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.
- 2019
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Building actor-centric transformative capacity through city-university partnerships
Keeler, L. W., Beaudoin, F., Wiek, A., John, B., Lerner, A. M., Beecroft, R., Tamm, K., Seebacher, A., Lang, D. J., Kay, B. & Forrest, N., 15.05.2019, In: Ambio. 48, 5, p. 529-538 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Economic Evaluation of an Internet-Based Stress Management Intervention Alongside a Randomized Controlled Trial
Kählke, F., Buntrock, C., Smit, F., Berking, M., Lehr, D., Heber, E., Funk, B., Riper, H. & Ebert, D. D., 15.05.2019, In: JMIR Mental Health. 6, 5, 13 p., e10866.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Do Nonsuicidal Severely Depressed Individuals with Diabetes Profit from Internet-Based Guided Self-Help? Secondary Analyses of a Pragmatic Randomized Trial
Schlicker, S., Weisel, K. K., Buntrock, C., Berking, M., Nobis, S., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Snoek, F. J., Riper, H. & Ebert, D. D., 14.05.2019, In: Journal of Diabetes Research. 2019, 11 p., 2634094.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research: finding the common ground of multi-faceted concepts
von Wehrden, H., Guimarães, M. H., Bina, O., Varanda, M., Lang, D. J., John, B., Gralla, F., Alexander, D., Raines, D., White, A. & Lawrence, R. J., 07.05.2019, In: Sustainability Science. 14, 3, p. 875-888 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Privatizing the commons: New approaches need broader evaluative criteria for sustainability
Partelow, S., Abson, D. J., Schlueter, A., Fernandez-Gimenez, M., von Wehrden, H. & Collier, N., 03.05.2019, In: International Journal of the Commons. 13, 1, p. 747-776 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transforming Consumer Behavior: Introducing Self-Inquiry-Based and Self-Experience-Based Learning for Building Personal Competencies for Sustainable Consumption
Frank, P. & Stanszus, L., 02.05.2019, In: Sustainability. 11, 9, 19 p., 2550.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Catalyzing Transformations to Sustainability in the World's Mountains
the Mountain Sentinels Network, Klein, J. A., Tucker, C. M., Nolin, A. W., Hopping, K. A., Reid, R. S., Steger, C., Grêt-Regamey, A., Lavorel, S., Müller, B., Yeh, E. T., Boone, R. B., Bourgeron, P., Butsic, V., Castellanos, E., Chen, X., Dong, S., Greenwood, G., Keiler, M., Marchant, R., Seidl, R., Spies, T., Thorn, J., Yager, K. & Martín‐López, B., 01.05.2019, In: Earth's Future. 7, 5, p. 547-557 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Intraspecific trait variation patterns along a precipitation gradient in Mongolian rangelands
Lang, B., Geiger, A., Oyunbileg, M., Ahlborn, J., von Wehrden, H., Wesche, K., Oyuntsetseg, B. & Römermann, C., 01.05.2019, In: Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 254, p. 135-146 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Landscape-scale biodiversity governance: Scenarios for reshaping spaces of governance
Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Loos, J., Fischer, J. & Newig, J., 01.05.2019, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 29, 3, p. 170-184 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The resilience of agricultural landscapes characterized by land sparing versus land sharing
Abson, D., Sherren, K. & Fischer, J., 05.2019, Agriculture Resilience: perspectives from ecology and economics. Gardner, S., Hails, R. S. & Ramsden, S. (eds.). Cambrige: Cambridge University Press, p. 232-252 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wirtschaftskriege im digitalen Zeitalter: Ethische Perspektiven
Oermann, N. O., 05.2019, In: Theologische Literaturzeitung. 144, 5, p. 419-435 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Socioecological Interactions amid Global Change
Almekinders, C. J. M., Stone, G. D., Baranski, M., Carney, J. A., Hanspach, J., Krishna, V. V., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Etten, J. V. & Zimmerer, K. S., 30.04.2019, Agrobiodiversity: Integrating knowledge for a sustainable future. Zimmerer, K. S. & Haan, S. D. (eds.). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, p. 117-143 27 p. (Strüngmann Forum Reports).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable
604 signatories, Kehoe, L., Reis, T., Virah-Sawmy, M., Balmford, A., Kuemmerle, T., Knohl, A., Antonelli, A., Hochkirch, A., Vira, B., Massa, B., Peres, C. A., Ammer, C., Görg, C., Schneider, C., Curtis, D., de la Peña, E., Tello, E., Sperfeld, E., Corbera, E., Morelli, F., Valladares, F., Peterson, G., Hide, G., Mace, G., Kallis, G., Olsson, G. A., Brumelis, G., Alexanderson, H., Haberl, H., Nuissl, H., Kreft, H., Ghazoul, J., Piotrowski, J. A., Macdiarmid, J., Newig, J., Fischer, J., Altringham, J., Gledhill, J., Nielsen, J., Müller, J., Palmeirim, J., Barlow, J., Alonso, J. C., Asencio, J. J. P., Steinberger, J. K., Jones, J. P. G., Cotta, B., Leonhardt, S. D., Wanger, T. C. & Coenen, J., 26.04.2019, In: Science. 364, 6438, p. 341 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Stakeholder expectations on sustainability performance measurement and assessment: A systematic literature review
Silva, S. L., Nuzum, A.-K. & Schaltegger, S., 20.04.2019, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 217, p. 204-215 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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IN DER UMWELT ABBAUBARE CHINOLON-ANTIBIOTIKA MIT HEMIAMINAL-STRUKTUREINHEIT
Kümmerer, K., Leder, C., Rastogi, T., Suk, M. & Peifer, C., 18.04.2019, IPC No. A61K31/47, A61P31/04 , C07D405/06, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. WO2019072905A1, 10.10.2018, Priority date 11.10.2017, Priority No. DE102017218119AResearch output: Patents › Patent
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Habitat specialization, distribution range size and body size drive extinction risk in carabid beetles
Nolte, D., Boutaud, E., Kotze, D. J., Schuldt, A. & Assmann, T., 15.04.2019, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 28, 5, p. 1267-1283 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Is ecotourism a panacea? Political ecology perspectives from the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India
Ghosh, P. & Ghosh, A., 15.04.2019, In: GeoJournal. 84, 2, p. 345-366 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Local and landscape level variables influence butterfly diversity in critically endangered South African renosterveld
Topp, E. & Loos, J., 15.04.2019, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 23, 2, p. 225-237 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Inquiry-based learning in sustainability science
Vilsmaier, U. & Meyer, E. M., 12.04.2019, Inquiry-Based Learning – Undergraduate Research: The German Multidisciplinary Experience. Mieg, H. A. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 331-339 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Biologisch abbaubare Chinolon-Antibiotika
Kümmerer, K., Leder, C., Rastogi, T., Suk, M. & Menz, J., 11.04.2019, IPC No. A61K31/47 , A61P31/04 , C07D215/233, C07D215/38 , C07D403/12, C07D401/12, Y02A50/30, Europäisches Patentamt, Patent No. DE102017218114A1, 11.10.2017, Priority date 11.10.2017, Priority No. DE102017218114AResearch output: Patents › Patent