School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
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Key ecological research questions for Central European forests
Ammer, C., Fichtner, A., Fischer, A., Gossner, M. M., Meyer, P., Seidl, R., Thomas, F. M., Annighöfer, P., Kreyling, J., Ohse, B., Berger, U., Feldmann, E., Häberle, K-H., Heer, K., Heinrichs, S., Huth, F., Krämer-Klement, K., Mölder, A., Müller, J., Mund, M., Opgenoorth, L., Schall, P., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Seidel, D., Vogt, J. & Wagner, S., 11.2018, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 32, November 2018, p. 3-25 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Seeking sustainability competence and capability in the ESD and HESD literature: an international philosophical hermeneutic analysis
Shepard, K., Rieckmann, M. & Barth, M., 03.04.2019, In: Environmental Education Research. 25, 4, p. 532 - 547 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of forest management intensity on herb layer plant diversity and composition of deciduous forest communities in Northern Germany
Petzold, J., Dittrich, S., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W., Naumann, B. & von Oheimb, G., 01.08.2018, In: Tuexenia. 38, p. 79-96 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Green chemistry and its contribution to industrial biotechnology
Pleissner, D. & Kümmerer, K., 2020, Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment in Industrial Biotechnology. Fröhling, M. & Hiete, M. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 281-298 18 p. (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology; vol. 173).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Assessing the Sustainability Performance of Sustainability Management Software
Kern, E., Silva, S. L. & Guldner, A., 19.09.2018, In: Technologies. 6, 3, 15 p., 88.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Doing Gender – Doing Space – Doing Body: Feministische Kritiken an der De/Ökonomisierung von ‚Natur/en‘ – Entwicklung einer Forschungsperspektive
Hofmeister, S., Mölders, T. & Onnen, C., 2018, Materialität/en und Geschlecht: Beiträge zur 6. Jahrestagung der Fachgesellschaft Geschlechterstudien e.V. . Palm, K., Jähnert, G., Völker, S. & Grenz, S. (eds.). Berlin: Zentrum für Transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien, Humboldt Universität Berlin, p. 63-81 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Renewable Energy Resources: How can Science Education Foster an Appropriate Understanding?
Hüfner, S., Niebert, K. & Abels, S., 2018, Electronic Proceedings of the ESERA 2017 Conference: Research, Practice and Collaboration in Science Education. Finlayson, O., McLoughlin, E., Erduran, S. & Childs, P. (eds.). Dublin: European Science Education Research Association, p. 1076-1089 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Linking Transitions to Sustainability: Individual Agency, Normativity and Transdisciplinary Collaborations in transition Management
Schäpke, N., 2018, Lüneburg, 344 p. (IETSR Discussion papers in Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research; vol. 2).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Ein technoökologischer Habitus? Die Sozialmorphologie im Modell der Technosphäre
Herberg, J. A. & Schmieg, G., 2018, Die Erde, der Mensch und das Soziale: zur Transformation gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse im Anthropozän. Henkel, A. & Laux, H. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 161-180 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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How Sustainability-Related Challenges Can Fuel Conflict Between Organizations and External Stakeholders: A Social Psychological Perspective to Master Value Differences, Time Horizons, and Resource Allocations
Majer, J. M., Loschelder, D. D., Windolph, L. J. & Fischer, D., 2019, In: Umweltpsychologie. 22, 2, p. 53-70 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review