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

    Perspektiven auf Zeit im Recht: Das bisherige Verständnis von Zeit im Recht und die Notwendigkeit der Betrachtung von Zeit als Ressource

    Bertram, A., 2023, Zeitliche Dimensionen und Kritische Theorie(n) des Rechts: Tagung des Jungen Forums Rechtsphilosophie (JFR) in der internationalen Vereinigung für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (IVR) im September 2020 und im Mai 2021 in Braunschweig und Hamburg. Stuttgart, p. 47-59

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

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    “Nationals” at Forty: From an Undefined UNCLOS Term to Due Diligence Obligations on the State of Nationality to Combat IUU Fishing

    Honniball, A. N. & Schatz, V. J., 2023, In: International Law Studies. 100, p. 229-265

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Settlement of EEZ Fisheries Access Disputes under UNCLOS: Limitations to Jurisdiction and Compulsory Conciliation

    Schatz, V. J., 2023, In: Göttingen Journal of International Law. 13, 1, p. 82-118 37 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    SMARTPHONE APPS FOR TINNITUS: A REVIEW ON INTERVENTION COMPONENTS AND BEHAVIOR CHANGE TECHNIQUES USED IN TINNITUS APPS

    Rinn, A., Goetsch, S., Hannibal, S., Lehr, D. & Weise, C., 01.10.2023, In: International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 30, 1 Supplement, p. 548-548 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

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    Klaus Dierßen (1948-2022) Obituary

    Härdtle, W. & Schrautzer, J., 2023, In: Tuexenia. 43, p. 357-373 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Rent Control, Market Segmentation, and Misallocation: Causal Evidence from a Large-Scale Policy Intervention

    Mense, A., Michelsen, C. & Kholodilin, K. A., 03.2023, In: Journal of Urban Economics. 134, 22 p., 103513.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Einfluss der Erstsprache von Lernenden auf ihre Vorstellungen im Fach Biologie

    Sowinski, R. & Abels, S., 04.2023, Lernen, Lehren und Forschen in einer digital geprägten Welt: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik. Jahrestagung in Aachen 2022. van Vorst, H. (ed.). Essen: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, p. 973-976 4 p. (Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik (GDCP); vol. 43).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Plant Community of the Year 2024: Vegetation of wet meadows (Calthion palustris)

    Schneider, S., Bergmeier, E., Boch, S., Ewald, J., Härdtle, W., Heinken, T., Hölzel, N., Horn, K., Lütt, S., Remy, D., Ruthsatz, B., Schwabe, A., Tischew, S., Becker, T. & Dierschke, H., 2023, In: Tuexenia. 43, p. 277-334 58 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Nachhaltigkeitsprüfungen in Kommunen

    Redenius, P., Heinrichs, H. & Gromball, L. E., 01.06.2023, Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO), p. 1-15, 15 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Gesellschaft; no. 4).

    Research output: Working paperExpert opinions

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Publications

  1. On the determinants of mandatory works councils in Germany
  2. Richard M. Meyers Literaturgeschichtsschreibung und die Frühe Neuzeit
  3. Baking Critical Understanding: Crafting Impactful Social Science Research in the Anthropocene
  4. Billard
  5. The WTO’s Crisis
  6. Harmonisierungspotenziale zwischen in- und externem Rechnungswesen.
  7. Fabeln der Finalfiguren
  8. Introduzione
  9. Zur Situation des Grundschulsports
  10. The Pervasive Role of Pragmatics in Early Language
  11. Psychometric Properties of the Online Arabic Versions of BDI-II, HSCL-25, and PDS
  12. Beschäftigung statt Ruhestand
  13. Führungssysteme: Eine machtpolitische Analyse
  14. Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär studieren
  15. Emotionale Kompetenz entwickeln
  16. Networks in Sustainable Urban Development
  17. Die unwahrscheinliche Stadt
  18. The role of free will beliefs in social behavior:
  19. Ecosystem services
  20. Populism and corruption
  21. Der Fall des Staatsministers
  22. Die Landung
  23. Kryptische Blicke eines extraordinären Paares
  24. Worlds Apart: Does Perceptual Congruence Between Leaders and Older Employees Regarding Age-Friendly Organizational Climate, Management, and Work Design Matter?
  25. Funktions-, anreiz- und aufwandsorientierte Vergütung des Aufsichtsrats und Prüfungsausschusses.
  26. Promovieren als handlungsorientiertes Projekt
  27. The Aging of the Unions in West Germany, 1980-2006
  28. 8. Workshop Umweltinformatik zwischen Nachhaltigkeit und Wandel (UINW 2020)
  29. Online Peer-to-Peer Lending
  30. Does immigrant employment matter for export sales? Evidence from Denmark
  31. The madrid statement on poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)