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. Published

    Fate of airborne nitrogen in heathland ecosystems a - 15N tracer study

    Friedrich, U., Falk, K., Bahlmann, E., Marquardt, T., Meyer, H., Niemeyer, T., Schemmel, S., Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 04.2011, In: Global Change Biology. 17, 4, p. 1549-1559 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Fate of Pesticides and Their Transformation Products: First Flush Effects in a Semi-Arid Catchment

    Olsson, O., Khodorkovsky, M., Gassmann, M., Friedler, E., Schneider, M. & Dubowski, Y., 02.2013, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 41, 2, p. 134-142 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Fate of phenothiazine pharmaceuticals during Fenton process: experimental design optimization, assessment of transformation products and ready biodegradability

    Wilde, M. L. & Kümmerer, K., 04.06.2014, Abstract book of the 2nd international conference on recycling and reuse: June 4-6, 2014-İstanbul/ Türkiye. Bekbölet, M., Selcuk, H., Kavurmaci, S. S., Aydin, I., Yüzer, B. & Yigit Hunce, S. (eds.). Boğaziçi University Press, p. 103-104 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Fat or lean: adjustment of endogenous energy stores to predictable and unpredictable changes in allostatic load

    Schultner, J., Kitaysky, A. S., Welcker, J. & Hatch, S., 02.2013, In: Functional Ecology. 27, 1, p. 45-55 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Fatty acid feedstock preparation and lactic acid production as integrated processes in mixed restaurant food and bakery wastes treatment

    Pleissner, D., Lau, K. Y., Schneider, R., Venus, J. & Lin, C. S. K., 01.07.2015, In: Food Research International. 73, p. 52-61 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Fatty Acid Profile of the Initial Oral Biofilm (Pellicle): an In-Situ Study

    Reich, M., Kümmerer, K., Al-Ahmad, A. & Hannig, C., 09.2013, In: Lipids. 48, 9, p. 929-937 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Fazit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht: Neue Perspektiven für die Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften

    Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 339-351

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

  8. Published

    Fazit und Ausblick: Perspektiven und Veränderungspotenziale für die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

    Katz, C., Heilmann, S., Thiem, A., Moths, K., Koch, L. & Hofmeister, S., 2015, Nachhaltigkeit anders denken: Veränderungspotenziale durch Geschlechterperspektiven. Katz, C., Heilmann, S., Thiem, A., Koch, L., Moths, K. & Hofmeister, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 281-298 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Fazit und Ausblick: StadtLandschaften zwischen Verlusterfahrung und Erneuerung

    Hofmeister, S. & Kühne, O., 16.06.2016, StadtLandschaften: Die neue Hybridität von Stadt und Land. Hofmeister, S. & Kühne, O. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 283-286 4 p. (Hybride Metropolen).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Fazit und Empfehlungen zur Weiterentwicklung des Ökosystemdienstleistungsansatzes für Wälder

    Bürger-Arndt, R., Ohse, B. & Meyer, K., 2012, Ökosystemdienstleistungen von Wäldern : Workshopbericht. Bürger-Arndt, R., Ohse, B., Meyer, K. & Höltermann, A. (eds.). Bonn-Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 126-138 13 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 320).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

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  2. Partizipation von Studierenden in Studiengängen für beruflich Qualifizierte
  3. Reinforcing or counterproductive behaviors for sustainable entrepreneurship? The influence of causation and effectuation on sustainability orientation
  4. Seasonal allergic rhinitis and antihistamine effects on children's learning
  5. Schulpädagogik und schulpraktische Studien
  6. Kulturell geprägte Konventionen des Sprachgebrauchs
  7. Vollendete Tatsachen
  8. Longitudinal studies in organizational stress research
  9. Analphabetismus, sekundärer
  10. §4 Nr. 4 Beispiele unlauterer geschäftlicher Handlungen
  11. The effects of windthrow on plant species richness in a Central European beech forest
  12. La matematizzazione dei plena
  13. In a no-win situation
  14. Vom Luftballon zum Van-de-Graaff-Generator
  15. Impacts of urban real-world labs: Insights from a co-evaluation process informed by structuration theory in Wuppertal-Mirke
  16. Taxonomic revision of the Graphipterus serrator (Forskål) group (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
  17. The tournament phenomenon beyond agency theory Behavioral economic experiment
  18. Nonylphenol polyethoxylate in hospital wastewater
  19. Journal of Public Affairs, Special issue: “The marketing and public affairs of sustainability”
  20. Dieter Henrich and contemporary philosophy: the return to subjectivity
  21. Situative Identität? Sozialität und Selbstverhältnis unter dem Zeitregime der Spätmoderne
  22. Die "Matheasse" in Jena - Erfahrungen und Materialien zur Förderung mathematisch interessierter Grundschüler
  23. Bildungsgang Realschule
  24. Professionelle Unterstützung Lehramtsstudierender in Praxisphasen
  25. Emissions Trading and Corporate Sustainability Management