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.

  1. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in the aquatic environment: A case study of the Elbe River, Germany

    Wolschke, H., Sühring, R., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 11.2015, In: Environmental Pollution. 206, p. 488-493 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Notions of justice held by stakeholders of the Newfoundland fishery

    Kahmann, B., Stumpf, K. H. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.12.2015, In: Marine Policy. 62, p. 37-50 14 p., 2174.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Direct negative density-dependence in a pond-breeding frog population

    Băncilă, R. I., Ozgul, A., Hartel, T., Sos, T. & Schmidt, B. R., 05.2016, In: Ecography. 39, 5, p. 449-455 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Comment on “fluorotechnology is critical to modern life: The FluoroCouncil counterpoint to the madrid statement”

    Cousins, I. T., Balan, S. A., Scheringer, M., Weber, R., Wang, Z., Blum, A., Diamond, M., Fletcher, T., Goldenman, G., Higgins, C., Lindeman, A. E., Peaslee, G., Trier, X. & De Voogt, P., 01.07.2015, In: Environmental Health Perspectives. 123, 7, p. A170 - A171 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Pennycress double-cropping does not negatively impact spider diversity

    Groeneveld, J. H., Lührs, H. P. & Klein, A. M., 08.2015, In: Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 17, 3, p. 247-257 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Atmospheric gas-particle partitioning versus gaseous/particle-bound deposition of SVOCs: Why they are not equivalent

    Glüge, J., Bogdal, C., Scheringer, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 08.2015, In: Atmospheric Environment. 115, p. 317-324 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Prediction of nanoparticle transport behavior from physicochemical properties: Machine learning provides insights to guide the next generation of transport models

    Goldberg, E., Scheringer, M., Bucheli, T. D. & Hungerbühler, K., 2015, In: Environmental Sciences: Nano. 2, 4, p. 352-360 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Adapting livestock management to spatio-temporal heterogeneity in semi-arid rangelands

    Jakoby, O., Quaas, M. F., Baumgärtner, S. & Frank, K., 01.10.2015, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 162, p. 179-189 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Physico-chemical characteristics affect the spatial distribution of pesticide and transformation product loss to an agricultural brook

    Gassmann, M., Olsson, O., Stamm, C., Weiler, M. & Kümmerer, K., 01.11.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 532, p. 733-743 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review