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

    Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of major depression in adults: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

    IPD-PrevDep Consortium, Buntrock, C., Harrer, M., Sprenger, A. A., Illing, S., Sakata, M., Furukawa, T. A., Ebert, D. D., Cuijpers, P. & Lehr, D., 12.2024, In: The Lancet Psychiatry. 11, 12, p. 990-1001 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    (Re)productivity: a category for the critical analysis of bioeconomic approaches

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 12.2024, In: Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy. 20, 1, 9 p., 2428465.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Soil conditions modify species diversity effects on tree functional trait expression

    Davrinche, A. & Haider, S., 12.2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 16 p., 17114.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Temperate alley-cropping agroforestry improves pest control potential by promoting spider abundance and functional diversity

    Matevski, D., Sagolla, V., Beule, L. & Schuldt, A., 12.2024, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 61, 12, p. 3079-3091 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The impact of biodiversity information on willingness to pay

    Hörisch, J., Petersen, L. & Jacobs, K., 12.2024, In: Journal of Industrial Ecology. 28, 6, p. 1641-1656 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The role of sense of ownership in rural community mini-grid management: qualitative case study from Tanzania

    Ngoti, I. F., 12.2024, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 14, 1, 16 p., 63.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Using cross-recurrence quantification analysis to compute similarity measures for time series of unequal length with applications to sleep stage analysis

    Drews, H. J., Felletti, F., Kallestad, H., Drews, A., Scott, J., Sand, T., Engstrøm, M., Heglum, H. S. A., Vethe, D., Salvesen, Ø., Langsrud, K., Morken, G. & Wallot, S., 12.2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 14 p., 23142.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Verständlichkeit mündlicher Erklärungen von Sportlehrkräften: Zum Einfluss von Kohärenzbildungshilfen auf das Regelverständnis von Schüler*innen

    Heemsoth, T., Krieger, C., Frerichs, R., Schmitz, A., Wallot, S., Härtig, H. & Leiss, D., 12.2024, In: German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research . 54, 4, p. 520-530 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Web-based occupational stress prevention in German micro- and small-sized enterprises – process evaluation results of an implementation study

    Engels, M., Scheepers, L., Engels, J., Boß, L., Kuhlmann, R., Kuske, J., Lesener, L., Pavlista, V., Schmidt-Stiedenroth, K., Diebig, M., Ruhle, S. A., Zapkau, F. B., Angerer, P., Hoewner, J., Lehr, D., Schwens, C., Süß, S., Wulf, I. C. & Dragano, N., 12.2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, 22 p., 1618.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    “We cannot escape this”: discussing leverage points for sustainability across scales with the example of Ouvéa, Kanaky New Caledonia

    Riechers, M., Baumann, L., Braun, M., Ganachaud, A., Heeg, P. & Sabinot, C., 12.2024, In: Regional Environmental Change. 24, 4, 15 p., 146.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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