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

    Urban BaWü-Labs: Challenges and Solutions when Expanding the Real-World Lab Infrastructure

    Schäpke, N., Stelzer, F., Marg, O., Bergmann, M., Miller, E., Wagner, F. & Lang, D. J., 15.12.2017, In: GAIA. 26, 4, p. 366-368 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Exploring intrinsic, instrumental and relational values for sustainable management of social-ecological systems

    Arias-Arévalo, P., Martín-López, B. & Gómez-Baggethun, E., 21.12.2017, In: Ecology and Society. 22, 4, 15 p., 43.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Consumers' perceptions of biocidal products in households

    Wieck, S., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K., 03.2018, In: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 221, 2, p. 260-268 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    § 104 Weitere Übergangsbestimmungen

    Schomerus, C.-T., Maly, C. & Meister, M., 2018, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1973-1986 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  5. Published

    § 100 Allgemeine Übergangsvorschriften

    Schomerus, C.-T., Maly, C. & Meister, M., 2018, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1897-1935 39 p. (Berliner Kommentar).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  6. Published

    § 97 Erfahrungsbericht

    Schomerus, C.-T. & Reins, L., 15.12.2017, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1869-1888 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  7. Published

    § 96 Gemeinsame Bestimmungen

    Schomerus, C.-T., 15.12.2017, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1866-1868 3 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  8. Published

    § 95 Weitere Verordnungsermächtigungen

    Schomerus, C.-T., 15.12.2017, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1856-1865 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  9. Published

    § 91 Verordnungsermächtigung zum Ausgleichsmechanismus

    Schomerus, C.-T., 15.12.2017, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1833-1838 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  10. Published

    § 86 Bußgeldvorschriften

    Schomerus, C.-T., 15.12.2017, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T., Hennig, B. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 5. Aufl. ed. Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1775-1784 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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  1. Einführung in die allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre
  2. Risk or Resilience? The Role of Trade Integration and Foreign Ownership for the Survival of German Enterprises during the Crisis 2008-2010
  3. Nachhaltige Gesellschaft
  4. Countermeasures against multiple responsible actors
  5. Comment on "The environmental photolysis of perfluorooctanesulfonate, perfluorooctanoate, and related fluorochemicals"
  6. Epilogue
  7. Magic Cooking
  8. Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: An evaluation study
  9. Die Identität der Amöben
  10. Teilhabe von geflüchteten Jugendlichen im Kontext digitaler Medien
  11. Globales Lernen in der Schule
  12. Mechanical and Corrosion Properties of Two Precipitation-Hardened Mg-Y-Nd-Gd-Dy Alloys with Small Changes in Chemical Composition
  13. Carl H. Lindroth und sein Beitrag zur Carabidologie
  14. Erziehungsarbeit und Kinderleben gestalten
  15. Urban versus remote air concentrations of fluorotelomer alcohols and other polyfluorinated alkyl substances in Germany
  16. Das Bildungssystem in den 1990er Jahren. Am Beginn einer Zeitenwende
  17. Lekcja 15-16
  18. Ko-Konstruktive Lehrentwicklung im Entwicklungsteam Mathematik der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
  19. Lernen und Geographie - Geographien des Lernens
  20. Lonzi Lesen
  21. Der Mann im Hintergrund ?
  22. Von Knoten zu Knoten
  23. Mandatory non-financial reporting in the banking industry
  24. Die Russen kommen - kein Grund zur Sorge
  25. Party Euroscepticism and the Conditions for Its Success
  26. Participation of Children and Young People in Alternative Care - Introduction
  27. Dienstleistungskonzepte für eine nachhaltige Unternehmensentwicklung
  28. Gesundheitsarbeit in Schulen
  29. Critique
  30. Sprache und Selbstverständnis der Deutschchilenen
  31. Die "bestmögliche Rückläuferverwertung"
  32. Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves
  33. Abwehr
  34. Sustainability Accounting for the Industrial Use of Biomass
  35. A health economic outcome evaluation of an internet-based mobile-supported stress management intervention for employees
  36. Menschenbilder: Der homo sustinens
  37. Why gender matters for addressing chemical pollution
  38. Kognitiver Anspruch von Aufgaben im Deutschunterricht
  39. Mathematik im Übergang Schule/Hochschule und im ersten Studienjahr
  40. Menschlichkeit in der Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung
  41. Lekcja 17-18
  42. Mehrebenen-Steuerung in Universitäten
  43. Of Urban Wastelands and Commodified (Post-)Pastoral Retreats
  44. Helfen Strategien beim Lösen von Modellierungsaufgaben ?
  45. Medical care costs of bipolar Disorders -a systematic Literature review