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.

  1. Published

    Die bachbegleitende Vegetation der Böhme

    Sieber, M. & Härdtle, W., 2001, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851: Festschrift zum 150-jährigen Vereinsjubiläum. Horst, K., Härdtle, W. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., Vol. 42. p. 97-122 26 p. (Jahrbuch des naturlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V.; vol. 42).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Verzeichnis der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands mit Synonymen und Formationseinteilung

    Härdtle, W., 2000, Verzeichnis und Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands: mit Datenservice auf CD-ROM ; Referate und Ergebnisse des gleichnamigen Fachsymposiums in Bonn vom 30.06. - 02.07.2000 . Münster: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 121-391 271 p. (Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde; vol. 35).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  3. Published

    Sukzession als waldbauliches Prinzip

    Härdtle, W., 2001, Naturschutz und Wald: Dokumentation der Naturschutztage Schleswig-Holstein vom 1./2. Oktober 1999 in Rendsburg. Rotermund, H. (ed.). Neumünster: Akademie für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, p. 59-60 2 p. (Akad. für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein ; vol. 10).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    Syntheses of retipolide E and ornatipolide, 14-membered biaryl-ether macrolactones from mushrooms

    Ingerl, A., Justus, K., Hellwig, V. & Steglich, W., 09.07.2007, In: Tetrahedron. 63, 28, p. 6548-6557 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands mit Anmerkungen zur Gefährdung

    Härdtle, W., 2000, Verzeichnis und Rote Liste der Pflanzengesellschaften Deutschlands: Mit Datenservice auf CD-ROM. Referate und Ergebnisse des gleichnamigen Fachsymposiums in Bonn vom 30.06. - 02.07.2000. Rennwald, E. (ed.). Bonn - Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 393-592 200 p. (Schriftenreihe für Vegetationskunde; vol. 35).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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  7. Published

    Optimization of capillary electrophoresisinductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for species analysis of metallothionein-like proteins extracted from liver tissues of Elbe-bream and Roe deer

    Pröfrock, D., Prange, A., Schaumlöffel, D. & Ruck, W., 15.08.2003, In: Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy. 58, 8, p. 1403-1415 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Contributions to Sustainability: What Kind of Information is Needed?

    Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting. 2, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Zeitreihen von Pegelmessungen - ausreichende Grundlage für Bemessungshochwasser?

    Wittenberg, H., 2003, Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserwirtschaft.: Heft 04.03. Klima - Wasser - Flussgebietsmanagement - im Lichte der Flut Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, Vol. 1. p. 173-179 7 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  10. Published

    Von der Beharrlichkeit der Ungleichheit: Erzählung einer südafrikanischen Geschichte

    Mölders, T., 2004, Globalisierung und gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse: Mit südafrikanischen Geschichten erzählt von Juliane Grüning, Verena Brinkmann und Tanja Mölders. Christine, K., Müller, C. & von Winterfeld, U. (eds.). Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, p. 26-27 2 p. (Wuppertal papers; no. 143).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsTransfer

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Activities

  1. Pessimism and Optimism of the Future: the Future of the World(s) in the Strategies of Feminism and Digital Technologies
  2. People incorrectly correcting other people“: (Re-)Correcting comments as a means of stancetaking in digital communication
  3. Das Leuphana-College: ein in Europaeinzigartiges Hochschulmodell: Innovative hochschuldidaktische Veranstaltungsformate
  4. Cultural Traits and Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan
  5. Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Accounting: Links between Business Actors and EMA Tools
  6. New developments in personal initiative (PI) training for entrepreneurs inside and outside of the African continent (PDW)
  7. International Conference on Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Development of Offshore Wind Power Around the World
  8. Konferenz: CSR-Richtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz und dessen Einordnung in die internationale Entwicklung der Berichterstattung
  9. Professionalisierung weiterentwicklen heißt selbst professionell denken und handeln - Anforderungen an die Ausbildung
  10. Professionalisierung weiterentwickeln heißt selbst professionell denken und handeln – Anforderungen an die Ausbildung
  11. Fachtagung Frauen und kommunaler Umweltschutz der Landesgemeinschaft kommunaler Frauenbüros/Gleichstellungsstellen NRW
  12. Arbeitstagung: Schullandschaften in europäischen Grenzregionen - Vergleichende erziehungswissenschaftliche Perspektiven
  13. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
  14. "Teaching is touching the future: from vision to practice" - International Conference at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2011
  15. Presentation of the paper entitled "Comparison of Backpropagation and Kalman Filter-based Training for Neural Networks"
  16. 3. zentrale Fortbildungsveranstaltung für Set-Koordinatorinnen und Set-Koordinatoren im BLK-Programm SINUS-Transfer - 2005

Publications

  1. A robust cascade sliding mode control for a hybrid piezo-hydraulic actuator in camless internal combustion engines
  2. Die Wahrnehmung zur Legitimität in der EU: Kongruenz oder Inkongruenz der politischen Kultur von Eliten und Bürgern?
  3. Berufs- statt Feierabendparlamente? Eine vergleichende Untersuchung der Kommunalparlamente in deutschen Großstädten
  4. Mathematical Modeling for Robot 3D Laser Scanning in Complete Darkness Environments to Advance Pipeline Inspection
  5. Bodenökologische Untersuchungen in Elbauen - Entstehung und Entwicklung der Böden in der Mäanderschleife Wehningen
  6. An analysis of local institutions governing common pasture use for biodiversity and society in Transylvania, Romania
  7. Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision
  8. Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity
  9. Eine literatur- und expertengestützte Analyse der Versorgungspraxis von depressiv erkrankten Menschen in Deutschland
  10. Municipal wastewater treatment and biomass accumulation with a wastewater-born and settleable algal-bacterial culture
  11. 3D Simulation of Electric Arcing and Pressure increase in an Automotive HVDC Relay During a Short Circuit Situation
  12. A victim of regulatory arbitrage? Automatic exchange of information and the use of golden visas and corporate shells
  13. Typisierung des Umweltmanagements von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Greenteams mittels der Methode der Clusteranalyse
  14. When the whole is less than the sum of all parts-Tracking global-level impacts of national sustainability initiatives
  15. The impact of explicit references in computer supported collaborative learning: Evidence from eye movement analyses
  16. Launching insectphylo.org; a new hub facilitating construction and use of synthesis molecular phylogenies of insects
  17. Gesetz über Musterverfahren in kapitalmarktrechtlichen Streitigkeiten (Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz - KapMuG)
  18. Neighbourhood effects on herbivory damage and chemical profiles in short-rotation coppice willows and their hybrids
  19. The multifaceted spectra of power − A participatory network analysis on power structures in diverse dryland regions
  20. Geschlechterperspektive in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung – Eine Einschätzung des Präsidenten des Wuppertal Instituts