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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Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 06.10.2008, Agrobiodiversity conservation and economic development. Kontoleon, A., Pascual, U. & Smale, M. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 293-317 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 61).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Agriculture and everyday realities on small farms – An entrepreneurial challenge to farmers between the desire for autonomy and a secure existence. Two examples from east and south-east Poland
Szumelda, A. U., 04.2019, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 67, p. 57-68 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Agriculture: reform the global food system
Fischer, J., Bennett, E. & Pe’er, G., 19.10.2023, In: Nature. 622, 7983, p. 461 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Agricultural residues as feedstocks for lactic acid fermentation
Pleissner, D. & Venus, J., 2014, Green Technologies for the Environment. O. Obare, S. & Luque, R. (eds.). American Chemical Society, Vol. 1186. p. 247-263 17 p. (ACS Symposium Series; vol. 1186).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Agriculturally productive yet biodiverse: human benefits and conservation values along a forest-agriculture gradient in Southern Ethiopia
Baudron, F., Schultner, J., Duriaux, J. Y., Gergel, S. E. & Sunderland, T., 01.02.2019, In: Landscape Ecology. 34, 2, p. 341-356 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A greener path for the EU Common Agricultural Policy
Pe’er, G., Zinngrebe, Y., Moreira, F., Sirami, C., Schindler, S., Müller, R., Bontzorlos, V., Clough, D., Bezák, P., Bonn, A., Hansjürgens, B., Lomba, A., Möckel, S., Passoni, G., Schleyer, C., Schmidt, J. & Lakner, S., 02.08.2019, In: Science. 365, 6452, p. 449-451 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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A grassroots initiative to disseminate solar energy technologies in Ethiopia: Implications to climate change education
Dalelo, A., 2011, Experiences of Climate Change Adaptation in Africa. Filho, W. L. (ed.). Springer, p. 265-280 16 p. (Climate Change Management).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Agrarsubventionen als Gegenstand des Umweltinformations- und Informationsfreiheitsrechts
Schomerus, T. & Scheel , B., 2010, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 21, 4, p. 188-192 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A Glue from Snail Slime?! Umsetzung und Evaluation eines bilingualen Moduls für den Biologieunterricht
Rodenhauser, A. & Preisfeld, A., 2016, Bilingualen Unterricht weiterentwickeln und erforschen . Diehr, B., Preisfeld, A. & Schmelter, L. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 221-243 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review