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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Litter quality, land-use history, and nitrogen deposition effects on topsoil conditions across European temperate deciduous forests
Maes, S. L., Blondeel, H., Perring, M. P., Depauw, L., Brūmelis, G., Brunet, J., Decocq, G., den Ouden, J., Härdtle, W., Hédl, R., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Jaroszewicz, B., Kirby, K., Kopecký, M., Máliš, F., Wulf, M. & Verheyen, K., 15.02.2019, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 433, p. 405-418 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Livelihood strategies, capital assets, and food security in rural Southwest Ethiopia
Manlosa, A. O., Hanspach, J., Schultner, J., Dorresteijn, I. & Fischer, J., 15.02.2019, In: Food Security. 11, 1, p. 167-181 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A clue on bee glue: New insight into the sources and factors driving resin intake in honeybees (Apis mellifera)
Drescher, N., Klein, A. M., Schmitt, T. & Leonhardt, S. D., 06.02.2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 2, 20 p., e0210594.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Three ways forward to improve regional information for extreme events: An early career perspective
Langendijk, G. S., Aubry-Wake, C., Osman, M., Gulizia, C., Attig-Bahar, F., Behrens, E., Bertoncini, A., Hart, N., Indasi, V. S., Innocenti, S., van der Linden, E. C., Mamnun, N., Rasouli, K., Reed, K. A., Ridder, N., Rivera, J., Ruscica, R., Ukazu, B. U., Walawender, J. P., Walker, D. P., Woodhams, B. J. & Yilmaz, Y. A., 04.02.2019, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 7, FEB, 6.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Agriculturally productive yet biodiverse: human benefits and conservation values along a forest-agriculture gradient in Southern Ethiopia
Baudron, F., Schultner, J., Duriaux, J. Y., Gergel, S. E. & Sunderland, T., 01.02.2019, In: Landscape Ecology. 34, 2, p. 341-356 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determinants of farm size and stocking rate in Namibian commercial cattle farming
Engler, J.-O., Wehrden, H. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.02.2019, In: Land Use Policy. 81, p. 232-246 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Purely ornamental? Public perceptions of distributed energy storage in the United Kingdom
Ambrosio-Albalá, P., Upham, P. & Bale, C. S. E., 01.02.2019, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 48, p. 139-150 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Strengthening Sensory Sustainability Science - Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Heinrichs, H., 01.02.2019, In: Sustainability. 11, 3, 16 p., 769.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Studying the fate of the drug Chlorprothixene and its photo transformation products in the aquatic environment: Identification, assessment and priority setting by application of a combination of experiments and various in silico assessments
Khaleel, N. D. H., Mahmoud, W. M. M., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 01.02.2019, In: Water Research. 149, p. 467-476 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Editorial
Salisch, M. & Resch, F., 02.2019, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 68, 2, p. 90-92 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Editorial overview: Selected papers from the 3rd Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2018
Kuemmerer, K. & Liu, Z., 02.2019, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 15, Special Issue, p. A4-A5 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Framing sustainability and climate change: Interrogating discourses in vernacular and English-language media in Sundarbans, India
Ghosh, A. & Boykoff, M., 02.2019, In: Geoforum. 99, p. 142-153 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gebäude als Stoffquelle: Erkenntnisse aus dem BMBF-Projekt MUTReWa
Olsson, O., Hensen, B., Lange, J. (Contributor), Jackisch, N. (Contributor) & Kümmerer, K., 02.2019, Stadt und Land im Fluss - Starke Kommunen!: Tagungsband Münster, 26. und 27. Februar 2019. Münster: Institut für Infrastruktur, Wasser, Ressourcen, Umwelt der Fachhochschule Münster, Vol. 6. p. 121-128 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Nitrogen fixation and carbon assimilation of the desert legume Tephrosia apollinea under PEG-induced osmotic stress
Hussain, M. I., El-Keblawy, A., Aljabi, A. E., Aljabi, D. E., Hafez, M., Al Jasmi, A., Schampoel, T. & Temperton, V. M., 02.2019, In: Flora. 251, p. 105-113 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spatial characterization of coastal marine social-ecological systems: Insights for integrated management
Lazzari, N., Becerro, M. A., Sanabria-Fernandez, J. A. & Martín-López, B., 02.2019, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 92, p. 56-65 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stephanie E.L. Bengtsson, Bilal Barakat and Raya Muttarak:The Role of Education in Enabling the Sustainable Development Agenda
Barth, M., 02.2019, In: European Journal of Population. 35, 1, p. 221-222 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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The 3 rd green & sustainable chemistry conference successfully brings together scientists and innovators from all over the world to discuss sustainable chemistry
Elschami, M. & Bazzanella, A., 02.2019, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 15, p. 115-117 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zukunftsfähige Bildung. Unterricht als Bewältigung von Herausforderungen im Sinne einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Kater-Wettstädt, L., 02.2019, Jahrbuch für Allgemeine Didaktik 2018.: Unterrichten wir das "Richtige"? Die Frage nach zeitgemäßen Inhalten in der Schule. Zierer, K. (ed.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 65-74 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Building a Coalition with Depoliticized Sustainability Discourse: The Case of a Transdisciplinary Transition Management Arena in Peru
Noboa, E., Upham, P. J. & Heinrichs, H., 31.01.2019, In: Journal of Sustainable Development. 12, 1, p. 84-107 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Cultural ecosystem services provided by urban green change along an urban-periurban gradient
Riechers, M., Strack, M., Barkmann, J. & Tscharntke, T., 26.01.2019, In: Sustainability. 11, 3, 10 p., 645.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review