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. 2009
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    A gene marker panel covering the Wnt and the Ras-Raf-MEK-MAPK signalling pathways allows to detect gene mutations in 80% of early (UICC I) colon cancer stages in humans

    Scholtka, B., Schneider, M., Melcher, R., Katzenberger, T., Friedrich, D., Berghof-Jäger, K., Scheppach, W. & Steinberg, P., 08.2009, In: Cancer Epidemiology. 33, 2, p. 123-129 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Species constancy depends on plot size - A problem for vegetation classification and how it can be solved

    Dengler, J., Löbel, S. & Dolnik, C., 08.2009, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 20, 4, p. 754-766 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Why and How to adopt Green Management into Business Organizations? The Case Study of Korean SMEs in Manufacturing Industry

    Lee, K.-H., 31.07.2009, In: Management Decision. 47, 7, p. 1101-1121 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services

    Perrings, C., Baumgärtner, S., Brock, W. A., Chopra, K., Conte, M., Costello, C., Duraiappah, A., Kinzig, A. P., Pascual, U., Polanski, S., Tschirhart, J. & Xepapadeas, A., 30.07.2009, Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Naeem, S., Bunker, D. E., Hector, A., Loreau, M. & Perrings, C. (eds.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 230-247 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    The valuation of ecosystem services

    Barbier, E. B., Baumgärtner, S., Chopra, K., Costello, C., Duraiappah, A., Hassan, R., Kinzig, A. P., Lehman, M., Pascual, U., Polasky, S. & Perrings, C., 30.07.2009, Biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and human wellbeing: An Ecological and Economic Perspective. Naeem, S., Bunker, D. E., Hector, A., Loreau, M. & Perrings, C. (eds.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford University Press, p. 248-262 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Extent, perception and mitigation of damage due to high groundwater levels in the city of Dresden, Germany

    Kreibich, H., Thieken, A. H., Grunenberg, H., Ullrich, K. & Sommer, T., 27.07.2009, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences . 9, 4, p. 1247-1258 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Legitimacion retorica de la politica clematica: El cambio climatico en los medios alemanes

    Peters, H. P. & Heinrichs, H., 02.07.2009, In: Infoamerica: Iberoamerican Communication Review. 1, p. 59-78 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Öffentlichkeitsarbeit der Deichverbände in Niedersachsen und Bremen

    Lampe, E., Diekkruger, B., Heinrichs, H. & Striegnitz, M., 01.07.2009, In: Wasser und Abfall. 11, 7-8, p. 48-52 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Analysis and occurrence of seven artificial sweeteners in German waste water and surface water and in soil aquifer treatment (SAT)

    Scheurer, M., Brauch, H. J. & Lange, F. T., 07.2009, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 394, 6, p. 1585-1594 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Das Conservation Reserve Program: Erfahrungen und Perspektiven für die europäische Agrarumweltpolitik

    Groth, M., 07.2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 31 p. (Working Papers Series in Economics; no. 133).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Smelling like resin: terpenoids account for species-specific cuticular profiles in Southeast-Asian stingless bees

    Leonhardt, S., Blüthgen, N. & Schmitt, T., 07.2009, In: Insectes Sociaux. 56, 2, p. 157-170 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Trace metal dynamics in floodplain soils of the river Elbe: A review

    Schulz-Zunkel, C. & Krueger, F., 07.2009, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 38, 4, p. 1349-1362 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Enhanced reservoir operation as an instrument for supporting water stress mitigation: the Italian case study.

    Bauer, M., Botti, P., Zaccolo, S. & Olsson, O., 10.06.2009, The Use of Economic Valuation in Environmental Policy: Providing Research Support for the Implementation of EU Water Policy Under Aquastress. Koundouri, P. (ed.). 1 ed. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 196-220 25 p. (Routledge explorations in environmental economics; no. 17).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Temporal trends of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German Bight, 1999-2008

    Ahrens, L., Siebert, U. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.06.2009, In: Chemosphere. 76, 2, p. 151-158 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The genetic status of the violet copper Lycaena helle - a relict of the cold past in times of global warming

    Finger, A., Schmitt, T., Zachos, F. E., Meyer, M., Aßmann, T. & Habel, J. C., 01.06.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 3, p. 382-390 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Determination of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in water and suspended particulate matter in the river Elbe and North Sea, Germany

    Ahrens, L., Plassmann, M., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 06.2009, In: Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China. 3, 2, p. 152-170 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Pigous Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit: eine Würdigung zum 50. Todestag

    Groth, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 06.2009, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 89, 6, p. 419-424 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Spatial distribution of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in seawater of the German Bight

    Ahrens, L., Felizeter, S. & Ebinghaus, R., 06.2009, In: Chemosphere. 76, 2, p. 179-184 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Unternehmensnahe Instrumente: Systematisierung unternehmensnaher Instrumente bzw. von Instrumentenclustern sowie Grobrasterung und Instrumentenauswahl zur Vorbereitung auf die Phase der Feinanalyse. Arbeitspapier zu Arbeitspaket 4 des Projekts Materialeffizienz und Ressourcenschonung (MaRess)

    Görlach, S., Lemken, T., Liedtke, C., Onischka, M., Schmidt, M. & Viere, T., 29.05.2009, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 75 p. (Materialeffizienz & Ressourcenschonung; vol. 4, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Ecological-economic viability as a criterion of strong sustainability under uncertainty

    Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 15.05.2009, In: Ecological Economics. 68, 7, p. 2008-2020 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Longitudinal and Latitudinal Distribution of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds in the Surface Water of the Atlantic Ocean

    Ahrens, L., Barber, J. L., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.05.2009, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 43, 9, p. 3122-3127 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    European Union law by Alina Kaczorowska

    Schomerus, T., 05.2009, In: The Modern Law Review. 72, 3, p. 517-518 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Genetic diversity and population structure of the endangered insect species Carabus variolosus in its western distribution range: implications for conservation

    Matern, A., Desender, K., Gaublomme, E., Drees, C., Paill, W. & Aßmann, T., 01.04.2009, In: Conservation Genetics. 10, 2, p. 391-405 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Which function describes the species-area relationship best? A review and empirical evaluation

    Dengler, J., 01.04.2009, In: Journal of Biogeography. 36, 4, p. 728-744 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Erratum: Formalised and non-formalised methods in resource management-knowledge and social learning in participatory processes: An introduction

    Newig, J., Haberl, H., Pahl-Wostl, C. & Rothman, D. S., 04.2009, In: Systemic Practice and Action Research. 22, 2, p. 125 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

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    Total body burden and tissue distribution of polyfluorinated compounds in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from the German Bight

    Ahrens, L., Siebert, U. & Ebinghaus, R., 04.2009, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58, 4, p. 520-525 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Themes in the development of emotion regulation in childhood and adolescence and a transactional model

    Salisch, M., 26.03.2009, Regulating emotions: Culture, Social Necessity, and Biological Inheritance. Vandekerckhove, M. (ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 146-167 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Current Status of CSR in the Realm of Supply Management: the Case of the Korean Electronics Industry

    Lee, K.-H. & Kim, J.-W., 13.03.2009, In: Supply Chain Management. 14, 2, p. 138-148 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Sozio-Controlling im Unternehmen: das Management erfolgsrelevanter sozial-gesellschaftlicher Themen in der Praxis

    Dubielzig, F., 12.03.2009, 1. Aufl. ed. Wiesbaden: Dr. Gabler Verlag. 363 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Evolutionäres Management für den ewigen Frühling

    Möller, A., 01.03.2009, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 24, 1, p. 47-50 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Palaeoecological analysis of a Late Quaternary sediment profile in northern Oman

    Urban, B. & Buerkert, A., 01.03.2009, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 73, 3, p. 296-305 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Environmental management accounting for cleaner production: The case of a Philippine rice mill

    Burritt, R. L., Herzig, C. & Tadeo, B. D., 03.2009, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 17, 4, p. 431-439 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production: The Case of a Philippine Rice Mill

    Burritt, R., Herzig, C. & Tadeo, B. D., 03.2009, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 17, 4, p. 431-439 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Integrated assessment of bioelectricity technology options

    Thornley, P., Upham, P., Huang, Y., Rezvani, S., Brammer, J. & Rogers, J., 03.2009, In: Energy Policy. 37, 3, p. 890-903 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Optimal dynamic scale and structure of a multi-pollution economy

    Baumgärtner, S., Jöst, F. & Winkler, R., 15.02.2009, In: Ecological Economics. 68, 4, p. 1226-1238 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Selection harvest in temperate deciduous forests: impact on herb layer richness and composition

    Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.02.2009, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 18, 2, p. 271-287 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Determination of the construction and the material identity values of outside building components with the help of in-situ measuring procedures and FEM-simulation calculations

    Beißner, E. & Eilering, S., 02.2009, In: Bautechnik. 86, 2, p. 94-98 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Shifts in N and P Budgets of Heathland Ecosystems: Effects of Management and Atmospheric Inputs

    Haerdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Gerke, A.-K., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Matern, A. & Meyer, H., 02.2009, In: Ecosystems. 12, 2, p. 298-310 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    At the interface of historical and present-day ecology: ground beetles in woodlands and open habitats in Upper Galilee (Israel) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

    Timm, A., Buse, J., Dayan, T., Härdtle, W., Levanony, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.01.2009, In: Zoology in the Middle East. 47, 1, p. 93-104 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Consumerist lifestyles in the context of globalization: investigating scenarios of homogenization, diversification and hybridization

    Kuhn, K., 01.01.2009, The new middle classes: globalizing lifestyles, consumerism and environmental concern. Lange, H. & Meier, L. (eds.). Dordrecht [u.a.]: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 49-64 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Elbe DSS: a planning support system for strategic river basin planning

    Hahn, B. M., Kofalk, S., Kok, J.-L., Berlekamp, J. & Evers, M., 01.01.2009, Planning support systems: best practice and new methods. Geertman, S. & Stillwell, J. (eds.). [Dordrecht]: Springer, p. 113-136 24 p. (GeoJournal Library; vol. 95).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Natures running wild: a social-ecological perspective on wilderness

    Hofmeister, S., 01.2009, In: Nature and Culture. 4, 3, p. 293-315 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    20 Jahre - 20 Fragen - 20 Persönlichkeiten

    Sanden, J., 2009, Handbuch Altlastensanierung und Flächenmanagement: 20 Jahre - 20 Fragen - 20 Persönlichkeiten. Franzius, D. V., Altenbockum, M. & Gerold, D. T. (eds.). Heidelberg, p. 139-147 9 p.

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

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    25 Jahre Conservation Reserve Program der USA: Erfahrungen und Perspektiven für die europäische Agrarumweltpolitik

    Groth, M., 2009, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 32, 4, p. 447 - 468 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Accounting Information and the Accounting Function in Sustainability Management: Case Studies with Pioneers in Germany and the UK

    Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2009, Book of proceedings from the 5th International Conference Environmental Accounting - Sustainable Development Indicators 2009, 5th EA-SDI International Conference, EMAN, Environmental Management Accounting Network, April 23 - 24, 2009, Prague, Czech Republic.

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

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