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

    Atlas mit CD-ROM

    Landwehr, B. & Pries, M., 2008, 1. ed. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett. 52 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  2. Published

    Naturwald und naturnaher Wirtschaftswald: wie unterscheidet sich die Artenvielfalt der Gefäßpflanzen?

    Oheimb, G., 2003, In: AFZ, der Wald. 58, 21, p. 1086-1088 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Bildung und Region: ein neues Verhältnis für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U., 2007, In: Umwelt & Bildung. 9, 2, p. 10-12 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Structural pattern of a near-natural beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) (Serrahn, North-east Germany)

    von Oheimb, G., Westphal, C., Tempel, H. & Hardtle, W., 01.07.2005, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 212, 1-3, p. 253-263 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Untersuchungen zur sozialen Organisation einer Herde von Liebenthaler Pferden im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe-Brandenburg

    Buck-Dobrick, T., Herms, V. & Aßmann, T., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 273-280 8 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz; no. 78).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  6. Published

    Time sensitivity: a delicate and crucial starting point of reflexive methods for studying time in management and organisations

    Sabelis, I., 09.09.2008, Time in organizational research. Roe, R. A., Walter, M. J. & Clegg, S. R. (eds.). London [u.a.]: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 167-185 19 p. (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society; vol. 3).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Entwicklung und Curriculum: Grundlagen einer Sequenzierung von Lehr-/Lernzielen im Bereich des (literarischen) Lesens

    Garbe, C., Holle, K. & Salisch, M., 2006, Empirische Unterrichtsforschung in der Literatur- und Lesedidaktik: Ein Weiterbildungsprogramm . Groeben, N. & Hurrelmann, B. (eds.). Weinheim [u.a.]: Juventa Verlag, p. 115-155 41 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Soil seed banks near rubbing trees indicate dispersal of plant species into forests by wild boar

    Heinken, T., Schmidt, M., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., von Oheimb, G. & Ellenberg, H., 02.01.2006, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 7, 1, p. 31-44 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Stadtwildnis - Konzepte, Projekte und Perspektiven

    Diemer, M., Held, M. & Hofmeister, S., 01.11.2004, In: GAIA. 13, 4, p. 262-270 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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Researchers

  1. Günter Weinrich

Publications

  1. Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees
  2. Streit unter Freunden
  3. Ökonomie und Naturnutzung
  4. Notions of justice held by stakeholders of the Newfoundland fishery
  5. Kulturlandschaft – Neu entdeckt für den Geographieunterricht
  6. Computerspiele – Neue Herausforderungen für die Ethik ?
  7. American Sports begreifen
  8. Extensive margins of imports in The Great Import Recovery in Germany, 2009/2010
  9. How can sustainable chemistry contribute to a circular economy?
  10. A note on quality of a firm's exports and distance to destination countries: First evidence from Germany
  11. Parteien in parlamentarischen Demokratien: das Lebenswerk von Peter Mair
  12. PISA, NEPS und BiSta – Sind die Kompetenzmessungen in Mathematik vergleichbar?
  13. Digitales Vergessen: Deletion Impossible?
  14. Governing global telecoupling toward environmental sustainability
  15. Smartphones im Unterricht – Wollen das Schülerinnen und Schüler überhaupt?!
  16. Landscape perspectives on agricultural intensification and biodiversity - Ecosystem service management
  17. Bildnarrationen als Fundament zur Vermittlung von sprachlich-literarischen Kompetenzen in mehrsprachigen Klassen
  18. AEUV Art. 262 Rechtsstreitigkeiten im Bereich des geistigen Eigentums
  19. Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX-30 Unternehmen im Internet
  20. Selbständigkeit gefragt
  21. Baseflow recession analysis for flood-prone black sea watersheds in Turkey
  22. Lewis A. Coser. Refugee scholars in America: Their impact and their experiences. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984. xviii + 351 pp. (cloth)
  23. Aufschwung und Höhepunkte der Rockkultur
  24. Media Review: Contemporary Art as Collective Organizing (and its Contradictions)
  25. Sustainability Management in Business Enterprises
  26. Lautheitsurteil und akustischer Kontext
  27. Zwischen Ehrenamt und Berufspolitik
  28. Education for Sustainable Development – European Approaches
  29. Die Grundschul-Bibel
  30. Hochschulen im Wandel