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.
- 2007
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Improvement of GC sensitivity for polar and nonpolar PAHs by using a deactivated liner
Meyer, D., Dressler, H. & Ruck, W., 02.2007, In: LC-GC North America. 25, 2, p. 180-190 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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High performance liquid chromatographic determination of etofibrate and its hydrolysis products.
El-Gindy, A., Hadad, G. M. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 04.01.2007, In: Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis. 43, 1, p. 196–203 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Methods and compositions relating to a vaccine against prostate cancer
Leder, C., King, A. D., Pavlenko, M. & Pisa, P., 04.01.2007, IPC No. A61K39/00 (2006.01), Patent No. WO/2007/002149 A2, 21.06.2006Research output: Patents › Patent
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40. Chronology and climate forcing of the last four interglacials
Sirocko, F., Claussen, M., Litt, T., Fernanda Sánchez Goñi, M., Berger, A., Boettger, T., Diehl, M., Desprat, S., Delmonte, B., Degering, D., Frechen, M., A. Geyh, M., Groeger, M., Kageyama, M., Kaspar, F., Kühl, N., Kubatzki, C., Lohmann, G., Loutre, M. F., Müller, U., Rein, B., Rosendahl, W., Roucoux, K., Rousseau, D. D., Seelos, K., Siddall, M., Scholz, D., Spötl, C., Urban, B., Vautravers, M., Velichko, A., Wenzel, S., Widmann, M. & Wünnemann, B., 01.01.2007, In: Developments in Quaternary Science. 7, C, p. 597-614 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Dry grassland communities on southern Öland: Phytosociology, ecology, and diversity
Löbel, S. & Dengler, J., 01.01.2007, In: Acta Phytogeographica Suecica. 88, p. 13-31 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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E-Government: Wirtschaftliche Symbiose von eAkten und pAkten: Integration der RFID-Technologie in das Schriftgut
Bonin, H. E. G., 01.01.2007, In: Verwaltung & Management. 13, 4, p. 208-211 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Gläserne Energieversorgungsunternehmen? neue Pflichten nach dem geänderten Umweltinformationsrecht
Schomerus, T., 01.01.2007, Europa - Verfassung, Arbeit, Umwelt: liber amicorum Hartwig Donner . Heilmann, J. & Schubert, J. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 37-52 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Impact of sod-cutting and choppering on nutrient budgets of dry heathlands
Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Fottner, S., Haerdtle, W. & Mohamed, A., 01.01.2007, In: Biological Conservation. 134, 3, p. 344-353 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Water quality indices across Europe - a comparison of the good ecological status of five river basins
von der Ohe, P. C., Prüß, A., Schäfer, R. B., Liess, M., de Deckere, E. & Brack, W., 01.01.2007, In: Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 9, 9, p. 970-978 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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28. Interglacial pollen records from schöningen, North Germany
Urban, B., 2007, The Climate of Past Interglacials. Sirocko, F., Claussen, M., Goñi, M. F. S. & Litt, T. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier Scientific Publishing, p. 417-444 28 p. (Developments in Quaternary Sciences; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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8. Uranium-series dating of peat from central and Northern Europe
Frechen, M., Sierralta, M., Oezen, D. & Urban, B., 2007, The climate of past interglacials. Sirocko, F., Claussen, M., Litt, T. & Sanchez-Goni, M. F. (eds.). Amsterdam [u.a.]: Elsevier Scientific Publishing, p. 93-117 25 p. (Developments in Quaternary Science; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 61).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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A klímavédelem alapvető feladatai
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2007, Épületgépészet a gyakorlatban: kézikönyv épületgépészeti tervezéshez, kivitelezéshez. Bánhidi , L. (ed.). Budapest: Dashöfer Verlag, p. 1-38 39 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Aphaenopidius kamnikensis Drovenik 1987 in Kärnten
Drovenik, B., Weber, F., Paill, W. & Aßmann, T., 2007, In: Angewandte Carabidologie. 8, p. 73-76 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Ausgerechnet Texas: von Öl und Gas zur Windenergie ; Bericht über die Tagung des "Wind Energy Institute", University of Texas, School of Law, 26.-27. Februar 2007, Austin, Texas
Schomerus, T., 2007, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 11, 1, p. 50 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Berechnung von Eisengehalten und Verockerungspotential von Schluckbrunnen mithilfe von Temperatur-, Redoxpotential-, pH-Wert-, Leitfähigkeits- und Sauerstoffsättigungsdaten
Opel, O. & Novio Liñares, J. A., 2007, Der Geothermiekongress 2007 - Energie für alle Fälle: 29.-31.10.2007 in Bochum. Tagungsband. CD-ROM. Geeste: Bundesverband Geothermie e.V.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Besonderheiten der Evaluation transdisziplinärer Forschung und der Stellenwert von Kompetenz
Godemann, J., 2007, Evaluation inter- und transdisziplinärer Forschung: Humanökologie und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung auf dem Prüfstand. Stoll-Kleemann, S. & Pohl, C. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 123-136 14 p. (Edition Humanökologie : Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Humanökologie ; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: ein motivierendes Konzept
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Jahrbuch für Nachhaltigkeit 2007. Hellwig, M. & Hemker, R. (eds.). Münster: ecotransfer Verlags- und Bildungsgesellschaft, p. 50-52 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als regionales Projekt
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Tradition und Innovation: Region und Bildung in einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Stoltenberg, U. & Emmermann, C. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 80-92 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung und das eigene Leben
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Der (Sach-)Unterricht und das eigene Leben. Schomaker, C. & Stockmann, R. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 201-212 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research