School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
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Zukunft versiegelt? kommunale Verkehrspolitik und Klimaschutz
Grischkat, S., 2004, Bonn. 43 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Book
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12 Fragen an Gerd Michelsen
Michelsen, G., 16.12.2021, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 30, 4, p. 220-221 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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12 Fragen an Sabine Hofmeister
Hofmeister, S., 25.03.2021, In: GAIA. 30, 1, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Academia's obsession with quantity
Fischer, J., Ritchie, E. G. & Hanspach, J., 01.09.2012, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27, 9, p. 473-474 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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A change of values is in the air
Fischer, J., 01.04.2021, In: Nature Sustainability. 4, 4, p. 292-293 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Agriculture: reform the global food system
Fischer, J., Bennett, E. & Pe’er, G., 19.10.2023, In: Nature. 622, 7983, p. 461 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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A Real Chance for the Transatlantic Partnership on Climate Policy
Kemfert, C., 01.01.2021, In: Intereconomics. 56, 1, p. 20-22 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Bird Diversity and the Resilience of Southwestern Ethiopian Forests
Rodrigues, P. & Fischer, J., 05.06.2018, In: Tropical Conservation Science. 11, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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"Brauchen wir einen Grünen im Vorstand?": [Kommentar]
Schaltegger, S., 04.2011, In: Harvard Business Manager. 33, 4, p. 95 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Bridging divides in sustainability science
Lang, D. J., Wiek, A. & von Wehrden, H., 01.11.2017, In: Sustainability Science. 12, 6, p. 875 - 879 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Celebrating Bidleman's 1988 "atmospheric processes"
Galarneau, E., Arey, J., Atkinson, R., Dachs, J., Eisenreich, S., Harner, T., Hites, R. A., Lammel, G., Lohmann, R., Mackay, D., Odabasi, M., Pankow, J. F., Scheringer, M., Swackhamer, D., Tasdemir, Y. & Wania, F., 03.02.2015, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 49, 3, p. 1235 - 1236 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Chancen für erneuerbare Energien in Wärmenetzen
Bickel, M. W., Soetebeer, I., Neidig, P. & Schneidewind, U., 01.01.2018, In: GAIA. 27, 1, p. 190-192 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Chemistry and materials science for a sustainable circular polymeric economy
Zuin Zeidler, V. G. & Kümmerer, K., 01.02.2022, In: Nature Reviews Materials. 7, 2, p. 76-78 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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'Climate neutral' is a lie - abandon it as a goal
Kemfert, C., 04.03.2021, In: Nature. 591, 7848, p. 34 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Comment on "Emergence and fate of cyclic volatile polydimethylsiloxanes (D4, D5) in municipal waste streams: release mechanisms, partitioning and persistence in air, water, soil and sediments"
Buser, A. M., Bogdal, C. & Scheringer, M., 01.02.2015, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 505, p. 1225-1227 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Comment on "nomenclature, Chemical Abstracts Service Numbers, Isomer Enumeration, Ring Strain, and Stereochemistry: What Does Any of This Have to Do with an International Chemical Disarmament and Nonproliferation Treaty?"
Rücker, C., Meringer, M. & Wassermann, A., 13.04.2021, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 98, 4, p. 1465-1467 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Comment on "The environmental photolysis of perfluorooctanesulfonate, perfluorooctanoate, and related fluorochemicals"
Wang, Z., Cousins, I. T. & Scheringer, M., 01.03.2015, In: Chemosphere. 122, p. 301-303 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Comment on "The global tree restoration potential"
Veldman, J. W., Aleman, J. C., Alvarado, S. T., Anderson, T. M., Archibald, S., Bond, W. J., Boutton, T. W., Buchmann, N., Buisson, E., Canadell, J. G., de Sá Dechoum, M., Diaz-Toribio, M. H., Durigan, G., Ewel, J. J., Fernandes, G. W., Fidelis, A., Fleischman, F., Good, S. P., Griffith, D. M., Hermann, J-M., Hoffmann, W. A., Le Stradic, S., Lehmann, C. E. R., Mahy, G., Nerlekar, A. N., Nippert, J. B., Noss, R. F., Osborne, C. P., Overbeck, G. E., Parr, C. L., Pausas, J. G., Pennington, R. T., Perring, M. P., Putz, F. E., Ratnam, J., Sankaran, M., Schmidt, I. B., Schmitt, C. B., Silveira, F. A. O., Staver, A. C., Stevens, N., Still, C. J., Strömberg, C. A. E., Temperton, V. M., Varner, J. M. & Zaloumis, N. P., 18.10.2019, In: Science. 366, 6463, 4 p., 7976.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Continental-scale ecology versus landscape-scale case studies
Fischer, J., Hanspach, J. & Hartel, T., 10.2011, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9, 8, p. 430-430 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Contributing to sustainable development pathways in the South Pacific through transdisciplinary research: Conference report
Riechers, M., Baumann, L., Braun, M., Carew, A., Chinappa, M., Dehm, J., Ganachaud, A., Holland, E., Kelsey, H., Lal, S., Landemard, M., Rocle, N. & Stockwell, B. L., 09.2024, In: Marine Policy. 167, 3 p., 106124.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Correction to: Human–nature connectedness and other relational values are negatively affected by landscape simplification: insights from Lower Saxony, Germany (Sustainability Science, (2022), 17, 3, (865-877), 10.1007/s11625-021-00928-9)
Riechers, M., Martín-López, B. & Fischer, J., 09.2023, In: Sustainability Science. 18, 5, 1 p., 2505.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Corrigendum to “Flexible electricity generation, grid exchange and storage for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system in Europe” [Renew. Energy 139 (2019) 80-101]
Child, M., Kemfert, C., Bogdanov, D. & Breyer, C., 01.04.2021, In: Renewable Energy. 167, p. 960 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Corrigendum to "Palaeoecological analysis of a Late Quaternary sediment profile in northern Oman" [Journal of Arid Environments 73 (2009) 296-305] (DOI:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.023)
Urban, B. & Buerkert, A., 06.2009, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 73, 6-7, p. 694-694 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Corrigendum to: Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes
Jager, N. W., Newig, J., Challies, E. & Kochskämper, E., 01.07.2021, In: Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. 31, 3, p. 616-616 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Corrigendum to “Rethinking economic practices and values as assemblages of more-than-human relations” [Ecological Economics 211 (2023) 107866]
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S., Benavides-Frías, C., Raymond, C., Díaz-Reviriego, I. & Hanspach, J., 01.05.2024, In: Ecological Economics. 219, 1 p., 108157.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Die bewegten Gründer: löst die Neue Wirtschaft die Ökologiebewegung ab? ; eine Polemik
Petersen, H., 01.04.2000, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 15, 2, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Digitalization paving the ways for sustainable chemistry: switching on more green lights
Zuin Zeidler, V., 14.06.2024, In: Science (New York, N.Y.). 384, 6701, adq3537.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Diversity lost: COVID-19 as a phenomenon of the total environment
Cazzolla Gatti, R., Menéndez, L. P., Laciny, A., Bobadilla Rodríguez, H., Bravo Morante, G., Carmen, E., Dorninger, C., Fabris, F., Grunstra, N. D. S., Schnorr, S. L., Stuhlträger, J., Villanueva Hernandez, L. A., Jakab, M., Sarto-Jackson, I. & Caniglia, G., 20.02.2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 756, 14 p., 144014.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Does habitat heterogeneity increase farmland biodiversity ?
Batary, P., Fischer, J., Baldi, A., Crist, T. O. & Tscharntke, T., 04.2011, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 9, 3, p. 152-153 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Do Online Training offer an effective Option for the Prevention and Health Promotion of Professionals? A systematic Overview and Meta-analysis
Lehr, D., 2017, In: Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie. 63, 1, p. 80-81 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Ecological design & engineering for urban environments
Braungart, M., Darlington, A., Garland, J., Lucey, W. P., Peck, S. & Peeters, J., 01.09.2008, In: Industrial Biotechnology. 4, 3, p. 211-223 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Ecosystem services: Response
Bateman, I. J., Harwood, A. R., Mace, G. M., Watson, R. T., Abson, D. J., Andrews, B., Binner, A., Crowe, A. M., Day, B., Dugdale, S., Fezzi, C., Foden, J., Hadley, D. J., Haines-Young, R. H., Hulme, M. F., Kontoleon, A. A., Lovett, A. A., Munday, P., Pascual, U., Paterson, J. S., Perino, G., Sen, A., Siriwardena, G., Van Soest, D. P. & Termansen, M., 25.10.2013, In: Science. 342, 6157, p. 421-422 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Emerging Contaminants versus Micro-pollutants
Kümmerer, K., 10.2011, In: Clean - Soil, Air, Water. 39, 10, p. 889–890 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Enhancing the transformative potential of interventions for the sustainable use of natural resources
Loos, J., Cortés-Capano, G., Riechers, M., Walsh, C. & Leventon, J., 01.08.2024, In: Biological Conservation. 296, 10 p., 110691.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Erratum: Formalised and non-formalised methods in resource management-knowledge and social learning in participatory processes: An introduction
Newig, J., Haberl, H., Pahl-Wostl, C. & Rothman, D. S., 04.2009, In: Systemic Practice and Action Research. 22, 2, p. 125 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Erratum to "Generic functions of railway stations-A conceptual basis for the development of common system understanding and assessment criteria" [Transp. Policy 18 (2010) 446-455]
Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D. J. & Scholz, R. W., 08.2011, In: Transport Policy. 18, 4, p. 648-648 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Feedstocks and analysis: General discussion
Aldous, L., Argyropoulos, D., Budarin, V., Cabrera-Rodríguez, C. I., Clark, J., Coma, M., Constable, D., Fan, J., Gschwend, F., Hayes, D., Hu, C., Huber, G., Hughes, T., Hunt, A., Lapkin, A., Lye, G., Mascal, M., Matharu, A., Mu, X., Pant, D., Papaioannou, E., Rinaldi, R., Rothenberg, G., Samec, J., Sarkanen, S., Stankiewicz, A., Stevens, C., Titirici, M., Waldron, K., Wilson, K., Zhenova, A., Zhou, L. & Zuin, V., 01.09.2017, In: Faraday Discussions. 202, p. 497-519 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Forschung für nachhaltige entwicklungen
Grießhammer, R., Bergmann, M. & Betker, F., 05.2014, In: GAIA. 23, 2, p. 129 - 131 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Fukushima disaster indirectly threatens lake ecosystems
Matsuzaki, S-IS., Von Wehrden, H., Møller, A. P. & Takamura, N., 01.11.2012, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10, 9, p. 464-464 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Genetic editing of wood for sustainability: Trees engineered to have less lignin could make paper production less polluting
Zuin Zeidler, V. G., 14.07.2023, In: Science. 381, 6654, p. 124-125 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Grassroots Innovations for Inclusive Development: Need for a Paradigmatic Shift
Kumar, V., Chand, V. S., Zhang, L., Hoppers, C. A. O., Zhang, W., Esders, M. & Gupta, A. K., 01.07.2013, In: Vikalpa. 38, 3, p. 103-122 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Harnessing place attachment for local climate mitigation? Hypothesising connections between broadening representations of place and readiness for change
Upham, P., Johansen, K., Bögel, P. M., Axon, S., Garard, J. & Carney, S., 02.09.2018, In: Local Environment. 23, 9, p. 912-919 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Identifying the Research and Infrastructure Needs for the Global Assessment of Hazardous Chemicals Ten Years after Establishing the Stockholm Convention
Klánová, J., Diamond, M., Jones, K., Lammel, G., Lohmann, R., Pirrone, N., Scheringer, M., Balducci, C., Bidleman, T., Bláha, K., Bláha, L., Booij, K., Bouwman, H., Breivik, K., Eckhardt, S., Fiedler, H., Garrigues, P., Harner, T., Holoubek, I., Hung, H., MacLeod, M., Magulova, K., Mosca, S., Pistocchi, A., Simonich, S., Smedes, F., Stephanou, E., Sweetman, A., Sebková, K., Venier, M., Vighi, M., Vrana, B., Wania, F., Weber, R. & Weiss, P., 15.09.2011, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 45, 18, p. 7617-7619 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Interview mit Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas Schomerus
Schomerus, T., 15.11.2022, In: Fachzeitschrift für Energierecht. 2022, 6, p. 246-247 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Klimapolitik: Hohe Erwartungen
Kemfert, C., 01.11.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 101, 11, p. 836 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Klimaschutz: Die beste Schuldenbremse
Kemfert, C., 01.06.2021, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 101, 6, p. 408-408 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Kommentar zur .,Stellungnahme zur Lage des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses in der Psychologie" von Rentzsch et al.
Stürmer, S., Oeberst, A., Trötschel, R. & Decker, O., 10.2017, In: Psychologische Rundschau. 68, 4, p. 270-272 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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„Kultur” als Herausforderung für die Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Bericht vom 7. Workshop des Forums on Sustainable Technological Development in a Globalising World „Sustainability 2010: The Cultural Dimension”. Berlin, 9.–12. Juni 2010
Muraca, B. & Holz, V., 01.11.2010, In: Technikfolgenabschätzung. 19, 3, p. 120-124 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Learning from Indigenous Populations and Local Communities
Molnár, Z., Doormann, L., Reyes-García, V., Martín-López, B., Berkes, F. & Bodin, Ö., 20.09.2019, In: One Earth. 1, 1, p. 16-17 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Living on the edge: Rapid assessment of the mammal community in a coffee forest in south-western Ethiopia
Rodrigues, P., Dorresteijn, I., Senbeta, F. & Fischer, J., 06.2019, In: African Journal of Ecology. 57, 2, p. 279-285 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research