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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Dissolved carbon leaching from an Irish cropland soil is increased by reduced tillage and cover cropping
Walmsley, D. C., Siemens, J., Kindler, R., Kirwan, L., Saunders, M., Kaupenjohann, M., Osborne, B. A. & Kaiser, K., 08.2011, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 142, 3-4, p. 393-402 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Integration of Sustainability into Modern Portfolio Theory
Peylo, B. T., 2011, In: Journal of Management and Financial Sciences. IV, 6, p. 85-109 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A modified epitope identified for generation and monitoring of PSA-specific T cells in patients on early phases of PSA-based immunotherapeutic protocols
Lundberg, K., Roos, A.-K., Pavlenko, M., Leder, C., Wehrum, D., Guevara-Patiño, J., Andersen, R. S. & Pisa, P., 04.03.2009, In: Vaccine. 27, 10, p. 1557-1565 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Development and validation of a stability-indicating RP-HPLC method for the determination of paracetamol with dantrolene or/and cetirizine and pseudoephedrine in two pharmaceutical dosage forms
Hadad, G. M., Emara, S. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 15.10.2009, In: Talanta. 79, 5, p. 1360-1367 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biomonitoring Hospital Effluents by the Allium cepa L. Test
Bagatini, M. D., Vasconcelos, T. G., Laughinghouse IV, H. D. & Martins, A. F., 05.2009, In: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 82, 5, p. 590-592 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Inhibition of foam cell formation using a soluble CD68-Fc fusion protein
Daub, K., Siegel-Axel, D., Schönberger, T., Leder, C., Seizer, P., Müller, K., Schaller, M., Penz, S., Menzel, D., Buchele, B., Bültmann, A., Münch, G., Lindemann, S., Simmet, T. & Gawaz, M., 09.2010, In: Journal of Molecular Medicine. 88, 9, p. 909-920 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modulating immune responses and inflammation
Leder, C., Ziegler, M. & Gawaz, M., 03.2010, In: Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis. 36, 2, p. 219-222 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spray-dried chitosan-metal microparticles for ciprofloxacin adsorption: Kinetic and equilibrium studies
Reynaud, F., Tsapis, N., Deyme, M., Vasconcelos, T. G., Gueutin, C., Guterres, S. S., Pohlmann, A. R. & Fattal , E., 21.08.2011, In: Soft Matter. 7, 16, p. 7304-7312 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Complementarity, impatience, and the resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies
Quaas, M. F., van Soest, D. & Baumgärtner, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 220).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Optimization and Validation of an LC Method for the Determination of Cefdinir in Dosage Form and Human Urine
Hadad, G. M., Emara, S. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 12.2009, In: Chromatographia. 70, 11/12, p. 1593–1598 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review