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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Beech forests and climate change
Manthey, M., Leuschner, C. & Härdtle, W., 2008, Beech Forests - a German contribution to the global forest biodiversity. Knapp, H. D. (ed.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 47-52 6 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 233).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Beech forests as a joint natural heritage of Europe - a synthesis
Fichtner, A. & Knapp, H. D., 2011, Beech Forests - Joint Natural Heritage of Europe: Workshop at the International Academy for Nature Conservation Isle of Vilm October 19 - 22, 2010 . Andreas, F. & Knapp, H. D. (eds.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 7-8 2 p. (BfN-Skripten; vol. 297).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Begleitforschung des Projekts „Resozialisierung und Soziale Integration“ (RESI) in Köln
Kohlschmidt, A. & Plewig, H.-J., 2011, In: Forum Strafvollzug – Zeitschrift für Strafvollzug und Straffälligenhilfe. 60, 1, p. 45-46 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Behavioural patterns of nocturnal carabid beetles determined by direct observations under red-light conditions
Drees, C., Matern, A. & Aßmann, T., 2008, Back to the roots and back to the future: Towards a New Synthesis Between Taxonomic, Ecological and Biogeographical Approaches in Carabidology. Penev, L., Erwin, T. L. & Assmann, T. (eds.). Pensoft Publishers Ltd., p. 409-423 15 p. (Pensoft series faunistica).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Beiräte als Instrument einer Ernährungswende – Die Etablierung von Ernährungsräten in Deutschland
Sieveking, A. & Schomerus, C.-T., 01.10.2020, In: Natur und Recht. 42, 10, p. 680-686 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Belowground carabid beetle diversity in the western Palaearctic: Effects of history and climate on range-restricted taxa (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Schuldt, A. & Assmann, T., 20.05.2011, In: ZooKeys. 100, SPEC. ISSUE, p. 461-474 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest
Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Buscot, F., Assmann, T., Erfmeier, A., Klein, A.-M., Ma, K., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Wirth, C., Zhang, J. & Wubet, T., 01.12.2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 1, 9 p., 4222.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Benefits of Ecological Engineering Practices
Brüll, A., Bohemen, H. V., Costanza, R. & Mitsch, W. J., 2011, In: Procedia Environmental Sciences. 9, p. 16-20 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Benign by design: Benign by Design
Kümmerer, K., 14.03.2016, Green and Sustainable Medicinal Chemistry: Methods, Tools and Strategies for the 21st Century Pharmaceutical Industry. Summerton, L., Sneddon, H. F., Jones, L. C. & Clark, J. H. (eds.). Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry, p. 73-81 9 p. (RSC Green Chemistry; vol. 2016-January, no. 46).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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„Ben, möchtest du auch abstimmen?“: Partizipationsprozesse in Klassenräten heterogener Lerngruppen aus interaktionistischer Perspektive
Meyn, J., 2023, Partizipation, Wissen und Kommunikation im sonderpädagogischen Diskurs. Marek, G., Wolfram, K., Christian, L., Vera, O. & Stephan, S. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 118-127 10 p. (Perspektiven sonderpädagogischer Forschung).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review