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. 2017
  2. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    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 anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  7. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    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/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  11. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    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/worksChapterpeer-review

  18. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  22. Published

    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 anthologiesMonographsResearch

  23. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  25. Published

    Blockchains - Eigentumsfragen, Betrug und Diebstahl

    Leistert, O., 2017, In: POP. Kultur und Kritik. 6, 10, p. 48-51 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published
  31. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  32. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-review

  33. Published

    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/worksOtherResearch

  34. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  35. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published
  37. Published

    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 contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  38. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

  40. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    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 paperResearch communication reportsTransfer

  42. Published

    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/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    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/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    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/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  46. Published

    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/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  47. Published

    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/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

  48. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Großprojektmanagement

    Giese, N., 2017, Berlin: Springer Gabler. 80 p. (Leuphana Case Studies)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  50. Published

    "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 anthologiesBook

  51. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review