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.
- 2023
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Stakeholders’ Perspectives of Species Diversity in Tree Plantations: a Global Review
Cagnoni, L. B., Weidlich, E. W. A., Guillemot, J., Morselo, C., Weih, M., Adler, A. & Brancalion, P. H. S., 08.2023, In: Current Forestry Reports. 9, 4, p. 251-262 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Technology Implementation in Pre-Service Science Teacher Education Based on the Transformative View of TPACK: Effects on Pre-Service Teachers' TPACK, Behavioral Orientations and Actions in Practice
Stinken-Rösner, L., Hofer, E., Rodenhauser, A. & Abels, S., 18.07.2023, In: Education Sciences. 13, 7, 26 p., 732.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Genetic editing of wood for sustainability: Trees engineered to have less lignin could make paper production less polluting
Zuin Zeidler, V. G., 14.07.2023, In: Science. 381, 6654, p. 124-125 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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A Daily Breathing Practice Bolsters Girls’ Prosocial Behavior and Third and Fourth Graders’ Supportive Peer Relationships: A Randomized Controlled Trial
von Salisch, M. & Voltmer, K., 01.07.2023, In: Mindfulness. 14, 7, p. 1622-1635 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Disentangling the practice of landscape approaches: a Q-method analysis on experiences in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes
Torralba, M., Nishi, M., Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., Quintas-Soriano, C., García-Martín, M. & Plieninger, T., 01.07.2023, In: Sustainability Science. 18, 4, p. 1893-1906 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Drivers of ecosystem service specialization in a smallholder agricultural landscape of the Global South: a case study in Ethiopia
Brück, M., Fischer, J., Law, E. A., Schultner, J. & Abson, D. J., 01.07.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 3, 38 p., 1.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Exploring the role of intentions and expectations in continuing professional development in sustainability education
Casanova, C. R., King, J. A. & Fischer, D., 01.07.2023, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 128, 104115.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mathematikspiele in der Familie: Erfassung des Anregungsgehalts mathematischer Lernumwelten mit dem mathematischen Titelrekognitionstest für das Kindergartenalter (TRT-Mathe-K)
Niklas, F., Ogrissek, L., Lehrl, S., Grolig, L. & Berner, V. D., 01.07.2023, In: Diagnostica. 69, 3, p. 133-143 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Spatial interpretation of high-resolution environmental proxy data of the Middle Pleistocene Palaeolithic faunal kill site Schöningen 13 II-4, Germany
Urban, B., Krahn, K. J., Kasper, T., García-Moreno, A., Hutson, J. M., Villaluenga, A., Turner, E., Gaudzinski-Windheuser, S., Farghaly, D., Tucci, M. & Schwalb, A., 01.07.2023, In: Boreas. 52, 3, p. 440-458 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable development of supplier performance. An empirical analysis of relationship characteristics in the automotive sector
Naffin, J., Klewitz, J. & Schaltegger, S., 01.07.2023, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 30, 4, p. 1753-1769 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Uncharted risk measures for the management of sustainable mining
Watts, B. A., Zago, V. C. P., Gopakumar, L., Ghazaryan, K. & Movsesyan, H., 01.07.2023, In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 19, 4, p. 949-960 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Are you teaching "distillation" correctly in your chemistry classes? An educational reconstruction
Abels, S., Koliander, B. & Plotz, T., 07.2023, In: Chemistry Teacher International. 5, 2, p. 229-237 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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EDITORIAL
Gibassier, D., Maas, K. & Schaltegger, S., 07.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 5, p. 2541-2543 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Managing and accounting for corporate biodiversity contributions mapping the field
Schaltegger, S., Gibassier, D. & Maas, K., 07.2023, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 32, 5, p. 2544-2553 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Prioritize grassland restoration to bend the curve of biodiversity loss
Staude, I. R., Segar, J., Temperton, V. M., Andrade, B. O., de Sá Dechoum, M., Weidlich, E. W. A. & Overbeck, G. E., 07.2023, In: Restoration Ecology. 31, 5, 7 p., e13931.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mismatches in the ecosystem services-wellbeing nexus: a case study for Chilean Patagonia
Benra, F., Nahuelhual, L., Felipe-Lucia, M. R., Oh, R., Kachler, J. & Bonn, A., 26.06.2023, In: Ecosystems and People. 19, 1, 19 p., 2224448.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A transdisciplinary framework for university-industry collaboration in establishing a social business model
Cheah, J. S. S., Amran, A., Kirubakaran, M., Lang, D. J., Su, P. F. & Chu, J. W., 20.06.2023, In: Social Enterprise Journal. 19, 4, p. 390-403 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Fossil footprints at the late lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen (Germany): A new line of research to reconstruct animal and hominin paleoecology
Altamura, F., Lehmann, J., Rodríguez-Álvarez, B., Urban, B., van Kolfschoten, T., Verheijen, I., Conard, N. J. & Serangeli, J., 15.06.2023, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 310, 108094.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Participation in protected area governance: A systematic case survey of the evidence on ecological and social outcomes
Huber, J. M., Newig, J. & Loos, J., 15.06.2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 336, 117593.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Formative Dimensions for Green and Sustainable Chemical Education: A Qualitative Evaluation Tool of the Formative Level of Experimental Processes
Andrade, R. S. & Zuin, V. G., 13.06.2023, In: Journal of Chemical Education. 100, 6, p. 2281-2291 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Repensar la conexión con la naturaleza a través de las emociones
Castro, A. J., Otamendi-Urroz, I., Quintas-Soriano, C., Suárez Alonso, M. L., Vidal-Abarca, M. R. & Martín-López, B., 08.06.2023, In: Ecosistemas. 32, especial, 3 p., 2502.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Energy Situation in the Federal Republic of Germany: Analysis of the Current Situation and Perspectives for a Non-Fossil Energy Supply
Atzler, F., Türck, J., Türck, R. & Krahl, J., 07.06.2023, In: Energies. 16, 12, 8 p., 4569.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Toward spatial fit in the governance of global commodity flows
Coenen, J., Sonderegger, G., Newig, J., Meyfroidt, P., Challies, E. R. T., Bager, S., Busck-Lumholt, L. M., Corbera, E., Friis, C., Frohn Pedersen, A., Laroche, P. C. S. J., Parra Paitan, C., Qin, S., Roux, N. & Zaehringer, J. G., 07.06.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 2, 18 p., 24.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Alignment of the life cycle initiative’s “principles for the application of life cycle sustainability assessment” with the LCSA practice: A case study review
Leroy-Parmentier, N., Valdivia, S., Loubet, P. & Sonnemann, G., 01.06.2023, In: International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 28, 6, p. 704-740 37 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Compositional variation in grassland plant communities
Bakker, J. D., Price, J. N., Henning, J. A., Batzer, E., Ohlert, T., Wainwright, C. E., Adler, P. B., Alberti, J., Arnillas, C. A., Biederman, L. A., Borer, E. T., Brudvig, L., Buckley, Y. M., Bugalho, M. N., Cadotte, M. W., Da Conceição Caldeira, M., Catford, J. A., Chen, Q., Crawley, M. J., Daleo, P., Dickman, C. R., Donohue, I., DuPre, M. E., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Fay, P. A., Gruner, D. S., Haider, S., Hautier, Y., Jentsch, A., Kirkman, K., Knops, J. M. H., Lannes, L. S., MacDougall, A. S., McCulley, R. L., Mitchell, R. M., Moore, J. L., Morgan, J. W., Mortensen, B., Venterink, H. O., Peri, P. L., Power, S. A., Prober, S. M., Roscher, C., Sankaran, M., Seabloom, E. W., Smith, M. D., Stevens, C., Sullivan, L. L., Tedder, M. J., Veen, G. F. C., Virtanen, R. & Wardle, G. M., 01.06.2023, In: Ecosphere - An esa open access journal. 14, 6, 17 p., e4542.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Flowers in the dark: The contribution of rooftop urban agriculture to human well-being in the Ein El-Hilweh Refugee Camp, Lebanon
Tarchahani, A. & Loos, J., 01.06.2023, In: World Development Sustainability. 2, 8 p., 100057.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Introduction to the challenges and chances regarding the utilization of nitrogen-rich by-products and waste streams
Thielemann, A. K. & Pleissner, D., 01.06.2023, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 41, 100813.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Landscape dynamics and chronological refinement of the Middle Pleistocene Reinsdorf Sequence of Schöningen, NW Germany
Urban, B., Kasper, T., Krahn, K. J., van Kolfschoten, T., Rech, B., Holzheu, M., Tucci, M. & Schwalb, A., 01.06.2023, In: Quaternary Research. 114, p. 148-177 30 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Leitartikel: Worauf warten wir noch – auf Godot?
Kemfert, C., 01.06.2023, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 103, 6, p. 358-359 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Nachhaltigkeitsprüfungen in Kommunen
Redenius, P., Heinrichs, H. & Gromball, L. E., 01.06.2023, Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO), p. 1-15, 15 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Gesellschaft; no. 4).Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions
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Resilience principles and a leverage points perspective for sustainable woody vegetation management in a social-ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia
Shumi, G., Wahler, H., Riechers, M., Senbeta, F., Abson, D. J., Schultner, J. & Fischer, J., 01.06.2023, In: Ecology and Society. 28, 2, 31 p., 34.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Response diversity as a sustainability strategy
Walker, B., Crépin, A. S., Nyström, M., Anderies, J. M., Andersson, E., Elmqvist, T., Queiroz, C., Barrett, S., Bennett, E., Cardenas, J. C., Carpenter, S. R., Chapin, F. S., de Zeeuw, A., Fischer, J., Folke, C., Levin, S., Nyborg, K., Polasky, S., Segerson, K., Seto, K. C., Scheffer, M., Shogren, J. F., Tavoni, A., van den Bergh, J., Weber, E. U. & Vincent, J. R., 01.06.2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 6, p. 621-629 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Steering of land use in the context of sustainable development: A systematic review of economic instruments
Ackerschott, A., Kohlhase, E., Vollmer, A., Hörisch, J. & von Wehrden, H., 01.06.2023, In: Land Use Policy. 129, 13 p., 106620.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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What enables metals ‘being’ ‘responsible’? An exploratory study on the enabling of organizational identity claims through a new sustainability standard
Imbrogiano, J.-P., Steiner, B., Junior, R. M. & Sturman, K., 01.06.2023, In: Resources Policy. 83, p. 1-10 10 p., 103619.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Into the Hive-Mind: Shared Absorption and Cardiac Interrelations in Expert and Student String Quartets
Høffding, S., Yi, W., Lippert, E., Sanchez, V. G., Bishop, L., Laeng, B., Danielsen, A., Jensenius, A. R. & Wallot, S., 06.2023, In: Music and Science. 6, p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tourists’ valuation of nature in protected areas: A systematic review
Gross, M., Pearson, J., Arbieu, U., Riechers, M., Thomsen, S. & Martín-López, B., 06.2023, In: Ambio. 52, 6, p. 1065-1084 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Toward the sustainability state? Conceptualizing national sustainability institutions and their impact on policy-making
Mathis, O. L., Rose, M., Newig, J. & Bauer, S., 06.2023, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 33, 3, p. 313-324 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2022
Bäumler, J. (Editor), Binder, C. (Editor), Bungenberg, M. (Editor), Krajewski, M. (Editor), Rühl, G. (Editor), Tams, C. J. (Editor), Terhechte, J. (Editor) & Ziegler, A. R. (Editor), 24.05.2023, Cham: Springer International Publishing. 581 p. (European Yearbook of International Economic Law; vol. 13)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Thesenpapier zum Fachgespräch zum Thema „Weiterentwicklung des Parlamentarischen Beirats für nachhaltige Entwicklung“
Rose, M., 24.05.2023, 4 p.. No. 20(26)63, May 24, 2023.Research output: Memorandum/exposition › QA/hearings
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Coronabezogene Zukunftsangst bei Grundschulkindern im Verlauf von 8 Monaten der Pandemie
Voltmer, K. & von Salisch, M., 23.05.2023, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 72, 4, p. 305-322 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The role of transdisciplinarity in building a decolonial bridge between science, policy, and practice
Zonta, A. L., Jacobi, J., Mukhovi, S. M., Birachi, E., von Groote, P. & Abad, C. R., 23.05.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, 1, p. 107-114 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Professionalisierung von Sachunterrichtsstudierenden durch transdisziplinäre Projektarbeit im Kontext von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Bürgener, L., 22.05.2023, In: HLZ Herausforderung Lehrer_innenbildung - Zeitschrift zur Konzeption, Gestaltung und Diskussion. 6, 1, p. 74-95 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Promising practices for dealing with complexity in research for development
Abad, C. R., Bieri, S., Eschen, R., Fuerst, S., Jacobi, J., Jiménez, E., Zonta, A. L., Naughton, M., Schaffner, U., Winkler, M. S. & Flury, M., 20.05.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, 1, p. 115-124 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Transdisciplinarity: A productive provocation
Fischer, D., Schmid, B. & Seidl, I., 20.05.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, 1, p. 77 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Vernetzen, fördern, konsolidieren, stärken – zur Gründung der Gesellschaft für transdisziplinäre und partizipative Forschung
Bergmann, M., Lang, D. J., Mbah, M. & Schäfer, M., 20.05.2023, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32, 1, p. 207-209 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Virtual participatory mapping of nature-based solutions in the Grande de Tárcoles River basin, Costa Rica: Connecting diverse knowledge systems in a context of physical immobility
Schröter, B., Gottwald, S., Castro-Arce, K., Hartkopf, E., Aguilar-González, B. & Albert, C., 10.05.2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 872, 162195.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Akzeptanz und Nutzung von E-Mental-Health-Angeboten unter Studierenden: Sekundäranalyse eines Experiments
Apolinário-Hagen, J., Harrer, M., Salewski, C., Lehr, D. & Ebert, D. D., 01.05.2023, In: Pravention und Gesundheitsforderung. 18, 2, p. 196-203 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Distinguishing between struggling and skilled readers based on their prosodic speech patterns in oral reading: An exploratory study in grades 2 and 4
Karageorgos, P., Wallot, S., Müller, B., Schindler, J. & Richter, T., 01.05.2023, In: Acta Psychologica. 235, 11 p., 103892.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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If you call for frameworks in sustainability management... editorial to the special issue
Hörisch, J., Schaltegger, S., Weissbrod, I. & Schreck, P., 01.05.2023, In: Journal of Business Economics : JBE. 93, 4, p. 559-566 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Modernizing persistence–bioaccumulation–toxicity (PBT) assessment with high throughput animal-free methods
Escher, B. I., Altenburger, R., Blüher, M., Colbourne, J. K., Ebinghaus, R., Fantke, P., Hein, M., Köck, W., Kümmerer, K., Leipold, S., Li, X., Scheringer, M., Scholz, S., Schloter, M., Schweizer, P. J., Tal, T., Tetko, I., Traidl-Hoffmann, C., Wick, L. Y. & Fenner, K., 01.05.2023, In: Archives of Toxicology. 97, 5, p. 1267-1283 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review