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.
- 2016
- Published
Testing alien plant distribution and habitat invasibility in mountain ecosystems: growth form matters
Giorgis, M. A., Cingolani, A. M., Tecco, P. A., Cabido, M., Poca, M. & von Wehrden, H., 01.07.2016, In: Biological Invasions. 18, 7, p. 2017-2028 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Information-anchoring model of first-offers: When moving first helps versus hurts negotiators
Loschelder, D. D., Trötschel, R., Swaab, R. I., Friese, M. & Galinsky, A. D., 01.07.2016, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 101, 7, p. 995-1012 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transboundary Cooperation in European Water Governance - A set-theoretic analysis of International River Basins
Jager, N. W., 01.07.2016, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 26, 4, p. 278–291 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Atmospheric occurrence and fate of organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizer at the German coast
Wolschke, H., Sühring, R., Mi, W., Möller, A., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 07.2016, In: Atmospheric Environment. 137, p. 1-5 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gendered Energy – Analytische Perspektiven und Potenziale der Geschlechterforschung für eine sozial-ökologische Gestaltung der Energiewende im Raum
Kanning, H., Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 30.06.2016, In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung. 74, 3, p. 213-227 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Adherence to Internet-Based Mobile-Supported Stress Management: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Participant Data From Three Randomized Controlled Trials
Zarski, A.-C., Lehr, D., Berking, M., Riper, H., Cuijpers, P. & Ebert, D. D., 29.06.2016, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 18, 6, 15 p., e146.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sowing density: A neglected factor fundamentally affecting root distribution and biomass allocation of field grown spring barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.)
Hecht, V. L., Nagel, K. A., Rascher, U., Postma, J. A. & Temperton, V. M., 28.06.2016, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, 14 p., 00944.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die "Energielandschaft" als StadtLandschaft: Die Transformationsgeschichte einer Region in sozial-ökologischer Perspektive
Hofmeister, S. & Scurrell, B., 16.06.2016, StadtLandschaften: Die neue Hybridität von Stadt und Land. Hofmeister, S. & Kühne, O. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 187-214 27 p. (Hybride Metropolen).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Fazit und Ausblick: StadtLandschaften zwischen Verlusterfahrung und Erneuerung
Hofmeister, S. & Kühne, O., 16.06.2016, StadtLandschaften: Die neue Hybridität von Stadt und Land. Hofmeister, S. & Kühne, O. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 283-286 4 p. (Hybride Metropolen).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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StadtLandschaften: Die neue Hybridität von Stadt und Land
Hofmeister, S. (Editor) & Kühne, O. (Editor), 16.06.2016, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 286 p. (Hybride Metropolen)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research