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

    Effectiveness of an online recovery training for employees exposed to blurred boundaries between work and non-work: Bayesian analysis of a randomised controlled trial

    Brückner, H., Wallot, S., Horvath, H., Ebert, D. D. & Lehr, D., 19.04.2024, In: BMJ mental health. 27, 1, 7 p., e301016.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    How data on transformation products can support the redesign of sulfonamides towards better biodegradability in the environment

    Puhlmann, N., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 15.04.2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 921, 13 p., 171027.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    “First come, first served" or “the more, the merrier"? Organizational dynamics of citizen-led solar initiatives and the presence of photovoltaic installations in Germany

    Mueller, L., Marcroft, T. P., von Beck, C., Zeiss, J. P., Schwanitz, V. J., Wierling, A. & Holstenkamp, L., 10.04.2024, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 449, 11 p., 141861.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    § 22 Level Playing Field and Sustainable Development

    Bäumler, J., 05.04.2024, EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A Handbook. Kübek, G., Tams, C. J. & Terhechte, J. P. (eds.). Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 359-380 22 p.

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

  6. Published

    Wie genau die Welt retten? Denkanstöße zum Club-of-Rome-Bericht "EARTH FOR ALL"

    Lietzke-Prinz, I. (Editor) & Farny, S. (Editor), 04.04.2024, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 228 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    15 years of degrowth research: A systematic review

    Engler, J. O., Kretschmer, M. F., Rathgens, J., Ament, J. A., Huth, T. & von Wehrden, H., 01.04.2024, In: Ecological Economics. 218, 14 p., 108101.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Careless product use in access-based services: A rebound effect and how to address it

    Ackermann, L. & Tunn, V. S. C., 01.04.2024, In: Journal of Business Research. 177, 11 p., 114643.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Circular and inclusive utilization of alternative proteins: A European and Mediterranean perspective

    Athanassiou, C. G., Smetana, S. M., Pleißner, D., Tassoni, A., Gasco, L., Gai, F., Shpigelman, A., Bravo Cadena, M., Gastli, M., Conceição, L. E. C., Gronich, E., Paolacci, S., Chalkidis, V., Kuthy, M., Stolzenberger, R. E., El Yaacoubi, A., Mehlhose, C., Petrusán, J.-I. & Rumbos, C. I., 01.04.2024, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 46, 6 p., 100892.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Flavonoids as benign substitutes for more harmful synthetic chemicals - effects of flavonoids and their transformation products on algae

    Schnarr, L., Olsson, O., Ohls, S., Webersinn, J., Mauch, T. & Kümmerer, K., 01.04.2024, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 38, 19 p., 101473.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Green deserts, but not always: A global synthesis of native woody species regeneration under tropical tree monocultures

    Simões, L. H. P., Guillemot, J., Ronquim, C. C., Weidlich, E. W. A., Muys, B., Fuza, M. S., Lima, R. A. F. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 01.04.2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 4, 14 p., e17269.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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  1. Reduction of Sintering Distortion in Metal Binder Jetting
  2. Operations Excellence für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
  3. Das standardessentielle Patent und die FRAND-Lizenz Teil 2
  4. Entwicklung und Perspektiven des Maßgeblichkeitsprinzips
  5. Adrienne Windhoff-Heritier: Policy Analyse : eine Einführung
  6. Waveboard fahren in der Schule: Herausforderung und Chance
  7. Strategische Erfolgsfaktoren von Versicherungsvermittlern
  8. The Euro Crisis and the Democratic Governance of the Euro
  9. Gesellschafterstreitigkeiten in englischen Gesellschaften
  10. Tribologische Ordnungsschemata und deren Anwendung (Teil 1)
  11. Zehn Thesen zur Zukunft des Schreiben in der Wissenschaft
  12. Explaining Age and Gender Differences in Employment Rates
  13. Assessing Quality of Teaching from Different Perspectives
  14. Nitrogen cycling and storage in Gagea spathacea (Liliaceae)
  15. Why do students choose English as a medium of instruction?
  16. Impact of tree saplings on the kinetic energy of rainfall
  17. Die Erlebnispädagogik im Spiegel von 300 Prüfungsarbeiten
  18. Leistungsorientierte Vergütung in Nonprofit-Organisationen?
  19. Der gewöhnliche Aufenthalt an Demenz erkrankter Personen
  20. Von der Suderburger Wiesenbauschule zur Modelluniversität
  21. Learning from Safe-by-Design for Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design
  22. Operations Excellence für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
  23. Photochemistry of 9-acridinecarboxaldehyde in aqueous media
  24. Narratives of Independent Production in Video Game Culture
  25. Emotion Knowledge and Attention Problems in Young Children
  26. Mapping the determinants of carbon-related CEO compensation
  27. Measuring Young Consumers’ Sustainable Consumption Behavior
  28. Combating Climate Change through Organisational Innovation
  29. Schulsystem, Selektion und Schulzufriedenheit in Frankreich
  30. Differences in the sophistication of Value-based Management
  31. Nutzung von Daten für die Schul- und Unterrichtsentwicklung