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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Resolving potential conflicts between different heathland ecosystem services through adaptive management
Alonso, I. & Härdtle, W., 14.07.2015, In: Ecological Questions. 21, p. 101-103 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Telomere length is a strong predictor of foraging behavior in a long-lived seabird
Young, R. C., Kitaysky, A. S., Barger, C. P., Dorresteijn, I., Ito, M. & Watanuki, Y., 01.03.2015, In: Ecosphere. 6, 3, 26 p., 39.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Effects of prenatal environment on phenotype are revealed by postnatal challenges: embryonic hormone exposure, adrenocortical function, and food in seabird chicks
Benowitz-Fredericks, Z. M., Schultner, J. & Kitaysky, A. S., 11.2015, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88, 6, p. 607-623 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The kids are alright, but what about Facebook?
Leistert, O., 2015, Medien - Bildung - Dispositive : Beiträge zu einer interdisziplinären Medienbildungsforschung. Othmer , J. & Weich, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, p. 171-188 18 p. (Medienbildung und Gesellschaft; vol. 30).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Groundwater abstraction for irrigation and its impacts on low flows in a watershed in Northwest Germany
Wittenberg, H., 01.09.2015, In: Resources. 4, 3, p. 566-576 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Burnout und chronischer beruflicher Stress
Koch, S., Lehr, D. & Hillert, A., 2015, 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag. 108 p. (Fortschritte der Psychotherapie; vol. 60)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Bilingual (German–English) molecular biology courses in an out-of-school lab on a university campus: Cognitive and affective evaluation
Rodenhauser, A. & Preisfeld, A., 01.01.2015, In: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. 10, 1, p. 99-110 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Measurement Estimation Skills and Strategies of Lower Grade Students
Stinken, L. & Heusler, S., 2015, Science Education Research: Engaging learners for a sustainable future: proceedings of ESERA 2015 ; 31.8.-4.9.2015, Helsinki, Finland / ESERA 2015. Lavonen, J., Juuti, K., Kampiselkä, J., Uitto, A. & Hahl, K. (eds.). European Science Education Research Association, p. 143-149 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Schätzkompetenz von Schülerinnen und Schülern in der Sekundarstufe I
Stinken, L., 2015, In: PhyDid B - Didaktik der Physik - Beiträge zur DPG-Frühjahrstagung. 2015/Wuppertal, 6 p., Beitrag DD 06.02.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research
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Sustainable software engineering: Process and quality models, life cycle, and social aspects
Naumann, S., Kern, E., Dick, M. & Johann, T., 2015, ICT Innovations for Sustainability. M. Hilty, L. & Aebischer, B. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, p. 191-205 15 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 310).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review