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. 2017
  2. Published

    Participation for Effective Environmental Governance: Evidence from European Water Framework Directive Implementation

    Kochskämper, E. (Editor), Challies, E. (Editor), Jager, N. W. (Editor) & Newig, J. (Editor), 16.10.2017, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 180 p. (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Schreibwerkstatt MINT: Wissenschaftliches Schreiben in den Fachbereichen 1 bis 5 fördern und unterstützen

    Rodenhauser, A., 16.10.2017, Bremen : Universität Bremen.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsEducation

  4. Published

    Social entrepreneurship orientation: development of a measurement scale

    Kraus, S., Niemand, T., Halberstadt, J., Shaw, E. & Syrjä, P., 16.10.2017, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 23, 6, p. 977-997 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Accuracy and bias of methods used for root length measurements in functional root research

    Delory, B., Weidlich, E. W. A., Meder, L., Lütje, A., Duijnen, R. V., Weidlich, R. & Temperton, V. M., 11.2017, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 8, 11, p. 1594-1606 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context.

    Ratcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Allan, E., Benavides, R., Bruelheide, H., Ohse, B., Paquette, A., Ampoorter, E., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Checko, E., Dawud, S. M., de Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F.-X., Kambach, S., Kolb, S., Koricheva, J., Liebergesell, M., Milligan, H., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Nock, C., Pollastrini, M., Purschke, O., Radoglou, K., Rauland-Rasmussen, K., Roger, F., Ruiz-Benito, P., Seidl, R., Selvi, F., Seiferling, I., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Vesterdal, L. & Baeten, L., 11.2017, In: Ecology Letters. 20, 11, p. 1414-1426 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Der gestaltende Staat im Kontext gesellschaftlichen Wandels: Herausforderungen und Gestaltungsansätze für Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien und -politiken

    Heinrichs, H., 11.2017, Dessau: Umweltbundesamt, 58 p. (Texte; no. 107/2017)(Für Mensch & Umwelt).

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

  8. Published

    Editorial: Psychische gesundheit von chronisch kranken und/oder behinderten kindern und jugendlichen und Ihren familien

    Hampel, P. & Salisch, M., 11.2017, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 66, 9, p. 652–655 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  9. Published

    From trade-offs to synergies in food security and biodiversity conservation

    Hanspach, J., Abson, D. J., Collier, N., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 11.2017, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 15, 9, p. 489 - 494 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Bridging divides in sustainability science

    Lang, D. J., Wiek, A. & von Wehrden, H., 01.11.2017, In: Sustainability Science. 12, 6, p. 875 - 879 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  11. Published

    Disaggregating ecosystem services and disservices in the cultural landscapes of southwestern Ethiopia: a study of rural perceptions

    Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J., Collier, N. F., Hylander, K., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 01.11.2017, In: Landscape Ecology. 32, 11, p. 2151-2165 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Activities

  1. Panel "Krise und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung der Organisationsforschung"
  2. Fulbright International Interdisciplinary Conference "Olympism and the Fulbright Spirit: Humanism in Action" 2004
  3. 4th Connecting Civil Societies of Asia and Europe Conference - 2010
  4. Erfindung des Gemeinsamen: zur Kritik des Privaten und des Öffentlichen
  5. „Resonanzräume des Subpolitischen“ in der wirtschaftsberuflichen Bildung
  6. IFK-Podium "Knappheit als Universalie? Kulturwissenschaftliche Interventionen" 2012
  7. “Don’t be daft, I’m paying”: First date payment negotiations across cultures and genders (EPICS X, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville)
  8. Netzwerk Deutsche GesundheitsRegionen e.V. (Externe Organisation)
  9. International conference on fibrous products in medical and health care - FiberMed 2011
  10. Musikmagazine und Politik. Identität, Diversität und Geschlechterverhältnis
  11. Review of Income and Wealth (Zeitschrift)
  12. Im Spannungsfeld von antagonistischen und agonalen Konfliktstrukturen. Zur Inszenierung von Kulturkämpfen in Massenmedien
  13. Es könnte auch anders sein: Was wir vom Spiel für wissenschaftliche Erkenntniswege lernen können
  14. 72nd Annual ICA Conference - ICA 2022
  15. Oxford University Press (Verlag)
  16. 17. Internationaler Kongress für Bildungsmanagement - UYEK 2024
  17. The Future of Provenance and the Catalogue Raisonné
  18. Strafzwecktheorien und ihre Kritik: Fortbildung im Rahmen des Weiterbildungsstudiengangs Ethik der hessischen Lehrkräfteakademie
  19. Member of the scientific committee of ANILIJ 2019

Publications

  1. Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum - ein Praxisbuch
  2. Wer die Wahl hat, hat die Qual
  3. Ungewolltes Lernen als Risiko im Hause des Lernens
  4. § 31 Windenergie Offshore
  5. Serielle Textproduktionen
  6. Das System der internationalen Erdölindustrie
  7. Such Sweet Thunder
  8. Sound und Textil als interaktives Gestaltungsmaterial
  9. A People of ‚Patriotic Hearts‘?: German-Americans, U.S. Neutrality, and the Building of an Inclusive Coalition in New Orleans, 1915
  10. Die Rolle des fachlichen Lernens beim Forschenden Lernen in inklusiven Schulklassen
  11. Souveränität und Hypertrophie
  12. Kommunikation und Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeit – eine transdisziplinäre Aufgabe
  13. Ärztliche Dienstleistung
  14. Suburbane Atmosphären als Milieuräume
  15. Vertragsärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis
  16. Lebensweltsituationsorientierte Konstruktion von Lernaufgaben in der sozioökonomischen Bildung
  17. Neuere Arbeiten zur deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933
  18. Außervertragliche Haftung der EG, Mitverschulden
  19. Übungshausarbeit: Eine Tageskarte auf Abwegen
  20. Emotional intelligent führen – Emotionen im Führungsprozess erkennen, verstehen und steuern
  21. Differences in EQ-5D-3L health state valuations among patients with musculoskeletal diseases, health care professionals and healthy volunteers
  22. The impact of environmental sustainability on willingness to invest in startups
  23. §4 Nr. 4 Beispiele unlauterer geschäftlicher Handlungen
  24. Harry Potter
  25. Ökologische Modernisierung in Theorie und Politik
  26. Politik der Mikroentscheidungen
  27. Entrepreneurial orientation
  28. Die Finanzierung von Biomasse-Nahwärme-Genossenschaften
  29. Cultural ecosystem services provided by urban green change along an urban-periurban gradient