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

    Wie genau die Welt retten? Denkanstöße zum Club-of-Rome-Bericht "EARTH FOR ALL"

    Lietzke-Prinz, I. (Editor) & Farny, S. (Editor), 04.04.2024, München: Oekom Verlag. 228 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Investigation of the carbon footprint of the cultivation of the heterotrophic microalga Galdieria sulphuraria on hydrolyzed straw and digestate

    Heidorn, J. R., Smetana, S. & Pleißner, D., 01.06.2024, In: Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment. 6, 7 p., 100087.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Careless product use in access-based services: A rebound effect and how to address it

    Ackermann, L. & Tunn, V. S. C., 01.04.2024, In: Journal of Business Research. 177, 11 p., 114643.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Future ecosystem service provision under land-use change scenarios in southwestern Ethiopia

    Duguma, D. W., Brueck, M., Shumi, G., Law, E., Benra, F., Schultner, J., Nemomissa, S., Abson, D. J. & Fischer, J., 2024, In: Ecosystems and People. 20, 1, 14 p., 2321613.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Effectiveness of One Videoconference-Based Exposure and Response Prevention Session at Home in Adjunction to Inpatient Treatment in Persons With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Nonrandomized Study

    Voderholzer, U., Meule, A., Koch, S., Pfeuffer, S., Anna-Lena, N., Lehr, D. & Zisler, E. M., 13.03.2024, In: JMIR Mental Health. 11, 1, 12 p., e52790.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Canopy structure influences arthropod communities within and beyond tree identity effects: Insights from combining LiDAR data, insecticidal fogging and machine learning regression modelling

    Wildermuth, B., Penanhoat, A., Sennhenn-Reulen, H., Matevski, D., Drescher, J., Aubry-Kientz, M., Seidel, D. & Schuldt, A., 01.03.2024, In: Ecological Indicators. 160, 12 p., 111901.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Impacts of urban real-world labs: Insights from a co-evaluation process informed by structuration theory in Wuppertal-Mirke

    Wanner, M., Augenstein, K., von Wirth, T. & Lang, D. J., 16.03.2024, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33, Supplement 1, p. 102-109 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests: Evidence from a tree diversity experiment

    Castro Sánchez-Bermejo, P., Monjau, T., Goldmann, K., Ferlian, O., Eisenhauer, N., Bruelheide, H., Ma, Z. & Haider, S., 05.2024, In: Functional Ecology. 38, 5, p. 1089-1103 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Two-way NxP fertilisation experiment on barley (Hordeum vulgare) reveals shift from additive to synergistic N-P interactions at critical phosphorus fertilisation level

    Clayton, J., Lemanski, K., Solbach, M. D., Temperton, V. M. & Bonkowski, M., 05.03.2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 15, 12 p., 1346729.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Impacts of real-world labs in sustainability transformations: Forms of impacts, creation strategies, challenges, and methodological advances

    Schäpke, N., Wagner, F., Beecroft, R., Rhodius, R., Laborgne, P., Wanner, M. & Parodi, O., 16.03.2024, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33, p. 4-9 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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  6. A Sociological Reflection on the Concert Venue
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  12. Pflegende Angehörige - eine Selbstverständlichkeit?
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  14. Wahrnehmungseffiziente Managementberichte
  15. Adrienne Windhoff-Heritier: Policy Analyse : eine Einführung
  16. Postkoloniale Erinnerung mit filmischen Mitteln
  17. Inclusive education for refugee students from Ukraine—An exploration of differentiated instruction in German schools
  18. A game theoretic model of the Northwestern European electricity market-market power and the environment
  19. Harnessing the biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland
  20. Earth education
  21. Home ranges of Sand Lizards, Lacerta agilis (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae), along railway tracks
  22. Gelingensbedingungen von Schulentwicklungsprojekten
  23. New Methods of Text Production Process Research combined
  24. Zur Spaltung des Verstandes
  25. Wer von Rassismus nicht reden will
  26. Zuhören gestalten
  27. Kritische Metalle in der großen Transformation
  28. Kronzeuge ohne Krone?
  29. Sachunterricht für das 21. Jahrhundert. Mit dem Konzept Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung arbeiten
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  31. Körpersprache
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