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

    A whole-institution approach towards sustainability: a crucial aspect of higher education’s individual and collective engagement with the SDGs and beyond

    Kohl, K., Hopkins, C., Barth, M., Michelsen, G., Dlouhá, J., Razak, D. A., Abidin Bin Sanusi, Z. & Toman, I., 21.02.2022, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 23, 2, p. 218-236 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Discourses for deep transformation: perceptions of economic growth in two rural communities in Lower Saxony, Germany

    Lübker, H. M., Abson, D. J. & Riechers, M., 01.11.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 6, p. 1827-1840 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Beyond practitioner and researcher: 15 roles adopted by actors in transdisciplinary and transformative research processes

    Hilger, A., Rose, M. & Keil, A., 01.11.2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 6, p. 2049-2068 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Phasing out and in: System transition through disassociation in the German energy transition – The case of light and coal

    David, M. & Schulte-Römer, N., 01.10.2021, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 80, 6 p., 102204.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Klimaschutz: Die beste Schuldenbremse

    Kemfert, C., 01.06.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 101, 6, p. 408-408 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Developments in Qualitative Mindfulness Practice Research: a Pilot Scoping Review

    Frank, P. & Marken, M., 01.01.2022, In: Mindfulness. 13, 1, p. 17-36 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Strengthening gender justice in a just transition: A research agenda based on a systematic map of gender in coal transitions

    Walk, P., Braunger, I., Semb, J., Brodtmann, C., Oei, P. Y. & Kemfert, C., 21.09.2021, In: Energies. 14, 18, 27 p., 5985.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Cultivation of the heterotrophic microalga Galdieria sulphuraria on food waste: A Life Cycle Assessment

    Thielemann, A. K., Smetana, S. & Pleissner, D., 01.11.2021, In: Bioresource Technology. 340, 7 p., 125637.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Eine finite-elemente-lösung auf der basis eines erweiterten eindimensionalen querschnittselementes für die freie torsion dünnwandiger prismatischer Stäbe

    Eilering, S., 01.12.2005, In: Stahlbau. 74, 12, p. 925-932 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    On the computation of the warping function and the torsional properties of thin-walled crosssections of prismatic beams

    Eilering, S., 03.2005, In: Bauingenieur. 80, 3, p. 142-150 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review