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

    Urban catalysts - temporäre Brachflächen als Potenzial der nachhaltigen Stastentwicklung

    Kruse, S., 2002, In: Ipublic. 4, p. 50-54 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Urbane Regenwasserversickerung als Eintragspfad für biozide Wirkstoffe in das Grundwasser?

    Lange, J., Olsson, O., Jackisch, N., Weber, T., Hensen, B., Zieger, F., Schütz, T. & Kümmerer, K., 2017, In: Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft. 10, 4, p. 198 - 202 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Urbanes Lernen. Stadt als vielfältiges Lern- und Erfahrungsfeld - aus Sicht einer Stadtplanerin

    Edelhoff, S. H., 2016, In: Hamburg macht Schule. 28, 2, p. 24-25 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  4. Published

    Urban gardens promote bee foraging over natural habitats and plantations

    Kaluza, B. F., Wallace, H., Heard, T. A., Klein, A. M. & Leonhardt, S. D., 01.03.2016, In: Ecology and Evolution. 6, 5, p. 1304-1316 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Urbanization, Migration, and Adaptation to Climate Change

    Adger, W. N., Crépin, A. S., Folke, C., Ospina, D., Chapin, F. S., Segerson, K., Seto, K. C., Anderies, J. M., Barrett, S., Bennett, E. M., Daily, G., Elmqvist, T., Fischer, J., Kautsky, N., Levin, S. A., Shogren, J. F., van den Bergh, J., Walker, B. & Wilen, J., 23.10.2020, In: One Earth. 3, 4, p. 396-399 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  6. Published

    Urban storm water infiltration systems are not reliable sinks for biocides: evidence from column experiments

    Bork, M., Lange, J., Graf-Rosenfellner, M., Hensen, B., Olsson, O., Hartung, T., Fernández-Pascual, E. & Lang, F., 31.03.2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 12 p., 7242.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Urban versus remote air concentrations of fluorotelomer alcohols and other polyfluorinated alkyl substances in Germany

    Jahnke, A., Ahrens, L., Ebinghaus, R. & Temme, C., 01.02.2007, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 41, 3, p. 745-752 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Urban Wilderness in Central Europe: Rewilding at the urban fringe

    Hofmeister, S., Held, M. & Diemer, M., 12.2003, In: International Journal of Wilderness. 9, 3, p. 7-11 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Urgent need for updating the slogan of global climate actions from 'tree planting' to 'restore native vegetation'

    Tölgyesi, C., Buisson, E., Helm, A., Temperton, V. & Török, P., 01.03.2022, In: Restoration Ecology. 30, 3, 4 p., e13594.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Urheberrecht und Klingeltöne: die Lizenzierung von Ruftonmelodien und Ringbacktones und das Bearbeitungsrecht gemäß §§23 i.V.m.14 und 39 UrhG

    Schomerus, T. (Editor), 2006, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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  1. Teresa Mangold

Publications

  1. Low-carbon energy controversies
  2. Role of scavengers in providing non-material contributions to people
  3. The Changing German Corporate Governance System
  4. "Nur in Deutschland selbst ließ sich das deutsche Geschehen - wenn überhaupt - begreifen."
  5. Musik und Medien
  6. „Perspektiven wechseln“ – Tagen unter Pandemiebedingungen
  7. Normalità, regolarità ed eccezione nelle arti di governo moderne Funzione del colpo di stato
  8. "Leut"
  9. Hast du heute schon gelebt?
  10. Learning about Relevance Concerning Cultural and Gender Differences in Chemistry Education
  11. Pleased accountants - happy environmentalists
  12. Erfolgspotentiale der Realisierung ethischer Ansprüche in der Umweltpolitik
  13. Sensorische Umweltsoziologie
  14. "In Town, Everyone Is on Their Own" Building Informal Risk Management Arrangements Among Urban Farmers in Dar es Salaam
  15. Von CSR zu Corporate Sustainability
  16. Al Kaida als aktueller Forschungsgegenstand
  17. Kritischer Konsum zwischen Reflexivität und Popularisierung – zur Einführung
  18. Civic education in Ethiopian schools
  19. The Schöningen Middle Pleistocene sequence
  20. Ein Ansatz zur Detektion emotionaler Erregung bei PKW-Fahrern mittels physiologischer Parameter
  21. Diesseits und jenseits der Worte
  22. Internationales Kartell- und Fusionskontrollverfahrensrecht
  23. Celestin Freinet’s printing press
  24. §86 Bußgeldvorschriften
  25. PopMusicology
  26. Vom Tableau zur entfesselten Kamera
  27. Living with ruins
  28. Konstruktives vom Kollegen
  29. Wie nutzen große Unternehmen das Internet, um über Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren?
  30. Technik und Demokratie
  31. Trade Policy to Control Climate Change