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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Tree diversity and mycorrhizal type co-determine multitrophic ecosystem functions
Yi, H., Eisenhauer, N., Austen, J. C., Rebollo, R., Ray, T., Bönisch, E., von Oheimb, G., Fichtner, A., Schuldt, A., Patoine, G. & Ferlian, O., 03.2024, In: Journal of Ecology. 112, 3, p. 528-546 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment
Staab, M., Blüthgen, N. & Klein, A. M., 01.07.2015, In: Oikos. 124, 7, p. 827-834 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Tree cover mediates the effect on rapeseed leaf damage of excluding predatory arthropods, but in an unexpected way
Lemessa, D., Samnegård, U., Hambäck, P. A. & Hylander, K., 15.12.2015, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 211, p. 57-64 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests: Evidence from a tree diversity experiment
Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, P., Monjau, T., Goldmann, K., Ferlian, O., Eisenhauer, N., Bruelheide, H., Ma, Z. & Haider, S., 05.2024, In: Functional Ecology. 38, 5, p. 1089-1103 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Treatment of a Trifluraline Effluent by Means of Oxidation-Coagulation with Fe(VI) and Combined Fenton Processes
Martins, A. F., Frank, C. D. S. & Wilde, M. L., 08.02.2007, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 35, 1, p. 88-99 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Travel pattern of the Asean students in Malaysia: A case of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Ahmad, H., Jusoh, H., Wibowo, A., C.A, M., J, M. A., Md.Y, K. A., A. J, I. R., Mohamad Saleh, M. S., M, S. N., Buang, A., Mahmud, M., Yew, W. C., Azman, H., Md Jali, M. F. & Lam, K. C., 2014, In: Geografia - Malaysian Journal of Society and Space. 10, 8, p. 124–137 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Traumjob, Lebenswünsche und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit – Luxusthemen für junge Männer unter prekären Bedingungen? Konzeption politischer Jugendbildung zu Berufsorientierung und Lebensplanung
Offen, S. & Schmidt, J., 2007, In: Deutsche Jugend. 55, 12, p. 518-525 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Transport of perfluoroalkyl acids in a water-saturated sediment column investigated under near-natural conditions
Vierke, L., Möller, A. & Klitzke, S., 01.03.2014, In: Environmental Pollution. 186, p. 7-13 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transnational governance towards sustainable biofuels: Exploring a polycentric view
Moser, C. & Bailis, R., 13.01.2016, Environmental Politics and Governance in the Anthropocene: Institutions and legitimacy in a complex world. Pattberg, P. & Zelli, F. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 103-126 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Transnational collaboration for sustainability in higher education: Lessons from a systematic review
Caniglia, G., Lüderitz, C., Groß, M., Muhr, M., John, B., Withycombe Keeler, L., von Wehrden, H., Laubichler, M., Wiek, A. & Lang, D., 01.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 168, p. 764-779 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research