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.
- 2017
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Real-world Laboratories and Transformation Research: Call for Papers: GAIA Open Access Special Issue
Schäpke, N., Stelzer, F., Bergmann, M., Lang, D. J., Wagner, F. & Miller, E., 15.01.2017, In: GAIA. 26, 1, p. 55-57 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Variation in short-term and long-term responses of photosynthesis and isoprenoid-mediated photoprotection to soil water availability in four Douglas-fir provenances
Junker, L. V., Kleiber, A., Jansen, K., Wildhagen, H., Hess, M., Kayler, Z., Kammerer, B., Schnitzler, J.-P., Kreuzwieser, J., Gessler, A. & Ensminger, I., 10.01.2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 16 p., 40145.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gutes Leben vor Ort
Heinrichs, H. (Editor), Kirst, E. (Editor) & Plawitzki, J. (Editor), 09.01.2017, Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 253 p. (Initiativen zum Umweltschutz; vol. 90)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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The Importance of Being First: Exploring Priority and Diversity Effects in a Grassland Field Experiment
Weidlich, E. W. A., Von Gillhaussen, P., Delory, B., Blossfeld, S., Poorter, H. & Temperton, V. M., 05.01.2017, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, 12 p., 2008.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Preventing Depression in Adults With Subthreshold Depression: Health-Economic Evaluation Alongside a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of a Web-Based Intervention
Buntrock, C., Berking, M., Smit, F., Lehr, D., Nobis, S., Riper, H., Cuijpers, P. & Ebert, D. D., 04.01.2017, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19, 1, 16 p., e5.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Ecosystem functions as indicators for heathland responses to nitrogen fertilisation
Bähring, A., Fichtner, A., Ibe, K., Schütze, G., Temperton, V. M., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.01.2017, In: Ecological Indicators. 72, p. 185-193 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Embedding Evidence on Conservation Interventions Within a Context of Multilevel Governance
Ekroos, J., Leventon, J., Fischer, J., Newig, J. & Smith, H. G., 01.01.2017, In: Conservation Letters. 10, 1, p. 139-145 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emotion Knowledge and Attention Problems in Young Children: a Cross-Lagged Panel Study on the Direction of Effects
Salisch, M., Denham, S. A. & Koch, T., 01.01.2017, In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 45, 1, p. 45-56 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Human and veterinary drugs in the environment
Rastogi, T., Ahmed, W. M. M. M. & Kümmerer, K., 01.01.2017, Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene. Elsevier B.V., Vol. 1-5. p. 263-268 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Initial fate assessment of teratogenic drug trimipramine and its photo-transformation products - Role of pH, concentration and temperature
Khaleel, N. D. H., Mahmoud, W. M. M., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 01.01.2017, In: Water Research. 108, p. 197-211 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Irreversibility and uncertainty cause an intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, N. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.01.2017, In: Ecological Economics. 131, p. 75-86 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Key features for more successful place-based sustainability research on social-ecological systems: a Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) perspective
Balvanera, P., Daw, T. M., Gardner, T. A., Martín-López, B., Norström, A. V., Ifejika Speranza, C., Spierenburg, M., Bennett, E. M., Farfan, M., Hamann, M., Kittinger, J. N., Luthe, T., Maass, M., Peterson, G. D. & Perez-Verdin, G., 01.01.2017, In: Ecology and Society. 22, 1, 45 p., 14.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mandelic acid derived ionic liquids: Synthesis, toxicity and biodegradability
Prydderch, H., Haiß, A., Spulak, M., Quilty, B., Kümmerer, K., Heise, A. & Gathergood, N., 01.01.2017, In: RSC Advances. 7, 4, p. 2115-2126 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Relational leadership for strategic sustainability: practices and capabilities to advance the design and assessment of sustainable business models
Kurucz, E. C., Colbert, B. A., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Upward, A. & Willard, B., 01.01.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 140, p. 189-204 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Research in-between: The constitutive role of cultural differences in transdisciplinarity
Vilsmaier, U., Brandner, V. & Engbers, M., 01.01.2017, In: Transdisciplinary Journal of Engineering & Science. 8, p. 169-179 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability and Education
Michelsen, G. & Fischer, D., 01.01.2017, Sustainable Development Policy: A European Perspective. von Hauff, M. & Kuhnke, C. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 135-158 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The 6-month effectiveness of Internet-based guided self-help for depression in adults with Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus
Ebert, D. D., Nobis, S., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Riper, H., Auerbach, R. P., Snoek, F. J., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 01.01.2017, In: Diabetic Medicine. 34, 1, p. 99–107 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transformation products in the water cycle and the unsolved problem of their proactive assessment: A combined in vitro/in silico approach
Menz, J., Toolaram, A. P., Rastogi, T., Leder, C., Olsson, O., Kümmerer, K. & Schneider, M., 01.01.2017, In: Environmental international. 98, p. 171-180 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What influences environmental entrepreneurship? A multilevel analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurs’ environmental orientation
Hörisch, J., Kollat, J. & Brieger, S. A., 01.01.2017, In: Small Business Economics. 48, 1, p. 47-69 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Forschendes Lernen als Beispiel eines inklusiven Ansatzes für den Fachunterricht
Abels, S. J. & Koliander, B., 01.2017, Vielfalt als Chance: Vom Kern der Sache. Svehla , H., Schörkhuber , B. & Rabl, M. (eds.). LIT Verlag, Vol. 13. p. 53-60 8 p. (Schriften der Kirchlichen Pädagogischen Hochschule; vol. 13).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Nachhaltiger Konsum
Fischer, D. & von Hauff, M., 01.2017, Wiesbaden: Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung. 56 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit; no. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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5. Workshop Umweltinformatik zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und Wandel (UINW 2017)
Naumann, S., Voigt, K. & Kern, E., 2017, 47. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik 2017. Eibl, M. & Gaedke, M. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 1935 1 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 275).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - (k)ein Thema für den Sachunterricht?
Barth, M., 2017, Nachhaltig Handeln lernen im Sachunterricht: Beitragsdokumentation zur Tagung am 5. Oktober 2016 an der Universität Siegen. Gröger, M., Janssen, M. & Wiesemann, J. (eds.). Siegen: Universitätsverlag Siegen, p. 41-57 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Blockchains - Eigentumsfragen, Betrug und Diebstahl
Leistert, O., 2017, In: POP. Kultur und Kritik. 6, 10, p. 48-51 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Can knowledge of priority effects improve outcomes of ecological restoration?
Nelson, C. R., Weidlich, E. W. A. & Temperton, V. M., 2017, Linking Science and Practise for a Better World: Book of Abstracts; VII World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Durigan, G. (ed.). Sociedad Ibero Americana y der Caribe de Restauracion Ecologica, p. 217 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Catalysing Change in Higher Education for Sustainable Development: A review of professional development initiatives for university educators; Editorial
Mulà, I., Tilbury, D., Ryan, A., Mader, M., Dlouhá, J., Mader, C., Benayas, J., Dlouhý, J. & Alba, D., 2017, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 18, 5, p. 798-820 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Current overview of research on priority effects and its relevance to restoration
Weidlich, E. W. A., Nelson, C. R. & Temperton, V. M., 2017, Linking Science and Practise for a Better World: Book of Abstracts; VII World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Durigan, G. (ed.). Sociedad Ibero Americana y der Caribe de Restauracion Ecologica, p. 215 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Das Sprecherziehungs-Emotionsregulations-Modell (SERM) im Lehramtsstudium: Regulation von aversiven Emotionen während des Sprechens
Eckert, M., Puchalla, D., von Prittwitz, V., Roeßler, A., Tarnowski, T. & Sieland, B., 2017, In: Sprechen. 34, 64, p. 5-17 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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„Der ganze Landkreis komplett in Aufruhr“: Konflikte um Agro-Gentechnik 2005 bis 2009: Theoretische Perspektiven und empirische Ergebnisse
Friedrich, B., 2017, In: Zeitschrift für Agrargeschichte und Agrarsoziologie (ZAA). 65, 1, p. 75-89 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Der Handabdruck: Ein Ansatz zur Messung positiver Nachhaltigkeitswirkung von Produkten. Stand und Ausblick: Arbeitspapier Nr. 2 im Rahmen des Projekts "Der Handabdruck: ein komplementäres Maß positiver Nachhaltigkeitswirkung von Produkten"
Beckmann, J., Eberle, U., Eisenhauer, P., Hahn, R., Hermann, C., Kühnen, M., Schaltegger, S., Schmid, M. & Silva, S. L., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 28 p. (Arbeitspapier Handabdruck; no. 2).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Der „reflective practicioner“: Leitfigur oder Kategorienfehler einer reflexiven Lehrerinnen- und Lehrerbildung?
Leonhard, T. & Abels, S. J., 2017, Reflexive Lehrerbildung revisited : Traditionen - Zugänge - Perspektiven. Berndt, C., Häcker, T. & Leonhard, T. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 46-55 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Development and evaluation of a smartphone-based positivity training: Study concept
Kunzler, A., Chmitorz, A., Helmreich, I., Lehr, D., Lieb, K. & Wessa, M., 2017, Digital Health in Ambulatory Assessment: 5th Biennal Conference (SAA) Abstract Book. Vögele, C. (ed.). University of Luxembourg, p. 77 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Research
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Die Rolle des fachlichen Lernens beim Forschenden Lernen in inklusiven Schulklassen
Irndorfer, M. & Abels, S., 2017, Embracing the other.: How the Inclusive Classroom Brings Fresh Ideos to Science and Education . Schulze-Heuling, L. (ed.). Flensburg: Flensburg University Press, p. 85-96 12 p. (Flensburger studies on inclusion and diversity in science and technology education ; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Systematik der Umwelt: Leben, Reiz und Reaktion bei Uexküll und Plessner
Schmieg, G., 2017, Das Leben im Menschen oder der Mensch im Leben?: Deutsch-Französische Genealogien zwischen Anthropologie und Anti-Humanismus. Ebke, T. & Zanfi, C. (eds.). Potsdam: Universitätsverlag Potsdam, p. 355-368 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Do Online Training offer an effective Option for the Prevention and Health Promotion of Professionals? A systematic Overview and Meta-analysis
Lehr, D., 2017, In: Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie. 63, 1, p. 80-81 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Editorial: Challenges and Opportunities for Multinational Corporations in Sustainable Development: Editorial to the Special Issue
Blazejewski, S. & Hörisch, J., 2017, In: International Journal of Business Environment. 9, 3, p. 201-209 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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E-Mental-Health – am Beispiel von internetbasierten Gesundheitsinterventionen
Nobis, S., Lehr, D. & Ebert, D. D., 2017, E-Health-Ökonomie. Müller-Mielitz, S. & Lux, T. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, p. 723-737 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Energizing marginal soils: A perennial cropping system for Sida hermaphrodita
Nabel, M., Poorter, H., Temperton, V. M., Schrey, S., Koller, R., Schurr, U. & Jablonowski, N., 2017, Geophysical Research Abstracts. European Geosciences Union (EGU), Vol. 19. 1 p. (Geophysical research abstracts; vol. 19).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research
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Engaging Teacher Educators with the Sustainability Agenda: A Case Study of a Pilot Professional Development Program from Ethiopia
Amado, A., Dalelo, A., Adomßent, M. & Fischer, D., 2017, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 18, 5, p. 715-737 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Erneuerbare Energien und Elektromobilität in KMU: Eine Business Case-Analyse im mobilen Pflegebetrieb
Hansen, E. G. & Revellio, F., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 58 p.Research output: Working paper › Research communication reports › Transfer
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Exploring priority effects in a central European grassland field experiment in order to inform restoration
Weidlich, E. W. A., 2017, Linking Science and Practise for a Better World: Book of Abstracts; VII World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Durigan, G. (ed.). Sociedad Ibero Americana y der Caribe de Restauracion Ecologica, p. 215 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Feld oder Assemblage? Die Bildungsbroker des Fachkräftemangels in der Bucht von San Francisco
Herberg, J., 2017, Macht in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. : Diskurs- und feldanalytische Perspektiven. Hamann, J., Maeße, J., Gengnagel, V. & Hirschfeld, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 259-290 32 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Flexible software support for mobility services
Akyol, A., Halberstadt, J., Hebig, K., Jelschen, J., Winter, A., Sandau, A. & Gómez, J. M., 2017, 47. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik 2017. Eibl, M. & Gaedke, M. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 2027-2038 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 275).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Gesellschaftliche Raumverhältnisse: Ein Forschungsprogramm zu den Verbindungen von ‚Natur‘, ‚Raum‘ und ‚Geschlecht‘
Mölders, T., 2017, Zum Selbstverständnis der Gender Studies: Methoden - Methodologien - theoretische Diskussionen und empirische Übersetzungen. Onnen, C. & Rode-Breymann, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Verlag Babara Budrich, Vol. 1. p. 89-105 17 p. (L`AGENda; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Globales Lernen - Konzeptionen
Kater-Wettstädt, L. & Asbrand, B., 2017, Handlexikon Globales Lernen. Lang-Wojtasik, G. & Klemm, U. (eds.). 2. ed. Ulm: Verlag Klemm + Oelschläger , p. 151-155 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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Globales Lernen - Unterrichtsmaterialien
Kater-Wettstädt, L. & Asbrand, B., 2017, Handlexikon Globales Lernen. Lang-Wojtasik, G. & Klemm, U. (eds.). 2. ed. Ulm: Verlag Klemm + Oelschläger , p. 390-395 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Articles for encyclopedia › Research
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GrassVeg.DE: die neue kollaborative Vegetationsdatenbank für alle Offenlandhabitate Deutschlands
Dengler, J., Becker, T., Conradi, T., Dolnik, C., Heindl-Tenhunen, B., Jensen, K., Kaufmann, J., Klotz, M., Kurzboeck, C., Lampe, P., Langer, N., Marquardt, B., Putfarken, D., Rahmlow, M., Schuhmacherl, O. & Went, J., 2017, In: Tuexenia. 37, 1, p. 447-455 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Großprojektmanagement
Giese, N., 2017, Berlin: Springer Gabler. 80 p. (Leuphana Case Studies)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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"Ich hoffe, du weißt das zu schätzen?!": Eine Erhebung der Schätzkompetenz in der Sekundarstufe I
Stinken, L., 2017, Berlin: Logos Verlag Berlin. 307 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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Inklusion – aber wie? Methoden und Materialien aus der Praxis für die Praxis
Abels, S. & Markic, S., 2017, In: Naturwissenschaft im Unterricht - Chemie. 28, 162, p. 8-11 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review