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

    The ground beetle tribe Cyclosomini s.l. in Israel (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Aßmann, T., Boutaud, E., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Friedman, A.-L.-L., Härdtle, W., Homburg, K., Marcus, T., Renan, I. & Wrase, D. W., 08.2015, In: Spixiana. 38, 1, p. 49-69 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    The ground beetle supertribe zuphiitae in the southern levant: (Coleoptera, carabidae)

    Austin, K., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Felix, R. F. F. L., Friedman, A. L. L., Khoury, F., Renan, I., Schmidt, C., Wrase, D. W., Aßmann, T., Marcus, T. & Boutaud, E., 01.12.2015, In: Spixiana. 38, 2, p. 237-262 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    The governance of land use strategies: Institutional and social dimensions of land sparing and land sharing

    Jiren, T. S., Dorresteijn, I., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.05.2018, In: Conservation Letters. 11, 3, 8 p., e12429.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    The glocal curriculum: a practical guide to teaching and learning in an Interconnected world

    John, B., Caniglia, G., Bellina, L., Lang, D. J. & Laubichler, M., 2017, Baden Baden: [sic!] Verlag für kritische Ästhetik. 189 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    The glocal curriculum: A model for transnational collaboration in higher education for sustainable development

    Caniglia, G., John, B., Bellina, L., Lang, D. J., Wiek, A., Cohmer, S. & Laubichler, M. D., 10.01.2018, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 171, p. 368 - 376 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published
  7. Published

    The global distribution of authorship in economics journals

    Aigner, E., Greenspon, J. & Rodrik, D., 01.05.2025, In: World Development. 189, 18 p., 106926.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The German Version of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10): Evaluation of Dimensionality, Validity, and Measurement Invariance With Exploratory and Confirmatory Bifactor Modeling

    Reis, D., Lehr, D., Heber, E. & Ebert, D. D., 01.10.2019, In: Assessment (ASM). 26, 7, p. 1246-1259 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    The German perspective of education for sustainable development

    Adomßent, M., 2009, The Role of Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Report of DAAD/UNU-ViE joint workshops on the occasion of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development. DAAD & UNU-ViE (eds.). p. 16 1 p.

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

  10. Published

    The German Environmental Information Act under the microscope

    Schomerus, T. & Zschiesche, M., 29.04.2022, In: Renewable Energy Law & Policy Review. 10, 3-4, p. 32-38 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

Recently viewed

Publications

  1. Integrierte Standort- und Belegungsplanung
  2. Linguistik
  3. Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland
  4. Intentionale vs. emergente Strategien der Online-Kommunikation von Gründungsunternehmen
  5. Was das Gesicht über den Geschmack verrät
  6. Social Upgrading in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector Since Rana Plaza
  7. Bei Anruf Arbeit - Ansätze zur Gestaltung von Rufbereitschaft
  8. Gesellschaftliche Herausforderung und theologische Bestimmung: Kirche zwischen Institutionalisierung und Pluralismus
  9. Grundlagen der Ausdauer bei sieben- bis elfjährigen Kindern
  10. "Hello, we're from the internet" - Zur digitalen Transformation des Kulturbetriebs
  11. On Banks and Credit - Re-reading Schumpeter after September 2008
  12. T. Haigh (Hrsg.): Exploring the Early Digital
  13. Zum Einkommen der Freien Berufe
  14. Abstand vom Alltag-Schritte zur Selbstreflexion
  15. Mord unterm Nordlicht
  16. Interaktivität beim Fremdsprachenlehren und -lernen mit digitalen Medien
  17. Assessing Corporate Sustainability Through Ratings
  18. Zur Aktualität der Rhythmusbewegung im 21. Jahrhundert
  19. Hauptsache Fußball, sozialwissenschaftliche Einwürfe, Holger Brandes ... (Hg.)
  20. Strategische Umweltprüfung für die Offshore-Windenergienutzung
  21. Mysteriöse Kisten und Vertrautheitsreste
  22. Was hat Francis Bacon mit Nachhaltigkeit und neoliberaler Globalisierung zu tun? Feminist sites
  23. Kyoto ist anderswo
  24. Verhandelte und versäumte Erinnerungen, koloniale Blickverhältnisse
  25. From Protest to Surveillance – The Political Rationality of Mobile Media
  26. Unobserved Firm Heterogeneity and the Size-Exports Nexus