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. 2024
  2. Published

    Exposure of Bromus hordeaceus to fossil- and plant-based micro- and nanoplastics: Impacts and plant-plastic interactions vary depending on polymer type and growth phase

    Alonso-Crespo, I. M. & Mateos-Cárdenas, A., 01.11.2024, In: Chemosphere. 368, 11 p., 143715.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Shrub cover declined as Indigenous populations expanded across southeast Australia

    Mariani, M., Wills, A., Herbert, A., Adeleye, M., Florin, S. A., Cadd, H., Connor, S., Kershaw, P., Theuerkauf, M., Stevenson, J., Fletcher, M. S., Mooney, S., Bowman, D. & Haberle, S., 01.11.2024, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 386, 6721, p. 567-573 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Ecological features facilitating spread of alien plants along Mediterranean mountain roads

    Santoianni, L. A., Innangi, M., Varricchione, M., Carboni, M., La Bella, G., Haider, S. & Stanisci, A., 11.2024, In: Biological Invasions. 26, 11, p. 3879-3899 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    From railroad imperialism to neoliberal reprimarization: Lessons from regime-shifts in the Global Soybean Complex

    Mempel, F., Corbera, E., Labajos, B. R. & Challies, E., 11.2024, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 7, 2, p. 559-582 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Mapping and assessing the knowledge base of ecological restoration

    Heger, T., Jeschke, J., Febria, C., Kollmann, J., Murphy, S. D., Rochefort, L., Shackelford, N., Temperton, V. & Higgs, E., 11.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 8, 10 p., e13676.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Measuring at all scales: sourcing data for more flexible restoration references

    Shackelford, N., Dudney, J., Stueber, M. M., Temperton, V. M. & Suding, K. L., 11.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 8, 10 p., e13541.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Plant neighbors differentially alter a focal species' biotic interactions through changes to resource allocation

    Turner, S. C. & Schweitzer, J. A., 11.2024, In: Ecology. 105, 11, 18 p., e4395.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to soil microbiome in modern and wild barley

    Kumar, A., Kuznetsova, O., Gschwendtner, S., Chen, H., Alonso-Crespo, I. M., Yusuf, M., Schulz, S., Bonkowski, M., Schloter, M. & Temperton, V. M., 11.2024, In: Plants People Planet. 6, 6, p. 1398-1412 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Transdiziplinäre Zusammenarbeit für nachhaltige Flächennutzung: Verständnis fördern, Szenarien entwicklen, Synergien finden

    Pfendtner-Heise, J., Krebs, A. & von Wehrden, H., 11.2024, 9 p.

    Research output: other publicationsContributions to online encyclopediaTransfer

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