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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Portfolio optimization in zonal energy markets: Evidence from Italy
Fianu, E. S., 30.06.2015, In: International Journal of Energy and Statistics. 3, 2, 17 p., 1550006.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Ports
Brinkmann, B. (Editor), 2008, In: Die Küste. 74, p. 347-416 70 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Port State Control of Civilian Search and Rescue Vessels before the European Court of Justice: The Sea Watch Cases
Schatz, V. & Wissmann, S., 2024, In: International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 39, 1, p. 179-190 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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POR UMA ESCOLA PLURAL, INTEGRADA E COM PARTIDOS
Gomes, C. & Zuin, V., 2020, In: Revista da FAEEBA - Educação e Contemporaneidade. 29, 58, p. 78-90 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Position des Schutzguts Boden in Recht und Praxis der naturschutzrechtlichen Instrumente
Giese, E., Lichey, K. & Sanden, J., 18.11.2009, In: Bodenschutz. 4/2009, p. 108-115 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Positive intercropping effects on biomass production are species-specific and involve rhizosphere enzyme activities: Evidence from a field study
Kumar, A., Blagodaskaya, E., Dippold, M. A. & Temperton, V., 01.12.2022, In: Soil Ecology Letters. 4, 4, p. 444-453 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Possible underestimations of risks for the environment due to unregulated emissions of biocides from households to wastewater
Wieck, S., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 01.09.2016, In: Environmental international. 94, p. 695-705 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Post-dispersal seed predation of three grassland species in a plant diversity experiment
Pufal, G. & Klein, A.-M., 12.2013, In: The Journal of Ecology. 6, 6, p. 468-479 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Post Hoc Assessment of Stand Structure Across European Wood-Pastures: Implications for Land Use Policy
Roellig, M., Costa, A., Garbarino, M., Hanspach, J., Hartel, T., Jakobsson, S., Lindborg, R., Mayr, S., Plieninger, T., Sammul, M., Varga, A. & Fischer, J., 09.2018, In: Rangeland Ecology and Management. 71, 5, p. 526-535 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Postkoloniale Perspektiven auf 'weltwärts': Ein Freiwilligendienst in weltbürgerlicher Absicht
Kontzi, K., 01.01.2015, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 256 p. ( Entwicklungstheorie und Entwicklungspolitik; vol. 15)Research output: Books and anthologies › Book