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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Sowing density: A neglected factor fundamentally affecting root distribution and biomass allocation of field grown spring barley (Hordeum Vulgare L.)
Hecht, V. L., Nagel, K. A., Rascher, U., Postma, J. A. & Temperton, V. M., 28.06.2016, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 7, 14 p., 00944.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A comparison of feasible methods for microalgal biomass determinations during tertiary wastewater treatment
Su, Y., Mennerich, A. & Urban, B., 01.09.2016, In: Ecological Engineering. 94, p. 532-536 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Conservation of Pollinators in Traditional Agricultural Landscapes: New Challenges in Transylvania (Romania) Posed by EU Accession and Recommendations for Future Research
Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Földesi, R., Mózes, E., Szirák, Á., Fischer, J., Hanspach, J. & Báldi, A., 10.06.2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 6, 20 p., e0151650.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Hochschuldidaktische Weiterbildung als Katalysator von Organisationsentwicklung - Einsichten aus einem Weiterbildungsprogramm Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung an der Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador)
Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M., 2016, Professionalisierung der Hochschuldidaktik . Merkt, M., Wetzel, C. & Schaper, N. (eds.). Bielefeld: WBV Bertelsmann Verlag, p. 302-311 9 p. ( Blickpunkt Hochschuldidaktik; vol. 127).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Einleitung: Eine Summer School zur empirischen Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M., 2016, Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends: Summer School "Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends" vom 21.-29. Juli 2014 an der Universität Vechta. Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 9-15 6 p. (Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Forschung in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung: Entstehung und Verortung eines Forschungszweiges
Barth, M., 2016, Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends: Summer School "Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends" vom 21.-29. Juli 2014 an der Universität Vechta. Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 37-50 13 p. (Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends: Summer School "Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Themen, Methoden und Trends" vom 21.-29. Juli 2014 an der Universität Vechta
Barth, M. (Editor) & Rieckmann, M. (Editor), 2016, Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich. 238 p. (Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Does excess nitrogen supply increase the drought sensitivity of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings?
Dziedek, C., von Oheimb, G., Calvo, L., Fichtner, A., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., Marcos, E., Härdtle, W. & Pitz, W., 01.04.2016, In: Plant Ecology. 217, 4, p. 393-405 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Fermentative lactic acid production from coffee pulp hydrolysate using Bacillus coagulans at laboratory and pilot scales
Pleissner, D., Neu, A.-K., Mehlmann, K., Schneider, R., Puerta-Quintero, G. I. & Venus, J., 01.10.2016, In: Bioresource Technology. 218, p. 167-173 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Contrasting changes in the abundance and diversity of North American bird assemblages from 1971 to 2010
Schipper, A. M., Belmaker, J., de Miranda, M. D., Navarro, L. M., Böhning-Gaese, K., Costello, M. J., Dornelas, M., Foppen, R., Hortal, J., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Martín-López, B., Pettorelli, N., Queiroz, C., Rossberg, A. G., Santini, L., Schiffers, K., Steinmann, Z. J. N., Visconti, P., Rondinini, C. & Pereira, H. M., 01.12.2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 12, p. 3948-3959 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review