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

    Sufficiency as a "Strategy of the Enough": Curbing ecological crises and injustices. A summary of the German Advisory Council on the Environment's discussion paper

    Michaelis, J., Vogel, B., Strunz, S., Lucht, W., Dahms, H., Dornack, C., Geissler, A., Hertin, J., Hoffart, F., Kemfert, C., Klein, M., Köck, W., Lage, J., Marquard, E., Schmalz, S., Settele, J., Sommer, B., Weiss, S. & Wiegand, S., 29.10.2024, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33, 3, p. 275-281 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Ecological features facilitating spread of alien plants along Mediterranean mountain roads

    Santoianni, L. A., Innangi, M., Varricchione, M., Carboni, M., La Bella, G., Haider, S. & Stanisci, A., 11.2024, In: Biological Invasions. 26, 11, p. 3879-3899 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    From railroad imperialism to neoliberal reprimarization: Lessons from regime-shifts in the Global Soybean Complex

    Mempel, F., Corbera, E., Labajos, B. R. & Challies, E., 11.2024, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space. 7, 2, p. 559-582 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Mapping and assessing the knowledge base of ecological restoration

    Heger, T., Jeschke, J., Febria, C., Kollmann, J., Murphy, S. D., Rochefort, L., Shackelford, N., Temperton, V. & Higgs, E., 11.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 8, 10 p., e13676.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Measuring at all scales: sourcing data for more flexible restoration references

    Shackelford, N., Dudney, J., Stueber, M. M., Temperton, V. M. & Suding, K. L., 11.2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 8, 10 p., e13541.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Plant neighbors differentially alter a focal species' biotic interactions through changes to resource allocation

    Turner, S. C. & Schweitzer, J. A., 11.2024, In: Ecology. 105, 11, 18 p., e4395.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Shifts in plant functional trait dynamics in relation to soil microbiome in modern and wild barley

    Kumar, A., Kuznetsova, O., Gschwendtner, S., Chen, H., Alonso-Crespo, I. M., Yusuf, M., Schulz, S., Bonkowski, M., Schloter, M. & Temperton, V. M., 11.2024, In: Plants People Planet. 6, 6, p. 1398-1412 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Transdiziplinäre Zusammenarbeit für nachhaltige Flächennutzung: Verständnis fördern, Szenarien entwicklen, Synergien finden

    Pfendtner-Heise, J., Krebs, A. & von Wehrden, H., 11.2024, 9 p.

    Research output: other publicationsContributions to online encyclopediaTransfer

  11. Published

    Valorization of faba bean (Vicia faba) by-products

    Krenz, L. M. M., Grebenteuch, S., Zocher, K., Rohn, S. & Pleissner, D., 11.2024, In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 14, 21, p. 26663-26680 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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Researchers

  1. Jennifer Matthiesen

Publications

  1. Das Anforderungsprofil des Insolvenzverwalters
  2. § 288 Verzugszinsen und sonstiger Verzugsschaden
  3. Sustainable and Social Entrepreneurship
  4. Artikel 34 EUV [Koordiniertes Auftreten auf internationaler Ebene; Unterrichtungspflicht der Sicherheitsratsmitglieder]
  5. PISAs Folgen
  6. Schreiben im Mathematikunterricht der Grundschule – Sprachkompetenz diagnostizieren und fördern
  7. Mathematik für Wirtschaftsinformatiker & Übungen
  8. The European Commission in justice and home affairs
  9. Liability of Rating Agencies Under German and European Law
  10. L’avventura della percezione tra rappresentazione e affetto
  11. Utilization of phenolic compounds by microalgae
  12. Corruption and Electoral Support for New Political Parties in Central and Eastern Europe
  13. Tourismusräume
  14. Strafrechtsprobleme des gentechnologischen Enhancements im Spitzensport
  15. „Aber viel wichtiger, ich hoffe, nicht." Funktion und Relevanz beruflicher Nutzung von digitalen Plattformen durch fortgeschrittene Musikstudierende
  16. Business Cases for Sustainability
  17. Albert Freiherr von Schrenck-Notzing (1862 - 1929)
  18. Klimaschutz in der strategischen Umweltprüfung
  19. On Gambiarras
  20. Alexander und Margarete Mitscherlich: "Die Unfähigkeit zu trauern"
  21. Climate Change Law in Germany - Legislation, Iurisdiction, and Governmental Ambitions
  22. Engaging citizens in sustainability research
  23. Gesundheitsförderung und Schule
  24. Yemen's Solar Revolution
  25. Ansätze zu einer komparatistischen Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung
  26. Archival research on sustainability-related executive compensation.
  27. Räume der Beobachtung von Kindern
  28. Verkehrswissenschaftliche Arbeiten 12
  29. Das Drama im Leben der Institutionen
  30. Evaluation of a Training Concept in Therapy of Postural Instability in Parkinson`s Disease.