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.
- 2015
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Pollination mitigates cucumber yield gaps more than pesticide and fertilizer use in tropical smallholder gardens
Motzke, I., Tscharntke, T., Wanger, T. C. & Klein, A. M., 02.2015, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 52, 1, p. 261-269 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Response of a shrubland mammal and reptile community to a history of landscape-scale wildfire
Doherty, T. S., Davis, R. A., Van Etten, E. J. B., Collier, N. & Krawiec, J., 02.2015, In: International Journal of Wildland Fire. 24, 4, p. 534-543 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The necessity of disinfected toilet brushes - information policy of companies on disinfectants in private homes
Wieck, S., 23.01.2015, In: Environmental Sciences Europe. 27, 1, 9 p., 3.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A review on the use of calcium chloride in applied thermal engineering
N'Tsoukpoe, K. E., Rammelberg, H., Fopah Lele, A., Korhammer, K., Watts, B. A., Schmidt, T. & Ruck, W., 22.01.2015, In: Applied Thermal Engineering. 75, p. 513-531 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Aliens in Transylvania: risk maps of invasive alien plant species in Central Romania
Zimmermann, H., Loos, J., von Wehrden, H. & Fischer, J., 16.01.2015, In: NeoBiota. 24, p. 55-65 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeit anders denken: Veränderungspotenziale durch Geschlechterperspektiven
Katz, C. (Editor), Heilmann, S. (Editor), Thiem, A. (Editor), Moths, K. (Editor), Koch, L. M. (Editor) & Hofmeister, S. (Editor), 15.01.2015, 1. Auflage ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 293 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Environmental chemistry of organosiloxanes
Rücker, C. & Kümmerer, K., 14.01.2015, In: Chemical Reviews. 115, 1, p. 466-524 59 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Performance of methods to select landscape metrics for modelling species richness
Schindler, S., von Wehrden, H., Poirazidis, K., Hochachka, W. M., Wrbka, T. & Kati, V., 10.01.2015, In: Ecological Modelling. 295, p. 107-112 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Observational natural history and morphological taxonomy are indispensable for future challenges in biodiversity and conservation
Staab, M., Ohl, M., Zhu, C. D. & Klein, A. M., 02.01.2015, In: Communicative and Integrative Biology. 8, 1, 3 p., e992745.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Monster and the polar bears: constructing the future knowledge landscape of synthetic biology to inform responsible innovation.
Withycombe Keeler, L. & Foley, R. W., 02.01.2015, In: Journal of Responsible Innovation. 2, 1, p. 81 - 84 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing Online Consultation in Participatory Governance: Conceptual Framework and a Case Study of a National Sustainability-related Consultation Platform in Germany
Schulz, D. & Newig, J., 01.01.2015, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 25, 1, p. 55-69 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bilingual (German–English) molecular biology courses in an out-of-school lab on a university campus: Cognitive and affective evaluation
Rodenhauser, A. & Preisfeld, A., 01.01.2015, In: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. 10, 1, p. 99-110 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodegradation screening of chemicals in an artificial matrix simulating the water-sediment interface
Baginska, E., Haiß, A. & Kümmerer, K., 01.01.2015, In: Chemosphere. 119, p. 1240-1246 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ecotoxicological and Genotoxic Assessment of Hospital Laundry Wastewaters
Kern, D. I., de Oliveira Schwaickhardt, R., Lutterbeck, C. A., Kist, L. T., Alcayaga, E. A. L. & Machado, Ê. L., 01.01.2015, In: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 68, 1, p. 64-73 10 p., 72.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Elution of monomers from provisional composite materials
Schulz, S. D., Laquai, T., Kümmerer, K., Bolek, R., Mersch-Sundermann, V. & Polydorou, O., 01.01.2015, In: International Journal of Polymer Science. 2015, 7 p., 617407.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Historical emissions of octachlorodibenzodioxin in a watershed in Queensland, Australia: estimation from field data and an environmental fate model
Camenzuli, L., Scheringer, M., Gaus, C., Grant, S., Zennegg, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 01.01.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 502, p. 680-687 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How interest groups adapt to the changing forest governance landscape in the EU: A case study from Germany
Jürges, N. & Newig, J., 01.01.2015, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 50, p. 228-235 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interacting effects of pollination, water and nutrients on fruit tree performance
Klein, A.-M., Hendrix, S. D., Clough, Y., Scofield, A. & Kremen, C., 01.01.2015, In: Plant Biology. 17, 1, p. 201-208 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Key Competencies: Reconciling Means and Ends in Education for Sustainable Consumption
Fischer, D. & Barth, M., 01.01.2015, Schools for Health and Sustainability: Theory, Research and Practice. Simovska, V. & Mannix McNamara, P. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Verlag, p. 41-60 20 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Labelling Sustainable Software Products and Websites: Ideas , Approaches , and Challenges
Kern, E., Dick, M., Naumann, S. & Filler, A., 01.01.2015, 29th International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection. Atlantis Press, p. 82-91 10 p. (Advances in Computer Science Research).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review