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

    Sustainability Innovation Contests: Evaluating Contributions with an Eco Impact-Innovativeness Typology

    Hansen, E. G., Bullinger, A. C. & Reichwald, R., 10.2011, In: International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5, 2/3, p. 221–245 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Measuring the Impacts of NGO Partnerships: The Corporate and Societal Benefits of Community Involvement

    Hansen, E. G. & Spitzeck, H., 08.2011, In: Corporate Governance. 11, 4, p. 415-426 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse zwischen Krise und Vision: eine Fallstudie im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe

    Mölders, T., 2010, München: Oekom Verlag. 315 p. (Hochschulschriften zur Nachhaltigkeit; vol. 49)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  5. Published

    Developing key competencies for sustainable development in higher education

    Barth, M., Godemann, J., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 416-430 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Modified dynamic programming approach for offline segmentation of long hydrometeorological time series

    Gedikli, A., Aksoy, H., Unal, N. E. & Kehagias, A., 07.2010, In: Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 24, 5, p. 547-557 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published
  8. Published

    Strong genetic cohesiveness between Italy and North Africa in four butterfly species

    Habel, J. C., Rödder, D., Stefano, S., Meyer, M. & Schmitt, T., 04.2010, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 99, 4, p. 818-830 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Is globalization healthy: A statistical indicator analysis of the impacts of globalization on health

    Martens, P., Akin, S. M., Maud, H. & Mohsin, R., 17.09.2010, In: Globalization and Health. 6, 14 p., 16.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Sustainability, science, and higher education: The need for new paradigms

    Martens, P., Roorda, N. & Cörvers, R., 11.10.2010, In: Sustainability. 3, 5, p. 294-303 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  1. Cognitive dissonance in sustainability scientists regarding air travel for academic purposes
  2. Automatische Konsolidierung von Seecontainern
  3. Unterstützung zum Erwerb welcher Arbeitsfähigkeit?
  4. Soziale Medien als Technologien der Überwachung und Kontrolle
  5. Die Bildwelt in Walter Benjamins Kafka-Lektüre
  6. Parallelen zwischen Nachhaltigkeit, Wissensgesellschaft und lebenslangem Lernen
  7. How to promote spider diversity of heathlands
  8. Longitudinal studies in organizational stress research
  9. Pragmatismus und die Hoffnung auf Solidarität
  10. Sammelrezension: Nils Berkemeyer/Wilfried Bos/Veronika Manitius/Kathrin Müthing (Hrsg.): Unterrichtsentwicklung in Netzwerken. Konzeptionen, Befunde, Perspektiven. Münster: Waxmann 2008
  11. Characterizing social-ecological units to inform biodiversity conservation in cultural landscapes
  12. Wellness as a Hybrid Phenomenon
  13. Michael Hoffmann. 2017. Stil und Text. Eine Einführung (Narr Studienbücher). Tübingen: Narr/Francke/Attempto
  14. Natural habitat does not mediate vertebrate seed predation as an ecosystem dis-service to agriculture
  15. Effect of fetal calf serum on the corrosion behaviour of magnesium alloys
  16. A chaque profil de population son modèle d’économies d’énergie.
  17. Vernetzt
  18. Die heimlichen Spielregeln der Karriere
  19. Die Qual der Wahl
  20. Versöhnendes Handeln – Handeln in Versöhnung. Gottes Opfer an die Menschen
  21. § 117 Schadenersatzpflicht
  22. Kontrollierter Kontrollverlust
  23. Job characteristics
  24. Social Contexts in Team Formation:
  25. Kunst und Praxistheorie
  26. Interviews zum Komfort in der Flugzeugkabine
  27. Central bank announcements
  28. Narratives of Independent Production in Video Game Culture