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

    Seeing polycentrically: Examining governance situations using a polycentricity lens

    Blomquist, W. A. & Schröder, N. J. S., 30.09.2019, Governing Complexity: Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity. Thiel, A., Blomquist, W. A. & Garrick, D. E. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 45-64 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Protected habitats of Natura 2000 do not coincide with important diversity hotspots of arthropods in mountain grasslands

    Harry, I., Höfer, H., Schielzeth, H. & Assmann, T., 07.2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 4, p. 329-338 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Framing sustainability and climate change: Interrogating discourses in vernacular and English-language media in Sundarbans, India

    Ghosh, A. & Boykoff, M., 02.2019, In: Geoforum. 99, p. 142-153 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Is implicit Theory of Mind real but hard to detect? Testing adults with different stimulus materials

    Kulke, L., Wübker, M. & Rakoczy, H., 10.07.2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 7, 14 p., 190068.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    A clue on bee glue: New insight into the sources and factors driving resin intake in honeybees (Apis mellifera)

    Drescher, N., Klein, A. M., Schmitt, T. & Leonhardt, S. D., 06.02.2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 2, 20 p., e0210594.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Where have all the beetles gone? Long-term study reveals carabid species decline in a nature reserve in Northern Germany

    Homburg, K., Drees, C., Boutaud, E., Nolte, D., Schuett, W., Zumstein, P., von Ruschkowski, E. & Assmann, T., 07.2019, In: Insect Conservation and Diversity. 12, 4, p. 268-277 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  8. Published

    Kriterien und Effekte von digitalen Medien in inklusiven Lerngruppen: Ein Symposium des Netzwerks inklusiver naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht („NinU“)

    Nehring, A., Abels, S. & Rott, L., 2019, Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung als Grundlage für berufliche und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, Jahrestagung in Kiel 2018. Maurer, C. (ed.). Regensburg: Universität Regensburg, p. 105-108 4 p. (Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik; vol. 39).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  9. Published

    Land Take and Soil Sealing—Drivers, Trends and Policy (Legal) Instruments: Insights from European Cities

    Naumann, S., Frelih-Larsen, A., Prokop, G., Ittner, S., Reed, M., Mills, J., Morari, F., Verzandvoort, S., Albrecht, S., Bjuréus, A., Siebielec, G. & Miturski, T., 2019, International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy 2018. Ginzky, H., Dooley, E., Heuser, I. L., Kasimbazi, E., Markus, T. & Qin, T. (eds.). Cham: Springer Schweiz, p. 83-112 30 p. (International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy ; vol. 2018).

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

  10. Published

    Kontrolle ist gut, Vertrauen ist besser, Bezahlung am besten: Zur Souveränität von Blockchains

    Leistert, O., 2019, In: Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. 10, 2, p. 155-169 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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  3. Lernaufgaben im Chemieunterricht
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  5. Culture in sustainable urban development
  6. Europa professionalisieren
  7. Understanding positive contributions to sustainability. A systematic review
  8. Funding social protection
  9. Akademisierung versus Nichtakademisierung der ErzieherInnenausbildung
  10. Culture and performance appraisal in multinational enterprises
  11. Kooperative Entwicklungssteuerung und Selbstmanagement (KESS)
  12. Mainstream Economy, Development Politics, Sufficiency
  13. Fachübergreifende Auseinandersetzung mit Nachhaltigkeit und Werten in der Studieneinstiegsphase – Das Beispiel des Leuphana Semesters
  14. A comparison of sustainability theory with UK and European airports policy and practice
  15. Compositional variation in grassland plant communities
  16. Finanzmathematische Effektivzins-Berechnungsmethoden
  17. Communal environmental protection and conservation
  18. Wanders, Monika/Preedy, Ingrid/Klippel, Friederike: The Rescue. Hueber, 2006.
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  21. Stauch, Marc: The Law of Medical Negligence in England and Germany. A Comparative Analysis. (Zugl.: Göttingen, Univ., Diss., 2007.) – Oxford and Portland, Ore.: Hart 2008
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  24. Novel Magnesium Based Materials
  25. Der Embryo – eine öffentliche Sache?
  26. Diversification through green innovations
  27. Modern Property Valuation Methods for Masonry Houses in Germany
  28. Dehnen und Beweglichkeitstraining
  29. Geschlechtsbewusste Gewaltprävention
  30. Wirtschaftsdidaktik - eine Disziplin ohne Eigenschaften?
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