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.
- 2021
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Gone and forgotten: facilitative effects of intercropping combinations did not carry over to affect barley performance in a follow‑up crop rotation
Kumar, A., Rosinger, C., Chen, H., Protic, S., Bonkowski, M. & Temperton, V., 10.2021, In: Plant and Soil. 467, 1-2, p. 405-419 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Limited effectiveness of EU policies to conserve an endangered species in high nature value farmland in Romania
Loos, J., Gallersdörfer, J., Hartel, T., Dolek, M. & Sutcliffe, L., 10.2021, In: Ecology and Society. 26, 3, 11 p., 3.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Limited knowledge flow among stakeholders of critically endangered renosterveld in South Africa
Burghardt, S., Topp, E. N., Esler, K. J. & Loos, J., 10.2021, In: Ecology and Society. 26, 3, 17 p., 17.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Success of collaboration for sustainable agriculture: a case study meta-analysis
Velten, S., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 10.2021, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 23, 10, p. 14619–14641 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tree species richness promotes an early increase of stand structural complexity in young subtropical plantations
Perles-Garcia, M. D., Kunz, M., Fichtner, A., Härdtle, W. & von Oheimb, G., 10.2021, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 58, 10, p. 2305-2314 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany
Riechers, M., Balázsi, Á., Engler, J. O., Shumi, G. & Fischer, J., 10.2021, In: People and Nature. 3, 5, p. 1036-1046 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Woody plant species diversity and composition in and around Debre Libanos church forests of North Shoa Zone of Oromiya, Ethiopia
Koricho, H. H., Shumi, G., Gebreyesus, T., Song, S. & Fufa, F., 10.2021, In: Journal of Forestry Research. 32, 5, p. 1929-1939 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Worse is worse and better doesn't matter? The effects of favorable and unfavorable environmental information on consumers’ willingness to pay
Petersen, L., Hörisch, J. & Jacobs, K., 10.2021, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25, 5, p. 1338-1356 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Implementing education for sustainable development in the German school system: Implications for teacher education
Barth, M. & Kater-Wettstädt, L., 28.09.2021, Quality in Teacher Education and Professional Development: Chinese and German Perspectives. Chi-Kin Lee, J. & Ehmke, T. (eds.). London: Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 157-175 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Strengthening gender justice in a just transition: A research agenda based on a systematic map of gender in coal transitions
Walk, P., Braunger, I., Semb, J., Brodtmann, C., Oei, P. Y. & Kemfert, C., 21.09.2021, In: Energies. 14, 18, 27 p., 5985.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Toward Application and Implementation of in Silico Tools and Workflows within Benign by Design Approaches
Lorenz, S., Amsel, A. K., Puhlmann, N., Reich, M., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 20.09.2021, In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 9, 37, p. 12461-12475 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Auf die Temperatur kommt es an! Untersuchung der Temperaturtoleranz mit der Wärmebildkamera
Stinken-Rösner, L. & Rodenhauser, A., 15.09.2021, In: Digital unterrichten. Biologie. 2021, 7, p. 8-9 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Education
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Dinotefuran alters Collembola-fungi-bacteria interactions that control mineralization of maize and soil organic carbon
Yu, Z., Schmidt, O., Zhao, Y., Liu, M., Kumar, A., Luo, Y. & Xu, J., 15.09.2021, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 418, 11 p., 126391.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Following Health Measures in the Pandemic: A Matter of Values?
Schuster, C., 14.09.2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 17 p., 731799.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Learning to collaborate from diverse interactions in project-based sustainability courses
Konrad, T., Wiek, A. & Barth, M., 02.09.2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 17, 15 p., 9884.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Actors in transitions: narratives of roles and change in the German e-mobility transition
Upham, P. & Gathen, L., 01.09.2021, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 40, p. 450-460 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Added value of convection-permitting simulations for understanding future urban humidity extremes: case studies for Berlin and its surroundings
Langendijk, G. S., Rechid, D., Sieck, K. & Jacob, D., 01.09.2021, In: Weather and Climate Extremes. 33, 14 p., 100367.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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“Beyond nature and culture: relational perspectives on the Wadden Sea landscape”
Döring, M., Walsh, C. & Egberts, L., 01.09.2021, In: Maritime Studies. 20, 3, p. 225-234 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity: Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic pastoralism
Engler, J. O., Wesche, K., Kaczensky, P., Dhakal, P., Chuluunkhuyag, O. & von Wehrden, H., 01.09.2021, In: Ecological Economics. 187, 13 p., 107073.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Collaborative design prototyping in transdisciplinary research: An approach to heterogeneity and unknowns
Peukert, D. & Vilsmaier, U., 01.09.2021, In: Futures. 132, 10 p., 102808.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review