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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Alternative discourses around the governance of food security: A case study from Ethiopia
Jiren, T. S., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Bergsten, A., Manlosa, A., Jager, N., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.03.2020, In: Global Food Security. 24, 11 p., 100338.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Alpha and beta diversity across coastal marine social-ecological systems: Implications for conservation
Lazzari, N., Martín-López, B., Sanabria-Fernandez, J. A. & Becerro, M. A., 02.2020, In: Ecological Indicators. 109, 8 p., 105786.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A longitudinal analysis of the knowledge and application of sustainability management tools in large German companies
Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Herzig, C., 01.12.2012, In: Society and Economy. 34, 4, p. 549-579 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Almsjuka och mördarsniglar: dramatik i Dalby Söderskog
Brunet, J. & Oheimb, G., 2008, In: Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift. 102, 1, p. 27-38 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Almost there: On the importance of a comprehensive entrepreneurial ecosystem for developing sustainable urban food forest enterprises
Wiek, A. & Albrecht, S., 23.02.2022, In: Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems. 7, 1, 14 p., e20025.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Alltagsvorstellungen und chemische erklärungskonzepte: “Die Teilchen saugen das Aroma aus dem Tee”
Steffensky, M., Parchmann, I. & Schmidt, S., 01.08.2005, In: Chemie in Unserer Zeit. 39, 4, p. 274-278 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Alltagsbilder des Klimawandels: Zum Klimabewusstsein in Deutschland
Weber, M., 2008, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 271 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Allocation patterns of airborne nitrogen in mountainous heathlands – A 15N tracer study in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)
Calvo-Fernández, J., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. & Härdtle, W., 11.2015, In: Ecological Engineering. 84, p. 128-135 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Alles zu gleicher Zeit am gleichen Ort? Verdichtung von Raum und Zeit: das Ende der "Verinselung"
Hofmeister, S., 2006, Zeitvielfalt: Wider das Diktat der Uhr. Geißler, K. A., Kümmerer, K. & Sabelis, I. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 97-112 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Allele elimination recalculated: nested subset analyses for molecular biogeographical data
Habel, J. C., Ulrich, W. & Aßmann, T., 04.2013, In: Journal of Biogeography. 40, 4, p. 769-777 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review