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.
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Influence of solar radiation on mercury emission fluxes from soils
Bahlmann, E., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 2004, In: RMZ - Materials and Geoenvironment. 51, 2, p. 787-790 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Influence of rhizobacterial volatiles on the root system architecture and the production and allocation of biomass in the model grass Brachypodium distachyon (L.) P. Beauv
Delaplace, P., Delory, B. M., Baudson, C., Mendaluk-Saunier de Cazenave, M., Spaepen, S., Varin, S., Brostaux, Y. & du Jardin, P., 12.08.2015, In: BMC Plant Biology. 15, 1, 15 p., 195.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Influence of Different Biogenic Fuels on Base Oil Aging
Singer, A., Ruck, W. & Krahl, J., 13.10.2014, In: SAE Technical Papers. 2014, 7 p., 2014-01-2788.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Influence of clouds on the photochemical degradation in aqueous phase - II: Field measurements in Brazil and Germany
Palm, W.-U., Meyer-Grünefeld, M., da Rosa, M. B. & Ruck, W., 2008, Wasser 2008 - Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft: 28. - 30. April 2008, Trier ; Kurzreferate. Berlin: GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, p. 195-199 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Influence of clouds on the photochemical degradation in aqueous phase - I: Suitability of metamitron as actinometer
Palm, W.-U., Meyer-Grünefeld, M. & Ruck, W., 2008, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, FG in der GDCh: Tagungsband der Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft Trier. GDCh, Wasserchemische Gesellschaft, p. 190-194 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Influence of altitude and longitude on vegetation in the dzungarian gobi and the south-western mongolian altai
Chuluunkhuyag, O., Chaoyan, L., Treiber, J., Batlai, O., von Wehrden, H., Feller, R. & Wesche, K., 08.07.2021, In: Phytocoenologia. 50, 4, p. 339-369 31 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Infection Risk and Limitation of Fundamental Rights by Animal-To-Human Transplantations: EU, Spanish and German Law with Special Consideration of English Law
Guerra González, J., 2010, 1. ed. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. 116 p. (Schriftenreihe Medizinrecht in Forschung und Praxis; no. 21)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Industry Transformation through Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Examples in the Apparel and Energy Industries
Schaltegger, S. & Hansen, E. G., 2013, The Necessary Transition: The Journey towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy. McIntosh, M. (ed.). London: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 182–197 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Industrielles Öko-Controlling
Schaltegger, S., 1994, In: Textilveredlung. 29, 12, p. 367-371 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Individual-tree radial growth in a subtropical broad-leaved forest: The role of local neighbourhood competition
von Oheimb, G., Lang, A. C., Bruelheide, H., Forrester, D. I., Waesche, I., Yu, M. & Haerdtle, W., 01.02.2011, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 261, 3, p. 499-507 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review