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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Cross-case knowledge transfer in transformative research: enabling learning in and across sustainability-oriented labs through case reporting
Bernert, P., Wahl, D., von Wehrden, H. & Lang, D. J., 30.09.2023, In: Urban Transformations. 5, 1, 19 p., 12.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Konzept eines Orientierungsrahmens für den Lernbereich Globale Entwicklung im Fach Informatik im Rahmen der Bildung fur Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Anthes, J., Diethelm, I., Kern, E., Röhner, G. & Stechert, P., 2023, Informatikunterricht zwischen Aktualitat und Zeitlosigkeit, INFOS 2023, 20. GI-Fachtagung Informatik und Schule. Hellmig, L. & Hennecke, M. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 383-392 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. P-336).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Bedeutung des Grünlandes für das Klima: Hohe Albedo, Resilienz und Langzeitkohlenstoffspeicherung
Temperton, V., 15.04.2023, Warnsignal Klima: Hilft Technik gegen die Erderwärmung? Wissenschaftliche Fakten. Lozán, J. L., Graßl, H., Breckle, S.-W., Kasang, D. & Quante, M. (eds.). Hamburg: Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen Verlag, p. 155-161 7 p. (Warnsignal Klima).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Mit Apps gegen den Tinnitus? Ein systematisches Review zu Qualität, Interventionselementen und Techniken der Verhaltensänderung
Rinn, A., Hannibal, S., Goetsch, S., Weise, C. & Lehr, D., 02.2024, In: Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz. 67, 2, p. 203-214 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Processes of sustainability transformation across systems scales: leveraging systemic change in the textile sector
Leventon, J., Buhr, M., Keßler, L., Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. & Beyers, F., 03.2024, In: Sustainability Science. 19, 2, p. 469-488 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Systematic distributions of interaction strengths across tree interaction networks yield positive diversity–productivity relationships
Yu, W., Albert, G., Rosenbaum, B., Schnabel, F., Bruelheide, H., Connolly, J., Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Trogisch, S., Rüger, N. & Brose, U., 01.2024, In: Ecology Letters. 27, 1, 11 p., e14338.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Teenagers performing research on climate change education in a fully integrated design-based research setting
Parth, S., Schickl, M., Oberauer, K., Kubisch, S., Deisenrieder, V., Liebhaber, N., Frick, M., Michelsen, G., Stötter, J. & Keller, L., 2024, In: International Journal of Science Education. 46, 10, p. 978-1000 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A trainable object finder, selector and identifier for pollen, spores and other things: A step towards automated pollen recognition in lake sediments
Theuerkauf, M., Siradze, N. & Gillert, A., 01.03.2024, In: Holocene. 34, 3, p. 297-305 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hill–Chao numbers allow decomposing gamma multifunctionality into alpha and beta components
Chao, A., Chiu, C.-H., Hu, K.-H., van der Plas, F., Cadotte, M. W., Mitesser, O., Thorn, S., Mori, A. S., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Eisenhauer, N., Bässler, C., Delory, B., Feldhaar, H., Fichtner, A., Hothorn, T., Peters, M. K., Pierick, K., von Oheimb, G. & Müller, J., 01.2024, In: Ecology Letters. 27, 1, 14 p., e14336.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Combining multiple investigative approaches to unravel functional responses to global change in the understorey of temperate forests
Landuyt, D., Perring, M. P., Blondeel, H., De Lombaerde, E., Depauw, L., Lorer, E., Maes, S. L., Baeten, L., Bergès, L., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Chudomelová, M., Czerepko, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., De Frenne, P., Dirnböck, T., Durak, T., Fichtner, A., Gawryś, R., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinrichs, S., Heinken, T., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K., Kopecký, M., Máliš, F., Macek, M., Mitchell, F. J. G., Naaf, T., Petřík, P., Reczynska, K., Schmidt, W., Standovár, T., Swierkosz, K., Smart, S. M., Van Calster, H., Vild, O., Waller, D. M., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K., 01.2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 1, 14 p., e17086.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review