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

    Food poverty as a barrier for a healthy and climate-friendly nutrition in Austria

    Lampl, C., Schmidt, A. & Aigner, E., 28.10.2024, In: European Journal of Public Health. 34, SP_3, p. 317-317 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Failed mobility transition in an ideal setting and implications for building a green city

    Andert, M. & Nagel, M., 02.12.2024, In: Npj Climate Action. 3, 1, 15 p., 114.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    What explains the performance of participatory governance?

    Jager, N. W. & Newig, J., 09.08.2024, Pathways to Positive Public Administration: An International Perspective. Lucas, P., Nabatchi, T., O'Flynn, J. & Hart, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 165-186 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  4. Published

    Von Freihandelsabkommen zu Nachhaltigkeitsabkommen

    Bäumler, J., 2024, In: Neue Juristische Wochenschrift. 77, 42, p. 3037-3041 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  5. Published

    Ein Recht auf Zeit: Zeit als Ressource

    Bertram, A., 01.09.2024, In: Juridikum : Zeitschrift für Kritik - Recht - Gesellschaft. 2024, 3, p. 364-373

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  6. Published

    Zeit als Ressource im Recht

    Bertram, A., 20.08.2024, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 362 p. (Fundamenta Juridica; vol. 80)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of major depression in adults: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

    IPD-PrevDep Consortium, Buntrock, C., Harrer, M., Sprenger, A. A., Illing, S., Sakata, M., Furukawa, T. A., Ebert, D. D., Cuijpers, P. & Lehr, D., 12.2024, In: The Lancet Psychiatry. 11, 12, p. 990-1001 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The safe-and-sustainable-by-design concept: innovating towards a more sustainable future

    Soeteman-Hernández, L. G., Apel, C., Nowack, B., Sudheshwar, A., Som, C., Huttunen-Saarivirta, E., Tenhunen-Lunkka, A., Scheper, J., Falk, A., Valsami-Jones, E., Rocca, C., Brennan, M., Igartua, A., Mendoza, G., Midander, K., Strömberg, E. & Kümmerer, K., 24.09.2024, In: Environmental Sustainability. 7, 3, p. 363-368 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  1. Organizational Power Dynamics in Residential Group Care as Key Drivers for Safeguarding Children’s Rights
  2. Selbstkonzept von Lernenden beim Abschätzen physikalischer Größen
  3. Finale - Prüfungstraining Realschulabschluss Niedersachsen
  4. Problematik der Vorfinanzierung von Bürgerwindparks und Lösungsansätze
  5. Eternal Life
  6. Von Boccaccio zu Hartmut Lange
  7. Reality TV Reloaded
  8. Göçmenlerin mücadeleleri ve sınıf analizi
  9. Social theatre as a tool for environmental learning processes: a case study from Madrid, Spain
  10. Pinboard | Storyboard
  11. Artistic Directors and Cultural Leadership
  12. Medialität, Performativität und Sprachförmigkeit des Geldes. Drei Dimensionen über das Geld als Denkform zu reflektieren
  13. Sich Platz verschaffen
  14. Die wandlungsaffine Unternehmung
  15. Strategien des Sichtbarmachens in der Ethnografie
  16. Local scenes, urban development and the commercialization of live music
  17. Measuring the Impacts of NGO Partnerships
  18. Alternative Modelle zur Ausgestaltung von Gemeindesteuern : mikroanalytische Quantifizierung der Einnahme-, der Einkommens- und der Verteilungseffekte
  19. Off to Louisiana
  20. Digitalisierung & Inklusion – Teil 2
  21. Openness in Cross-Cultural Work Settings
  22. Die programmatische Orientierung des Museums
  23. Asia in the edges: a narrative account of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Summer School in Bangalore
  24. Akustisches Kapital
  25. Step on it! How Positive Affective States Influence Young Drivers’ Driving Behaviors
  26. Postural control in Parkinson´s disease
  27. Adaptive survival mechanisms and growth limitations of small-stature herb species across a plant diversity gradient
  28. Soziale Unterschiede in der Gesundheitskompetenz von Studierenden
  29. The social–ecological ladder of restoration ambition
  30. An Bildern denken
  31. Ist die Seele noch zu retten?
  32. Erfolgskriterien ökologieorientierten Managements
  33. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SATELLITES AND THE REALITY OF LARGE CONSTELLATIONS
  34. Führung von Repatriates zur Unterstützung des Wissenstransferprozesses
  35. Seeanemonenmodelle der Werkstatt Blaschka
  36. Wirksamkeit Internet- und Mobil-basierter Behandlung komorbider Depression bei Diabetes.