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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How does the context and design of participatory decision making processes affect their outcomes? Evidence from sustainable land management in global drylands
de Vente, J., Reed, M. S., Stringer, L. C., Valente, S. & Newig, J., 01.01.2016, In: Ecology and Society. 21, 2, 24 p., 24.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How do individual farmers’ objectives influence the evaluation of rangeland management strategies under a variable climate?
Jakoby, O., Quaas, M. F., Müller, B., Baumgärtner, S. & Frank, K., 04.2014, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 51, 2, p. 483-493 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How environmental and social orientations influence the funding success of investment-based crowdfunding: The mediating role of the number of funders and the average funding amount
Hörisch, J. & Tenner, I., 01.12.2020, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 161, 120311.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How Germany is phasing out lignite: insights from the Coal Commission and local communities
Radtke, J. & David, M., 12.2024, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 14, 1, 18 p., 7.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How interest groups adapt to the changing forest governance landscape in the EU: A case study from Germany
Jürges, N. & Newig, J., 01.01.2015, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 50, p. 228-235 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How mindfulness training cultivates introspection and competence development for sustainable consumption
Frank, P., Sundermann, A. & Fischer, D., 04.10.2019, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 20, 6, p. 1002-1021 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How much sustainability substance is in urban visions? An analysis of visioning projects in urban planning
John, B., Keeler, L. W., Wiek, A. & Lang, D. J., 01.11.2015, In: Cities. 48, p. 86 - 98 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How Participatory Should Environmental Governance Be? Testing the Applicability of the Vroom-Yetton-Jago Model in Public Environmental Decision-Making
Lührs, N., Jager, N. W., Challies, E. & Newig, J., 01.02.2018, In: Environmental Management. 61, 2, p. 249-262 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How real options and ecological resilience thinking can assist in environmental risk management
Whitten, S. M., Hertzler, G. & Strunz, S., 01.03.2012, In: Journal of Risk Research. 15, 3, p. 331-346 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How secondary-school students deal with issues of sustainable development in class*
Kater-Wettstädt, L., 02.11.2018, In: Environmental Education Research. 24, 11, p. 1565-1580 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review