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.
- Journal articles › Research › Peer-reviewed
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Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests
Schuldt, A., Assmann, T., Brezzi, M., Buscot, F., Eichenberg, D., Gutknecht, J., Härdtle, W., He, J-S., Klein, A-M., Kühn, P., Liu, X., Ma, K., Niklaus, P. A., Pietsch, K. A., Purahong, W., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Schmid, B., Scholten, T., Staab, M., Tang, Z., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Wirth, C., Wubet, T., Zhu, C-D. & Bruelheide, H., 01.12.2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1, 10 p., 2989 .Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context.
Ratcliffe, S., Wirth, C., Jucker, T., van der Plas, F., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Verheyen, K., Allan, E., Benavides, R., Bruelheide, H., Ohse, B., Paquette, A., Ampoorter, E., Bastias, C. C., Bauhus, J., Bonal, D., Bouriaud, O., Bussotti, F., Carnol, M., Castagneyrol, B., Checko, E., Dawud, S. M., de Wandeler, H., Domisch, T., Finér, L., Fischer, M., Fotelli, M., Gessler, A., Granier, A., Grossiord, C., Guyot, V., Haase, J., Hättenschwiler, S., Jactel, H., Jaroszewicz, B., Joly, F-X., Kambach, S., Kolb, S., Koricheva, J., Liebergesell, M., Milligan, H., Müller, S., Muys, B., Nguyen, D., Nock, C., Pollastrini, M., Purschke, O., Radoglou, K., Rauland-Rasmussen, K., Roger, F., Ruiz-Benito, P., Seidl, R., Selvi, F., Seiferling, I., Stenlid, J., Valladares, F., Vesterdal, L. & Baeten, L., 11.2017, In: Ecology Letters. 20, 11, p. 1414-1426 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity and food security: from trade-offs to synergies
Cramer, W., Egea, E., Fischer, J., Lux, A., Salles, J. M., Settele, J. & Tichit, M., 01.06.2017, In: Regional Environmental Change. 17, 5, p. 1257-1259 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity buffers pollination from changes in environmental conditions
Brittain, C., Kremen, C. & Klein, A-M., 02.2013, In: Global Change Biology. 19, 2, p. 540-547 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity-multifunctionality relationships depend on identity and number of measured functions
Meyer, S. T., Ptacnik, R., Hillebrand, H., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Halle, S., Klein, A. M., Oelmann, Y., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, C., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E. D., Temperton, V. M., Tscharntke, T., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W. & Weisser, W. W., 01.01.2018, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2, 1, p. 44-49 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity–stability relationships strengthen over time in a long-term grassland experiment
Wagg, C., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Vogel, A., Ebeling, A., de Luca, E., Roeder, A., Kleinspehn, C., Temperton, V. M., Meyer, S. T., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Buchmann, N., Fischer, M., Weisser, W. W., Eisenhauer, N. & Schmid, B., 14.12.2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 11 p., 7752.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biofuel Sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review of recent Experiences and Future Prospects
Bailis, R., Solomon, B. D., Moser, C. & Hildebrandt, T., 03.09.2014, In: Biofuels. 5, 5, p. 469-485 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biogeographical patterns in the diet of the wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber, in Eurasia: Factors affecting the trophic diversity
Lozano Mendoza, J., Moleón, M. & Virgós, E., 01.06.2006, In: Journal of Biogeography. 33, 6, p. 1076-1085 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biogeography meets conservation: the genetic structure of the endangered lycaenid butterfly Lycaena helle (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Meyer, M., Finger, A., Roedder, D., Aßmann, T. & Zachos, F. E., 09.2010, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 101, 1, p. 155-168 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biographische Lernprozesse von Sustainability Entrepreneuren verstehen
Timm, J-M., 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik. 16, 1, p. 103-113 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review