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

    Landscape diversity and the resilience of agricultural returns: a portfolio analysis of land-use patterns and economic returns from lowland agriculture

    Abson, D., Fraser, E. & Benton, T., 07.01.2013, In: Agriculture and Food Security. 2, 1, 15 p., 2.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Landscape context influences chytrid fungus distribution in an endangered European amphibian

    Scheele, B. C., Driscoll, D. A., Fischer, J., Fletcher, A. W., Hanspach, J., Vörös, J. & Hartel, T., 01.10.2015, In: Animal Conservation. 18, 5, p. 480-488 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    LAND: Klimaangepasste Kulturlandschaft - Leistungsfähiger Naturhaushalt und umweltschonende Landbewirtschaftung.

    Urban, B., Rechid, D. & Mersch, I., 2014, Kursbuch Klimaanpassung: Handlungsoptionen für die Metropolregion Hamburg. K.-N. V. (ed.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 52-55 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

  4. Published

    Landfills as sources of polyfluorinated compounds, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and musk fragrances to ambient air

    Weinberg, I., Dreyer, A. & Ebinghaus, R., 02.2011, In: Atmospheric Environment. 45, 4, p. 935-941 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Landcover dynamics in relation to western tragopan occurrence in Pakistan: A regional assessment

    Saqib, Z., Malik, R. N. & Von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2013, In: Pakistan Journal of Botany. 45, S 1 (Special Issue), p. 551-559 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Landbesitz, Raumaneignung und (Re)Produktivität im Ökotourismus

    Dannenberg, J., 2018, Zum Selbstverständnis der Gender-Studies II: Technik - Raum - Bildung. Onnen, C. & Rode-Breymann, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Verlag Babara Budrich, Vol. 2. p. 119-134 16 p. (L'AGENda; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Lambarene

    Oermann, N. O. & Suermann, T., 2012, Europa und die Welt. den Boer, P., Duchhardt, H., Kreis, G. & Schmale, W. (eds.). München: Oldenbourg, p. 265-270 6 p. (Europäische Erinnerungsorte; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesEducation

  8. Published

    Lagging behind in CSR? Japanese Companies on their Way to Corporate Sustainability Management

    Schock, M., 2008, In: Japan aktuell. 16, 4, p. 67-86 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. E-pub ahead of print

    Lagged Multidimensional Recurrence Quantification Analysis for Determining Leader–Follower Relationships Within Multidimensional Time Series

    Tomashin, A., Gordon, I., Leonardi, G., Berson, Y., Milstein, N., Ziegler, M., Hess, U. & Wallot, S., 10.10.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychological Methods. 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    L'agenda 21 locale: luogo di costruzione della sostenibilità

    Stoltenberg, U., 2005, La Sostenibilità si può fare: la "vetrina per uno sviluppo sostenibile": un progetto innovativo per la comunicazione e lo sviluppo della sostenibilità. Stoltenberg, U., Muraca, B. & Nora, E. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 64-73 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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