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.
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Five priorities to advance transformative transdisciplinary research
Augenstein, K., Lam, D. P., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., Bernert, P., Charli-Joseph, L., Cockburn, J., Kampfmann, T., Pereira, L. M. & Sellberg, M. M., 01.06.2024, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 68, 11 p., 101438.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Flachendeckende Landschaftspflege am Beispiel der Bodenteicher Seewiesen, Niedersachsen
Schwerdtfeger, G. & Urban, B., 1992, In: Telma. 22, p. 267-276 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Flächenpolitik durch nachhaltige, geschlechtergerechte Stadtentwicklung und partizipative Planung: Gender Mainstreaming als Strategie der Flächenvorsorge - Konzepte und mögliche Instrumente
Evers, M. & Hofmeister, S., 28.02.2010, In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 68, 1, p. 35-47 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Flächenrecycling und Naturschutzrecht
Sanden, J., 2014, In: Bodenschutz. 3, p. 96-104 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Flächenrevitalisierung in Kaliningrad: Revitalisierung von Industriebrachen in Kaliningrad als Know-how-Transferprojekt
Sanden, J., Kilger, R. & Haupt, T., 2013, Hamburg: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg. 148 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Flavonoids as benign substitutes for more harmful synthetic chemicals - effects of flavonoids and their transformation products on algae
Schnarr, L., Olsson, O., Ohls, S., Webersinn, J., Mauch, T. & Kümmerer, K., 01.04.2024, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 38, 19 p., 101473.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Flavonoids as biopesticides – Systematic assessment of sources, structures, activities and environmental fate
Schnarr, L., Segatto, M. L., Olsson, O., Zuin, V. G. & Kümmerer, K., 10.06.2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 824, 153781.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Flexibility of industrial material flow networks
Möller, A. & Viere, T., 2003, Industrial ecology for a sustainable future: Abstract from the second ISIE conference 29.06 - 02.07.2003, University of Michigan. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), p. 39-40 2 p. (ISIE Conference).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Flexible software support for mobility services
Akyol, A., Halberstadt, J., Hebig, K., Jelschen, J., Winter, A., Sandau, A. & Gómez, J. M., 2017, 47. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik 2017. Eibl, M. & Gaedke, M. (eds.). Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 2027-2038 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 275).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Flood risk management via collaborative modelling
Cortes, J., Almoradie, A., Jonoski, A., van Andel, S. J., Evers, M., Langue, L., Dinkneh, A., Maksimović, C., Ochoa, S., Simões, N., Wang, L., Osmani, S. & Makropoulos, C., 2011, Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011. Savic, D., Kapelan, Z. & Buttler, D. (eds.). Exeter: Centre for Water Systems, Vol. Volume 1. 6 p. (Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review