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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Analysis of life cycle datasets for the material gold
Fritz, B. & Schmidt, M., 2021, Progress in Life Cycle Assessment 2019 . Albrecht, S., Fischer, M., Leistner, P. & Schebek, L. (eds.). Cham: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 99-112 14 p. (Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Analysis of estrogenic activity in coastal surface waters of the Baltic Sea using the yeast estrogen screen
Beck, I. C., Bruhn, R. & Gandrass, J., 01.06.2006, In: Chemosphere. 63, 11, p. 1870-1878 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Analysis of environmental biodegradability of cellulose-based pharmaceutical excipients in aqueous media
Bading, M., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 01.03.2024, In: Chemosphere. 352, 8 p., 141298.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Analysis, distribution and fate of PAH, polar PAHand NSO-heterocyclics in the aquifer of tar-contaminated sites
Schlanges, I., Mänz, J. S., Meyer, D., Palm, W.-U. & Ruck, W., 2008, Gasworks Europe: Redevelopment, Site Management and Contaminant Issues of former MGPs and other Tar Oil Polluted Sites: Proceedings of MGP 2008 Conference. Werner, P., Bilitewski, B. & Hüsers, N. (eds.). Pirna: Forum für Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten, p. 277 1 p. (Beiträge zur Abfallwirtschaft, Altlasten; vol. 56).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Analysis and occurrence of seven artificial sweeteners in German waste water and surface water and in soil aquifer treatment (SAT)
Scheurer, M., Brauch, H. J. & Lange, F. T., 07.2009, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 394, 6, p. 1585-1594 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Analyses of Drugs and Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
Ali, I., Aboul-Enein, H. Y. & Kümmerer, K., 05.07.2011, Biophysico-Chemical Processes of Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Environmental Systems. Xing, B., Senesi, N. & Ming, P. (eds.). 1 ed. John Wiley & Sons Inc., p. 439-462 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Analyse non linéaire des récessions de l'écoulement de base dans des bassins versants à écoulements intermittents
Aksoy, H. & Wittenberg, H., 01.03.2011, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 56, 2, p. 226-237 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Analyse erfolgversprechender Förderpfade in der Umweltpolitik: Stakeholder-Links zwischen Regierung, Management und Intermediären am Beispiel des betrieblichen Umweltrechnungswesens
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2005, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 28, 2, p. 193-210 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Anaerobic biodegradation of organochlorine pesticides in contaminated soil: Significance of temperature and availability
Baczynski, T. P., Pleissner, D. & Grotenhuis, T., 01.2010, In: Chemosphere. 78, 1, p. 22-28 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An academia beyond quantity: a reply to Loyola et al. and Halme et al.
Fischer, J., Hanspach, J. & Ritchie, E. G., 01.11.2012, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 27, 11, p. 587-588 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research