School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- 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.
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.
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Do Nonsuicidal Severely Depressed Individuals with Diabetes Profit from Internet-Based Guided Self-Help? Secondary Analyses of a Pragmatic Randomized Trial
Schlicker, S., Weisel, K. K., Buntrock, C., Berking, M., Nobis, S., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H., Snoek, F. J., Riper, H. & Ebert, D. D., 14.05.2019, In: Journal of Diabetes Research. 2019, 11 p., 2634094.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Privatizing the commons: New approaches need broader evaluative criteria for sustainability
Partelow, S., Abson, D. J., Schlueter, A., Fernandez-Gimenez, M., von Wehrden, H. & Collier, N., 03.05.2019, In: International Journal of the Commons. 13, 1, p. 747-776 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Land-use legacy and tree age in continuous woodlands: weak effects on overall ground beetle assemblages, but strong effects on two threatened species
Huelsmann, M., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Schuldt, A. & Assmann, T., 15.06.2019, In: Journal of Insect Conservation. 23, 3, p. 623-633 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nature’s contributions to people in mountains: A review
Martín-López, B., Leister, I., Lorenzo Cruz, P., Palomo, I., Grêt-Regamey, A., Harrison, P. A., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Luque, S. & Walz, A., 11.06.2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 24 p., e0217847.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Techno-economic assessment of non-sterile batch and continuous production of lactic acid from food waste
Peinemann, J., Demichelis, F., Fiore, S. & Pleissner, D., 01.10.2019, In: Bioresource Technology. 289, 121631.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessment of upstream bioprocessing
Pleißner, D., 01.07.2019, In: 3 Biotech. 9, 7, 7 p., 260.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Guidance for assessing interregional ecosystem service flows
Koellner, T., Bonn, A., Arnhold, S., Bagstad, K. J., Fridman, D., Guerra, C. A., Kastner, T., Kissinger, M., Kleemann, J., Kuhlicke, C., Liu, J., López-Hoffman, L., Marques, A., Martín-López, B., Schulp, C. J. E., Wolff, S. & Schröter, M., 10.2019, In: Ecological Indicators. 105, p. 92-106 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Employees’ perceived benefits from participating in CSR activities and implications for increasing employees engagement in CSR
Koch, C., Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., Bögel, P. M. & Adam, U., 23.05.2019, In: Corporate Communications. 24, 2, p. 303-317 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Internet- and App-Based Stress Intervention for Distance-Learning Students With Depressive Symptoms: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Harrer, M., Apolinario-Hagen, J., Fritsche, L., Druege, M., Krings, L., Beck, K., Salewski, C., Zarski, A.-C., Lehr, D., Baumeister, H. & Ebert, D. D., 21.05.2019, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry. 10, MAY, 13 p., 361.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Phasing-out Coal in Germany – Not Only, But Also a Legal Challenge
Schomerus, C.-T., 01.04.2019, In: Renewable Energy Law & Policy Review. 9, 2, p. 60-67 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer