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.

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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.

  1. Published

    Cascade thermochemical storage with internal condensation heat recovery for better energy and exergy efficiencies

    N’Tsoukpoe, K. E., Osterland, T., Opel, O. & Ruck, W. K. L., 01.11.2016, In: Applied Energy. 181, p. 562-574 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    An applied methodology for stakeholder identification in transdisciplinary research

    Leventon, J., Fleskens, L., Claringbould, H., Schwilch, G. & Hessel, R., 01.09.2016, In: Sustainability Science. 11, 5, p. 763-775 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    On the way to greener ionic liquids: Identification of a fully mineralizable phenylalanine-based ionic liquid

    Haiß, A., Jordan, A., Westphal, J., Logunova, E., Gathergood, N. & Kümmerer, K., 2016, In: Green Chemistry . 18, 16, p. 4361-4373 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    IEA SHC Task 42 / ECES Annex 29 WG A1: Engineering and Processing of PCMs, TCMs and Sorption Materials

    Ristić, A., Furbo, S., Moser, C., Schranzhofer, H., Lazaro, A., Delgado, M., Peñalosa, C., Zalewski, L., Diarce, G., Alkan, C., Gunasekara, S. N., Haussmann, T., Gschwander, S., Rathgeber, C., Schmit, H., Barreneche, C., Cabeza, L., Ferrer, G., Konuklu, Y., Paksoy, H., Rammelberg, H., Munz, G., Herzog, T., Jänchen, J. & Barrio, E. P. D., 01.06.2016, In: Energy Procedia. 91, p. 207-217 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

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    Lab-scale experiment of a closed thermochemical heat storage system including honeycomb heat exchanger

    Fopah-Lele, A., Rohde, C., Neumann, K., Tietjen, T., Rönnebeck, T., N'Tsoukpoe, K. E., Osterland, T., Opel, O. & Ruck, W. K. L., 01.11.2016, In: Energy. 114, p. 225-238 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reaction of Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride and their Mixed Salts with Ethanol for Thermal Energy Storage

    Korhammer, K., Apel, C., Osterland, T. & Ruck, W. K. L., 01.06.2016, In: Energy Procedia. 91, p. 161-171 11 p., 125043.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

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    Transboundary Cooperation in European Water Governance - A set-theoretic analysis of International River Basins

    Jager, N. W., 01.07.2016, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 26, 4, p. 278–291 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Thermochemical heat storage materials: Performance of mixed salt hydrates

    Rammelberg, H. U., Osterland, T., Priehs, B., Opel, O. & Ruck, W. K. L., 15.10.2016, In: Solar Energy. 136, p. 571-589 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    “We cannot let this happen again”: reversing UK flood policy in response to the Somerset Levels floods, 2014

    Smith, A., Porter, J. J. & Upham, P., 01.02.2017, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 60, 2, p. 351-369 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review