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.
- 2022
- Published
Environmental management accounting: development, context, contribution and outlook
Schaltegger, S., Burritt, R. & Christ, K. L., 04.08.2022, Handbook of Accounting and Sustainability. Adams, C. (ed.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 260-278 19 p. (Research handbooks in accounting).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter
- Published
Sustainable Statehood: Reflections on Critical (Pre-)Conditions, Requirements and Design Options
Heinrichs, H., 02.08.2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 15, 14 p., 9461.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
- Published
Comparative effectiveness of three versions of a stepped care model for insomnia differing in the amount of therapist support in internet-delivered treatment: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial (GET Sleep)
Spiegelhalder, K., Baumeister, H., Al-Kamaly, A., Bader, M., Bauereiss, N., Benz, F., Braun, L., Buntrock, C., Burkhardt, M., Cuijpers, P., Domschke, K., Dülsen, P., Franke, M., Frase, L., Heber, E., Helm, K., Jentsch, T., Johann, A., Küchler, A. M., Kuhn, M., Lehr, D., Maun, A., Morin, C. M., Moshagen, M., Richter, K., Schiel, J., Simon, L., Spille, L., Weeß, H. G., Riemann, D. & Ebert, D. D., 01.08.2022, In: BMJ Open. 12, 8, 11 p., e058212.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environmental governance in globally telecoupled systems: Mapping the terrain towards an integrated research agenda
Cotta, B., Coenen, J., Challies, E., Newig, J., Lenschow, A. & Schilling-Vacaflor, A., 01.08.2022, In: Earth System Governance. 13, 16 p., 100142.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Environmental governance of a Belt and Road project in Montenegro – National agency and external influences
Coenen, J., Newig, J. & Meyfroidt, P., 01.08.2022, In: Land Use Policy. 119, 14 p., 106136.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How to estimate carabid biomass?—an evaluation of size-weight models for ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and perspectives for further improvement
Weiss, F. & Linde, A., 01.08.2022, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 26, 4, p. 537-548 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How to Explain Major Policy Change Towards Sustainability? Bringing Together the Multiple Streams Framework and the Multilevel Perspective on Socio-Technical Transitions to Explore the German “Energiewende”
Derwort, P., Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 01.08.2022, In: Policy Studies Journal. 50, 3, p. 671-699 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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International student mobility: Pacific Islander experiences of higher education in Australia
Pearson, J., McNamara, K. & McMichael, C., 01.08.2022, In: Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 63, 2, p. 194-206 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Operationalising the leverage points perspective for empirical research
Riechers, M., Fischer, J., Manlosa, A. O., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. & Sala, J. E., 01.08.2022, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 57, 101206.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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PragmatiKK: Target Group-specific Approach in a web-based Stress Prevention Platform for Micro and Small Companies
Engels, M., Boß, L., Engels, J., Kuhlmann, R., Kuske, J., Lesener, L., Pavlista, V., Scheepers, L., Schmidt-Stiedenroth, K., Schwens, C., Wulf, I. C. & Dragano, N., 01.08.2022, In: Gesundheitswesen. 84, 08/09, p. 862-862 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review