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

    A path to clean water: Reduced chemicals input must complement wastewater treatment to ensure the safety of water resources

    Kümmerer, K., Dionysiou, D. D., Olsson, O. & Fatta-Kassinos, D., 20.07.2018, In: Science. 361, 6399, p. 222 - 224 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  2. Published

    What drives social entrepreneurial appraisal among hearing-impaired individuals?

    Jasniak, M., Ermakova, T., Baierl, R. & Halberstadt, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 236-255 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    SHEstainability: How relationship networks influence the idea generation in opportunity recognition process by female social entrepreneurs

    Spiegler, A. B. & Halberstadt, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 202-235 34 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Freundschaft als Resilienzfaktor

    Salisch, M., 05.2020, Was Kinder stärkt.: Erziehung zwischen Risiko und Resilienz. Fingerle, M., Opp, G. & Suess, G. (eds.). 4. Auflage ed. München: Ernst Reinhardt Verlag, p. 194-201 8 p.

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

  5. Published

    Native-born German and immigrant children’s development of emotion knowledge: A latent growth curve analysis

    Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 03.2019, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 37, 1, p. 112-129 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Effectiveness of Web- and Mobile-Based Treatment of Subthreshold Depression With Adherence-Focused Guidance: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

    Ebert, D. D., Buntrock, C., Lehr, D., Smit, F., Riper, H., Baumeister, H., Cuijpers, P. & Berking, M., 01.01.2018, In: Behavior Therapy. 49, 1, p. 71-83 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Is Peru prepared for large-scale sustainable rural electrification?

    Feron, S. & Cordero, R. R., 22.05.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 5, 20 p., 1683.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Crop variety and prey richness affect spatial patterns of human-wildlife conflicts in Iran's Hyrcanian forests

    Meinecke, L., Soofi, M., Riechers, M., Khorozyan, I., Hosseini, H., Schwarze, S. & Waltert, M., 01.06.2018, In: Journal for Nature Conservation. 43, p. 165-172 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Technological response options after the VW diesel scandal: Implications for engine CO2 emissions

    Andersen, O., Upham, P. & Aall, C., 04.07.2018, In: Sustainability. 10, 7, 18 p., 2313.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Fragrance allergens in household detergents

    Wieck, S., Olsson, O., Kümmerer, K. & Klaschka, U., 01.08.2018, In: Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP. 97, p. 163-169 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Researchers

  1. Maximilian Armgardt

Publications

  1. Repayment of Cross-Border Shareholder Loans
  2. Digital Tudor
  3. Am Rande des Ereignisses
  4. Die Moderationsmethode als Mittel zur Gestaltung von Präventions- und Kooperationsprojekten
  5. Students’ choice of universities in Germany
  6. Human capital investments in children - A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries
  7. Leistungsbeurteilung
  8. Training der unternehmerischen Selbstständigkeit
  9. Auf der Speisekarte der DPAG
  10. Lebenslanges Lernen beginnt in der Grundschule
  11. Critérios para análise de jogos e aplicativos voltados para aprendizagem de línguas
  12. Energiespeicherung in Bundeswasserstraßen
  13. Existenzgründung
  14. Strategien und Umsetzungspotenziale einer Berufsbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
  15. "Schöpfung" in der 4. Klasse
  16. Representation of dissolved organic carbon in the JULES land surface model (vn4.4-JULES-DOCM)
  17. Einkaufszentren in Kanada bedeutungsverlust und umstrukturierung
  18. Von Cloud Seeding und Albedo Enhancement
  19. THE CULTURAL PRE-REQUISITES OF DEMOCRACY
  20. Internetbasierte psychologische Interventionen
  21. Administrative silence
  22. Entrepreneurial University Archetypes
  23. Behind the Steele Curtain
  24. Alkoholprävention am Arbeitsplatz Hochschule
  25. § 289 c Inhalt der nichtfinanziellen Erklärung
  26. Interactive influence of livestock grazing and manipulated rainfall on soil properties in a humid tropical savanna
  27. Mehrebenenanalyse
  28. Access to Finance and Exports - Comparable Evidence for Small and Medium Enterprises from Industry and Services in 25 European Countries
  29. International Human Resource Management and the formation of cross-cultural competence
  30. Beneath the Second Skin. Mayan Textiles and Bodies in the Art of Manuel Tzoc Bucup and Sandra Monterroso
  31. Sauberes Wasser durch Partizipation?
  32. The influence of feedback and awareness of consequences on the development of corporate sustainability action over time
  33. Unterstützung des Risikomanagements in Unternehmen durch Kreditinstitute