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.

  1. Published

    Nitrogen cycling and storage in Gagea spathacea (Liliaceae): ecological insights for protecting a rare woodland species

    Fichtner, A., Matthies, D., Armbrust, M., Jansen, D., Sturm, K., Walmsley, D., von Oheimb, G. & Härdtle, W., 01.09.2018, In: Plant Ecology. 219, 9, p. 1117–1126 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Konfliktfeld „neue Gentechnik“: Regulierung landwirtschaftlicher Biotechnologien zwischen Innovation und Vorsorge

    Friedrich, B. & Hackfort, S. K., 01.01.2018, In: GAIA. 27, 2, p. 211-215 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Energy policy and transdisciplinary transition management arenas in illiberal democracies: A conceptual framework

    Noboa, E. & Upham, P., 01.12.2018, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 46, p. 114-124 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Integrating food security and biodiversity governance: A multi-level social network analysis in Ethiopia

    Jiren, T. S., Bergsten, A., Dorresteijn, I., Collier, N. F., Leventon, J. & Fischer, J., 01.11.2018, In: Land Use Policy. 78, p. 420-429 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Photochemistry of 9-acridinecarboxaldehyde in aqueous media

    Palm, W. U., 01.07.2018, In: Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences. 17, 7, p. 964-974 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    The Democratic Capacity of Science Education Or: Is Inclusive Science Education the Contemporary Science Education?

    Abels, S. & Wellensiek, A., 2018, Bildung gewinnt! Annelie Wellensiek zum Gedenken. Hohenester-Pongratz, B. & Kollmann, F. (eds.). Heidelberg: Mattes Verlag, p. 173-184 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    PharmCycle: a holistic approach to reduce the contamination of the aquatic environment with antibiotics by developing sustainable antibiotics, improving the environmental risk assessment of antibiotics, and reducing the discharges of antibiotics in the wastewater outlet

    Andrae, J., Beyer, F., Cornelissen, G., Einfeldt, J., Heseding, J., Kuemmerer, K., Oelkers, K. & Floeter, C., 01.12.2018, In: Environmental Sciences Europe. 30, 1, 15 p., 24.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Komplexe Verhältnisse: Bildungsprozesse zwischen Theorie und Praxis

    Offen, S. & Hechler, A., 02.12.2018, In: Journal für Politische Bildung. 2018, 3, p. 46-51 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Narrationen und Narrative als Zugänge zu Emotionen in der politischen Bildung

    Offen, S., 2018, In: Journal für Politische Bildung. 8, 2, p. 30-33 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

Recently viewed