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. 2024
  2. Published

    Ungleiche Partizipationschancen in heterogenen Lerngruppen: Eine ethnografische Studie in Klassenräten inklusiver Grundschulklassen

    Meyn, J., 01.12.2024, Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. 322 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Advancing sustainable chemistry education: Insights from real-world case studies

    Araripe, E. & Zuin Zeidler, V. G., 12.2024, In: Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 9, 10 p., 100436.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Analyzing the political impact of Real-world laboratories for urban transformation in eight German ‘Cities of the Future’

    Kampfmann, T., Lang, D. J. & Weiser, A., 12.2024, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 162, 12 p., 103923.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Applicability of the European Commission's framework on safe and sustainable by design to the pharmaceutical sector

    Puhlmann, N., Abbate, E., Kümmerer, K., Oomen, A. G., Ragas, A. M. J. & Moermond, C., 12.2024, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 42, 15 p., 101845.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    A social-ecological approach to support equitable land use decision-making

    Brück, M., Benra, F., Duguma, D. W., Fischer, J., Jiren, T. S., Law, E. A., Pacheco-Romero, M., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 12.2024, In: Ambio. 53, 12, p. 1752-1767 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Can isometric testing substitute for the one repetition maximum squat test?

    Warneke, K., Keiner, M., Behm, D. G., Wirth, K., Kaufmann, M., Sproll, M., Konrad, A., Wallot, S. & Hillebrecht, M., 12.2024, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 124, 12, p. 3683-3692 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Collaborative governance and personal relationships for sustainability transformation in the textile sector

    Beyers, F., 12.2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 10 p., 13347.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Digital cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia reduces insomnia in nurses suffering from shift work disorder: A randomised-controlled pilot trial

    Ell, J., Brückner, H. A., Johann, A. F., Steinmetz, L., Güth, L. J., Feige, B., Järnefelt, H., Vallières, A., Frase, L., Domschke, K., Riemann, D., Lehr, D. & Spiegelhalder, K., 12.2024, In: Journal of Sleep Research. 33, 6, 14 p., e14193.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Fostering students’ participation in the implementation of the sustainable development goals at higher education institutions

    Filho, W. L., Trevisan, L. V., Dinis, M. A. P., Ulmer, N., Paço, A., Borsari, B., Sierra, J. & Salvia, A., 12.2024, In: Discover Sustainability. 5, 1, 24 p., 22.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal Commission and local communities

    Radtke, J. & David, M., 12.2024, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 14, 1, 18 p., 7.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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