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. 2015
  2. Published

    Does CSR Matter for Nonprofit Organizations? Testing the Link Between CSR Performance and Trustworthiness in the Nonprofit Versus For-Profit Domain

    Lin-Hi, N., Hörisch, J. & Blumberg, I., 22.10.2015, In: Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 26, 5, p. 1944-1974 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Landscape simplification filters species traits and drives biotic homogenization

    Gámez-Virués, S., Perović, D. J., Gossner, M. M., Börschig, C., Blüthgen, N., de Jong, H., Simons, N. K., Klein, A.-M., Krauss, J., Maier, G., Scherber, C., Steckel, J., Rothenwöhrer, C., Steffan-Dewenter, I., Weiner, C. N., Weisser, W., Werner, M., Tscharntke, T. & Westphal, C., 20.10.2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 8 p., 8568.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    B7-H1 Selectively Controls TH17 Differentiation and Central Nervous System Autoimmunity via a Novel Non-PD-1-Mediated Pathway

    Herold, M., Posevitz, V., Chudyka, D., Hucke, S., Groß, C., Kurth, F., Leder, C., Loser, K., Kurts, C., Knolle, P., Klotz, L. & Wiendl, H., 15.10.2015, In: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 195, 8, p. 3584-3595 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Maternal transfer of emerging brominated and chlorinated flame retardants in European eels

    Sühring, R., Freese, M., Schneider, M., Schubert, S., Pohlmann, J. D., Alaee, M., Wolschke, H., Hanel, R., Ebinghaus, R. & Marohn, L., 15.10.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 530-531, p. 209-218 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Effectiveness of a Web-Based Cognitive Behavioural Intervention for Subthreshold Depression: Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial

    Buntrock, C., Ebert, D. D., Lehr, D., Riper, H., Smit, F., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 14.10.2015, In: Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 84, 6, p. 348-358 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Thermal conductivity measurement of thermochemical storage materials

    Fopah Lele, A., N'Tsoukpoe, K. E., Osterland, T., Kuznik, F. & Ruck, W., 05.10.2015, In: Applied Thermal Engineering. 89, p. 916-926 11 p., 6771.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Impact of land cover homogenization on the Corncrake (Crex crex) in traditional farmland

    Dorresteijn, I., Teixeira, L., von Wehrden, H., Loos, J., Hanspach, J., Stein, J. A. R. & Fischer, J., 04.10.2015, In: Landscape Ecology. 30, 8, p. 1483-1495 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Adapting livestock management to spatio-temporal heterogeneity in semi-arid rangelands

    Jakoby, O., Quaas, M. F., Baumgärtner, S. & Frank, K., 01.10.2015, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 162, p. 179-189 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Case-based Mutual Learning Sessions: knowledge integration and transfer in transdisciplinary processes

    Vilsmaier, U., Engbers, M., Luthardt, P., Maas-Deipenbrock, R. M., Wunderlich, S. & Scholz, R. W., 01.10.2015, In: Sustainability Science. 10, 4, p. 563-580 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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