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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Application of the two-sample doubly labelled water method alters behaviour and affects estimates of energy expenditure in black-legged kittiwakes
Schultner, J., Welcker, J., Speakman, J. R., Nordoy, E. S. & Gabrielsen, G. W., 01.09.2010, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 213, 17, p. 2958-2966 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spatial distribution models in a frugivorous carnivore, the stone marten (Martes foina): Is the fleshy-fruit availability a useful predictor?
Virgós, E., Cabezas-Díaz, S., Mangas, J. G. & Lozano, J., 01.11.2010, In: Animal Biology. 60, 4, p. 423-436 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Anaerobic biodegradation of organochlorine pesticides in contaminated soil: Significance of temperature and availability
Baczynski, T. P., Pleissner, D. & Grotenhuis, T., 01.2010, In: Chemosphere. 78, 1, p. 22-28 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Management for the Olympic and Paralymic Games in London 2012
Berlemann, B., 2007, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 79 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Quantification of sources of PCBs to the atmosphere in urban areas: a comparison of cities in North America, Western Europe and former Yugoslavia
Gasic, B., MacLeod, M., Klanova, J., Scheringer, M., Ilic, P., Lammel, G., Pajovic, A., Breivik, K., Holoubek, I. & Hungerbühler, K., 01.10.2010, In: Environmental Pollution. 158, 10, p. 3230-3235 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A framework for evaluating the contribution of transformation products to chemical persistence in the environment
Ng, C. A., Scheringer, M., Fenner, K. & Hungerbuhler, K., 01.01.2011, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 45, 1, p. 111-117 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The State of Multimedia Mass-Balance Modeling in Environmental science and decision-making
MacLeod, M., Scheringer, M., McKone, T. E. & Hungerbuhler, K., 15.11.2010, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 44, 22, p. 8360-8364 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Den Klimawandel verstehen. Eine Didaktische Rekonstruktion der globalen Erwärmung: Understanding climate change. An educational reconstruction of global warming
Niebert, K., 2010, Oldenburg: Didaktisches Zentrum Universität Oldenburg. 199 p. (Beiträge zur didaktischen Rekonstruktion; vol. 31)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Maßnahmenvorschläge zur Ressourcenpolitik im Bereich unternehmsnaher Instrumente: Meilensteinpapier zu Abschnitt 4.2
Liedtke, C., Kristof, K., Bienge, K., von Geibler, J., Lemken, T., Meinel, U., Onischka, M., Schmidt, M., Görlach, S., Zvezdov, D. & Knappe, F., 2010, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 49 p. (Materialeffizienz & Ressourcenschonung; no. 4.6).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Stimmen aus der Praxis: Ergebnisse aus den begleitenden Gesprächen mit Intermediären und Unternehmen zum Thema Ressourceneffizienz
Görlach, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2010, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 71 p. (Resourceneffizienz Paper; no. 4.2).Research output: Working paper › Working papers