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.
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Spatial scale affects seed predation and dispersal in contrasting anthropogenic landscapes
Pufal, G. & Klein, A. M., 12.2015, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 16, 8, p. 726-736 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The ethics of offsetting nature
Ives, C. D. & Bekessy, S. A., 12.2015, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 13, 10, p. 568-573 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Vasodilatierende Substanzen in Kläranlagenabläufen und Oberflächengewässern
Hensen, B., Faubel, C., Palm, W. U. & Steffen, D., 12.2015, In: Wasser und Abfall. 17, 12, p. 44-49 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Direct and Mn-Controlled Indirect Iron Oxidation by Leptothrix discophora SS-1 and Leptothrix cholodnii
Eggerichs, T., Otte, T., Opel, O. & Ruck, W., 26.11.2015, In: Geomicrobiology Journal. 32, 10, p. 934-943 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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UN Global Action Programme and Education for Sustainable Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Base
Fischer, D., Aubrecht, E. L., Brück, M., Ditges, L., Gathen, L., Jahns, M., Petersmann, M., Rau, J. & Wellmann, C., 24.11.2015, In: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education. 6, 1, p. 5-20 16 p., 1.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Socioecological drivers facilitating biodiversity conservation in traditional farming landscapes
Dorresteijn, I., Loos, J., Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J., 20.11.2015, In: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 1, 9, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Elementary school children contribute to environmental research as citizen scientists
Miczajka, V. L., Klein, A. M. & Pufal, G., 18.11.2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 11, 10 p., e0143229.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Envisioning the Future of Water Governance: A Survey of Central Arizona Water Decision Makers
White, D. D., Withycombe Keeler, L., Wiek, A. & Larson, K. L., 17.11.2015, In: Environmental Practice. 17, 1, p. 25-35 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Identification of phototransformation products of the antiepileptic drug gabapentin: Biodegradability and initial assessment of toxicity
Herrmann, M., Menz, J., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 15.11.2015, In: Water Research. 85, p. 11-21 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Photolytic transformation products and biological stability of the hydrological tracer Uranine
Gutowski, L., Olsson, O., Lange, J. & Kümmerer, K., 15.11.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 533, p. 446-453 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pollution exposure on marine protected areas: A global assessment
Partelow, S., von Wehrden, H. & Horn, O., 15.11.2015, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 100, 1, p. 352-358 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Throughfall kinetic energy in young subtropical forests: Investigation on tree species richness effects and spatial variability
Goebes, P., Seitz, S., Kühn, P., Li, Y., Niklaus, P. A., Oheimb, G. V. & Scholten, T., 15.11.2015, In: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 213, p. 148-159 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Palaeodose underestimation of heated quartz in red-TL dating of volcanic contexts
Richter, D., Klinger, P. & Zöller, L., 07.11.2015, In: Geochronometria. 42, 1, p. 182-188 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A cognitive mapping approach to understanding public objection to energy infrastructure: The case of wind power in Galicia, Spain
Upham, P. & García Pérez, J., 01.11.2015, In: Renewable Energy. 83, p. 587-596 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Antibiotics and sweeteners in the aquatic environment: biodegradability, formation of phototransformation products, and in vitro toxicity
Bergheim, M., Gminski, R., Spangenberg, B., Debiak, M., Bürkle, A., Mersch-Sundermann, V., Kümmerer, K. & Gieré, R., 01.11.2015, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22, 22, p. 18017-18030 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing the environmental fate of S-metolachlor, its commercial product Mercantor Gold® and their photoproducts using a water-sediment test and in silico methods
Gutowski, L., Baginska, E., Olsson, O., Leder, C. & Kümmerer, K., 01.11.2015, In: Chemosphere. 138, p. 847-855 9 p., 16405.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cultural Practices, Norms, and Values
Frese, M., 01.11.2015, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 46, 10, p. 1327-1330 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Design and evaluation of learning processes in an international sustainability oriented study programme. In search of a new educational quality and assessment method
Dlouha, J. & Burandt, S., 01.11.2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 106, p. 247-258 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Estimation of baseflow and water transfer in karst catchments in Mediterranean Turkey by nonlinear recession analysis
Eris, E. & Wittenberg, H., 01.11.2015, In: Journal of Hydrology. 530, p. 500-507 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Field measurement of ammonia emissions after nitrogen fertilization-A comparison between micrometeorological and chamber methods
Ni, K., Köster, J. R., Seidel, A. & Pacholski, A., 01.11.2015, In: European Journal of Agronomy. 71, p. 115-122 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning
John, B., Keeler, L. W., Wiek, A. & Lang, D. J., 01.11.2015, In: Cities. 48, p. 86 - 98 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Physico-chemical characteristics affect the spatial distribution of pesticide and transformation product loss to an agricultural brook
Gassmann, M., Olsson, O., Stamm, C., Weiler, M. & Kümmerer, K., 01.11.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 532, p. 733-743 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Plant diversity and composition compensate for negative effects of urbanization on foraging bumble bees
Hülsmann, M., von Wehrden, H., Klein, A. M. & Leonhardt, S. D., 01.11.2015, In: Apidologie. 46, 6, p. 760-770 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Through the eye of a butterfly: Assessing biodiversity impacts of cashew expansion in West Africa
Vasconcelos, S., Rodrigues, P., Palma, L., Mendes, L. F., Palminha, A., Catarino, L. & Beja, P., 01.11.2015, In: Biological Conservation. 191, p. 779-786 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Allocation patterns of airborne nitrogen in mountainous heathlands – A 15N tracer study in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)
Calvo-Fernández, J., Marcos, E., Calvo, L. & Härdtle, W., 11.2015, In: Ecological Engineering. 84, p. 128-135 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Application of feedforward artificial neural network in Muskingum flood routing: A black-box forecasting approach for a natural river system
Latt, Z. Z., 11.2015, In: Water Resources Management. 29, 14, p. 4995-5014 20 p., a006.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of prenatal environment on phenotype are revealed by postnatal challenges: embryonic hormone exposure, adrenocortical function, and food in seabird chicks
Benowitz-Fredericks, Z. M., Schultner, J. & Kitaysky, A. S., 11.2015, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88, 6, p. 607-623 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in the aquatic environment: A case study of the Elbe River, Germany
Wolschke, H., Sühring, R., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 11.2015, In: Environmental Pollution. 206, p. 488-493 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Red mason bees cannot compete with honey bees for floral resources in a cage experiment
Hudewenz, A. & Klein, A. M., 11.2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 21, p. 5049-5056 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Does tree architectural complexity influence the accuracy of wood volume estimates of single young trees by terrestrial laser scanning?
Hess, C., Bienert, A., Härdtle, W. & von Oheimb, G., 30.10.2015, In: Forests. 6, 11, p. 3847-3867 21 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Operationalising Competencies in Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Wiek, A., Bernstein, M. J., Foley, R. W., Cohen, M., Forrest, N., Kuzdas, C., Kay, B. & Withycombe Keeler, L., 26.10.2015, Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Barth, M., Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Thomas, I. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 241-260 20 p. 16. (Routledge International Handbooks Series).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Evaluating the (cost-)effectiveness of guided and unguided Internet-based self-help for problematic alcohol use in employees: A three arm randomized controlled trial
Boß, L., Lehr, D., Berking, M., Riper, H., Schaub, M. P. & Ebert, D. D., 12.10.2015, In: BMC Public Health. 15, 1, 14 p., 1043.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Emotionale Kompetenz bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Entwicklung und Folgen
Klinkhammer, J. & von Salisch, M., 01.10.2015, 1 ed. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer Verlag. 188 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Landscape context influences chytrid fungus distribution in an endangered European amphibian
Scheele, B. C., Driscoll, D. A., Fischer, J., Fletcher, A. W., Hanspach, J., Vörös, J. & Hartel, T., 01.10.2015, In: Animal Conservation. 18, 5, p. 480-488 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Michelsen, G., 10.2015, Menschenrechte, Bildung und Entwicklung - Bestandsaufnahme ihrer Zusammenhänge. Lin Hasenkamp, M.-L. & Brosig, M. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 169-188 20 p. 10Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Crop rotation modelling: A European model intercomparison
Kollas, C., Kersebaum, K. C., Nendel, C., Manevski, K., Müller, C., Palosuo, T., Armas-Herrera, C. M., Beaudoin, N., Bindi, M., Charfeddine, M., Conradt, T., Constantin, J., Eitzinger, J., Ewert, F., Ferrise, R., Gaiser, T., Cortazar-Atauri, I. G. D., Giglio, L., Hlavinka, P., Hoffmann, H., Hoffmann, M. P., Launay, M., Manderscheid, R., Mary, B., Mirschel, W., Moriondo, M., Olesen, J. E., Öztürk, I., Pacholski, A., Ripoche-Wachter, D., Roggero, P. P., Roncossek, S., Rötter, R. P., Ruget, F., Sharif, B., Trnka, M., Ventrella, D., Waha, K., Wegehenkel, M., Weigel, H. J. & Wu, L., 10.2015, In: European Journal of Agronomy. 70, p. 98 - 111 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Insights into PBDE Uptake, Body Burden, and Elimination Gained from Australian Age-Concentration Trends Observed Shortly after Peak Exposure
Gyalpo, T., Toms, L.-M., Mueller, J. F., Harden, F. A., Scheringer, M. & Hungerbühler, K., 10.2015, In: Environmental Health Perspectives. 123, 10, p. 978 - 984 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Introduction
Barth, M., Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Thomas, I., 10.2015, Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development. Barth, M., Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Thomas, I. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 1 - 7 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Making a difference by marking the difference: Constituting in-between spaces for sustainability learning
Vilsmaier, U. & Lang, D. J., 10.2015, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 16, p. 51-55 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sugars in Antarctic aerosol
Barbaro, E., Kirchgeorg, T., Zangrando, R., Vecchiato, M., Piazza, R., Barbante, C. & Gambaro, A., 10.2015, In: Atmospheric Environment. 118, p. 135-144 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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"Taking the pulse" of doctors and nurses to reduce pharmaceutical residues in the water cycle: A ground-breaking survey and its educational implications
Adomßent, M., 30.09.2015, WIT Transactions on The Built Environment: Sustainable Development. Brebbia, C. A. (ed.). WIT Press, Vol. 1. p. 167-178 12 p. (WIT Transactions on The Built Environment; vol. 168).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
