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

    A new approach to data evaluation in the non-target screening of organic trace substances in water analysis

    Müller, A., Ruck, W., Weber, W. H. & Schulz, W., 11.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 8, p. 1211–1219 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    An EU law perspective on the role of regional authorities in the field of renewable energy

    Peeters, M. & Schomerus, T., 26.12.2014, Renewable Energy Law in the EU: Legal Perspectives on Bottom-up Approaches. Peeters, M. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 10-32 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    An Estimation of the Total Benefit Value of the British Countryside for Recreational Activities: Discussion Paper

    Wagner, M., 11.2005, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 19 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published
  5. Published

    An Equation with many Variables: Unhiding the Relationship between Sustainability and Investment Performance

    Peylo, B. T. & Schaltegger, S., 03.04.2014, In: Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. 4, 2, p. 110-126 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services

    Loos, J., Benra, F., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Bremer, L. L., Chan, K. M. A., Egoh, B., Felipe-Lucia, M., Geneletti, D., Keeler, B., Locatelli, B., Loft, L., Schröter, B., Schröter, M. & Winkler, K. J., 01.03.2023, In: Ambio. 52, 3, p. 477-488 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    An endangered longhorn beetle associated with old oaks and its possible role as an ecosystem engineer

    Buse, J., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.04.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 2, p. 329-337 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    A nemzedékek közötti igazságosság jogfilozófliai alapjai

    Sanden, J., 2012, In: Pro futuro. 1, p. 8-22 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    An economic perspective on land use decisions in agricultural landscapes: Insights from the TEEB Germany Study

    Albert, C., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Hansjürgens, B., Dehnhardt, A., Döring, R., Job, H., Köppel, J., Krätzig, S., Matzdorf, B., Reutter, M., Schaltegger, S., Scholz, M., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Wiggering, H., Woltering, M. & von Haaren, C., 01.06.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 25, p. 69-78 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

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  4. Artikel 32 EUV [Zusammenarbeit der Mitgliedstaaten im Rat]
  5. Povertà di esperienza nell’epoca della riproducibilità tecnica
  6. AEUV Art. 215 Wirtschaftsembargo; Beschlussfassung; Rechtsschutz
  7. Lerntransfermessung im Rahmen betrieblicher Weiterbildung
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  9. Italy Today: The Sick Man of Europe by Andrea Mammone and Guiseppe A. Veltri (eds). Abingdon: Routledge, 2010
  10. Fallbearbeitung - (Original-)Referendarexamensklausur - Öffentliches Recht: Warnhinweise auf alkoholischen Getränken?
  11. Medienkultur und soziales Handeln
  12. Zum Verhältnis von Emotionalität und Rationalität in der Sozialpädagogik
  13. Zur Reform der Einlagensicherung von Genossenschaftsbanken
  14. Aportes de la agrobiodiversidad a la sustentabilidad de la agricultura familiar en Colombia
  15. Die Ausreißer
  16. Artikel 34 EUV [Koordiniertes Auftreten auf internationaler Ebene; Unterrichtungspflicht der Sicherheitsratsmitglieder]
  17. Undisciplined: Peter Gorsen
  18. Herausforderung der Kulturellen Bildung im Digitalzeitalter
  19. § 43 VwGO Feststellungsklage
  20. "Deine ganze Schuld habe ich dir erlassen, und du ...?"
  21. Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations under Article 29 of the CSDDD
  22. Handlungsorientiertes Lernen durch Beratung realer Gründungsfälle - Voraussetzungen und Entwicklung eines curricularen Angebots
  23. Digitale Hochschullehre im ersten COVID-19-Semester. Ergebnisse einer Befragung von Lehrenden in Public Health, Medizin und Pflege
  24. § 286 bis § 292 BGB Verzug des Schuldners
  25. Bruderkämpfe, zum Streit um den intellektuellen Habitus in den Fällen Heinrich Heine, Heinrich Mann und Hans Magnus Enzensberger
  26. Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends
  27. Wirtschaftspolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  28. Aufgaben und Erläuterungen zum Erweiterten Kompetenznachweis Mathematik
  29. Zurückweisungen von Migranten durch zivile Schiffe auf See
  30. Zur Bundestagswahl
  31. Rückkehr
  32. Culture Check: Kulturwissenschaftliche Marktforschung
  33. Weiterarbeit im Rentenalter
  34. Der Referentenentwurf für ein Bilanzrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz
  35. Parcitypate
  36. Eintopf für die Volksgemeinschaft
  37. Probleme bei der Ermittlung der Personalpolitik von Unternehmen
  38. Agrobiodiversidad y cultura
  39. Aufhebung von Raum und Zeit