielfalt und Artenzusammensetzung krautiger Gefäßpflanzen in gezäunten und ungezäunten Vergleichsflächenpaaren
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Ellenberg, H., 01.01.2003, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 174, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamik der Energiewende erhalten und erweitern
Schomerus, T., Hansen, E. G. & Lechtenböhmer, S., 19.12.2014, In: GAIA. 23, 4, p. 353-355 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Dynamics of species diversity and composition of herbaceous vegetation in fenced and unfenced plots
Oheimb, G., Kriebitzsch, W.-U. & Ellenberg, H., 01.2003, In: Allgemeine Forst- und Jagdzeitung. 174, 1, p. 1-7 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamics in a butterfly-plant-ant system: influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon
Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Härdtle, W., Lütkepohl, M. & Aßmann, T., 10.2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 5, p. 536-543 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Dynamic norms drive sustainable consumption: Norm-based nudging helps café customers to avoid disposable to-go-cups
Loschelder, D. D., Siepelmeyer, H., Fischer, D. & Rubel, J. A., 01.12.2019, In: Journal of Economic Psychology. 75, Part A, 102146.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dynamic material flow analysis in the life cycle assessment tool chain
Möller, A., 2005, Challenges for industrial production: Workshop of the PepOn Project: Integrated Process Design for Inter-Enterprise Plant Layout Planning of Dynamic Mass Flow Networks, Karlsruhe, Nov. 7. & 8., 2005 . Geldermann, J., Treitz, M., Schollenberger, H. & Rentz, O. (eds.). Karlsruhe: Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe, p. 165-174 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research