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

    A new approach to data evaluation in the non-target screening of organic trace substances in water analysis

    Müller, A., Ruck, W., Weber, W. H. & Schulz, W., 11.2011, In: Chemosphere. 85, 8, p. 1211–1219 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    An EU law perspective on the role of regional authorities in the field of renewable energy

    Peeters, M. & Schomerus, T., 26.12.2014, Renewable Energy Law in the EU: Legal Perspectives on Bottom-up Approaches. Peeters, M. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 10-32 23 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. Published

    An Estimation of the Total Benefit Value of the British Countryside for Recreational Activities: Discussion Paper

    Wagner, M., 11.2005, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 19 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published
  5. Published

    An Equation with many Variables: Unhiding the Relationship between Sustainability and Investment Performance

    Peylo, B. T. & Schaltegger, S., 03.04.2014, In: Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. 4, 2, p. 110-126 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    An environmental justice perspective on ecosystem services

    Loos, J., Benra, F., Berbés-Blázquez, M., Bremer, L. L., Chan, K. M. A., Egoh, B., Felipe-Lucia, M., Geneletti, D., Keeler, B., Locatelli, B., Loft, L., Schröter, B., Schröter, M. & Winkler, K. J., 01.03.2023, In: Ambio. 52, 3, p. 477-488 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    An endangered longhorn beetle associated with old oaks and its possible role as an ecosystem engineer

    Buse, J., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.04.2008, In: Conservation Biology. 22, 2, p. 329-337 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    A nemzedékek közötti igazságosság jogfilozófliai alapjai

    Sanden, J., 2012, In: Pro futuro. 1, p. 8-22 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    An economic perspective on land use decisions in agricultural landscapes: Insights from the TEEB Germany Study

    Albert, C., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Hansjürgens, B., Dehnhardt, A., Döring, R., Job, H., Köppel, J., Krätzig, S., Matzdorf, B., Reutter, M., Schaltegger, S., Scholz, M., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Wiggering, H., Woltering, M. & von Haaren, C., 01.06.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 25, p. 69-78 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

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Publications

  1. Productivity premia for German manufacturing firms exporting to the Euro-area and beyond
  2. Entwicklung eines Laufmusters und Entwurf einer weichen Laufmaschine nach biologischem Vorbild
  3. Strategie und Führung des Wandels von Universitäten
  4. Mehr oder weniger neues Licht
  5. Organization as communication
  6. Außerschulische Jugendbildung mit lernbehinderten Jugendlichen
  7. Before-after differences in labor market outcomes for participants in medical rehabilitation in Germany
  8. Schülerfeedback in der Grundschule.
  9. The Image of Germany in British Juvenile Fiction
  10. Pedagogies of preparedness
  11. Prädiktoren des Kompetenzzuwachses im Bereich Deutsch als Zweitsprache bei Lehramtsstudierenden
  12. Laakso-Taagepera-Index
  13. Museumslandschaft im Wandel
  14. Agenturen und Integrierte Kommunikation
  15. EU-Verbraucherrecht auf dem Prüfstand
  16. Außervertragliche Haftung der EG, allgemein
  17. Zum Einfluss irrelevanter Schallquellen auf verdeckte Aufmerksamkeitsprozesse
  18. Homogene und heterogene Teilnahmeeffekte des Hamburger Kombilohnmodells
  19. Utilization of phenolic compounds by microalgae
  20. Zirker, Angelika: Der Pilger als Kind. Spiel, Sprache und Erlösung in Lewis Carrolls Alice-Büchern
  21. Editorial: Innovation und Forschung in der Arbeits(zeit)organisation.
  22. Archival or perceived measures of environmental uncertainty?
  23. Plural valuation in southwestern Ethiopia
  24. Corrigendum to “Flexible electricity generation, grid exchange and storage for the transition to a 100% renewable energy system in Europe” [Renew. Energy 139 (2019) 80-101]
  25. Attraktive Arbeitgeber im Mittelstand
  26. Katalogeinträge
  27. Arbeitsmarkt und Silver Workers
  28. I’m so sorry
  29. Verhalten von Arzneimitteln in der Wasseraufbereitung
  30. Geschäftsführung ohne Auftrag (§ 680)