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

    Understanding the Greenhouse Effect by Embodiment: Analysing and Using Students' and Scientists' Conceptual Resources

    Niebert, K. & Gropengießer, H., 22.01.2014, In: International Journal of Science Education. 36, 2, p. 277-303 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Understanding the modes of use and availability of critical metals-An expert-based scenario analysis for the case of indium

    Weiser, A., Lang, D. J., Schomerus, T. & Stamp, A., 01.05.2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 94, p. 376-393 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. Published

    UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M., Mader, M. & Sundermann, A., 2017, Scientific Research for Sustainable Development: UNESCO Chairs in Germany. Römer, K. (ed.). Bonn: German Commission for UNESCO, p. 65-70 6 p.

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

  5. Published

    UNESCO chairs for (higher) education for sustainable development

    Michelsen, G. & Rieckmann, M., 2012, In: IAU Horizons. 18, 2, p. 16-17 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Transfer

  6. Published

    Uneven distribution of phytodiversity in NE German dry grassland communities

    Dengler, J., 01.01.2001, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft fur Okologie. 31, p. 28 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport

    Bellaby, P., Upham, P., Flynn, R. & Ricci, M., 27.04.2016, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 41, 15, p. 6534-6543 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Ungleiche Partizipationschancen in heterogenen Lerngruppen: Eine ethnografische Studie in Klassenräten inklusiver Grundschulklassen

    Meyn, J., 2025, Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt. 322 p. (Forschung Klinkhardt )

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    UN Global Action Programme and Education for Sustainable Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence Base

    Fischer, D., Aubrecht, E. L., Brück, M., Ditges, L., Gathen, L., Jahns, M., Petersmann, M., Rau, J. & Wellmann, C., 24.11.2015, In: Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education. 6, 1, p. 5-20 16 p., 1.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    United we stand: A principle-based negotiation training for collective bargaining

    Mann, M., Warsitzka, M., Hüffmeier, J. & Trötschel, R., 13.02.2024, In: International Journal of Conflict Management. 35, 2, p. 427-452 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Researchers

  1. Jens Korunig

Publications

  1. Rezension von: Rauin, Udo / Herrle, Matthias / Engartner, Tim: Videoanalysen in der Unterrichtsforschung, Methodische Vorgehensweisen und Anwendungsbeispiele. Weinheim / Basel: Beltz Juventa 2016
  2. Früherkennung kritischer Aktienkursentwicklungen
  3. Analphabetismus, sekundärer
  4. Das Fettsäureprofil des initialen oralen Biofilms (Pellikel) - eine In-situ-Studie
  5. Strukturen pädagogischer Wahrnehmung
  6. Ein Déjà-coup-d’état-Erlebnis? Kayfabe-Politik als Netzwerkeffekt
  7. Gender studies im Rahmen gestufer Studiengänge
  8. The role of chance events in the school-to-work transition
  9. § 315 c Inhalt der nichtfinanziellen Konzernerklärung
  10. Kulturwissenschaft
  11. Ǐnci Dirim / Anke Wegner (Hrsg.): Normative Grundlagen und reflexive Verortungen im Feld DaF_DaZ*
  12. Umweltchemikalien 50 Jahre nach Silent Spring: ein ungelöstes Problem
  13. Governance and legitimacy aspects of the UK biofuel carbon and sustainability reporting system
  14. 26th International Congress of Applied Psychology Contributions of Psychology to Problems of the Individual and Society 16.-21 Juli 2006, Athen, Griechenland International Association of Applied Psychology
  15. Affektive und intentionale Urteile über Wohnhäuser
  16. Teacher's constructions of differences in vocational schools for pedagogical professionals
  17. Accounting for corporate environmental rebounds. A conceptual approach
  18. Dataset size versus homogeneity
  19. Zur Förderung der Perspektivenübernahme durch Wendebilderbücher.
  20. Nachhaltiger Ressourcenschutz und Recht
  21. The EROTIC and PRAGMATIC SENSES of HOSPITALITY Jean-Luc Nancy and Bernard Stiegler’s Conversation on Christianity, Politics, and the Ends of Philosophy
  22. Ein Kommentar zu Glen Mills
  23. Energiestrategie Brandenburg 2030
  24. Hermann Claudius: zwischen Anpassung und Opportunismus
  25. Thema: Die symbolische Qualität des Rechts
  26. Book review: State Accountability for Space Debris: A Legal Study of Responsibility for Polluting the Space Environment and Liability for Damage Caused by Space Debris, by Peter Stubbe. (Brill, Leiden/Boston. 2017)'
  27. Die Verbreitung einer wegweisenden Idee: Der Beitrag der UN-Dekade für die Diffusion von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung