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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Tagungsbericht: Energie-Konferenz - Standortnachteil Deutschland: Sind die Industriestrompreise in Deutschland missbräuchlich überhöht?
Guerra González, J., 01.03.2011, In: Natur und Recht. 33, 3, p. 199-200 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Biodegradability of organic nanoparticles in the aqueous environment
Kümmerer, K., Menz, J., Schubert, T. & Thielemans, W., 03.2011, In: Chemosphere. 82, 10, p. 1387-1392 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Carbon Management Accounting: Explaining Practice in Leading German Companies
Burritt, R., Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 03.2011, In: Australian Accounting Review. 21, 1, p. 80-98 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Forbidden love“ – narratives of love, belonging and deviance in adolescence
Offen, S., 03.2011, GEXcel Work in Progress Report: Proceedings from GEXcel Theme 10 : Love in Our Time - A Question For Feminism Conference of Workshops 2-4 December 2010. Strid, S. & Jonasdottir, A. G. (eds.). GEXcel, Vol. IX. p. 65-69 5 p. (Tema Genus Report Series; no. 9)(CFS Report Series; no. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Generic functions of railway stations: A conceptual basis for the development of common system understanding and assessment criteria
Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D. & Scholz, R. W., 03.2011, In: Transport Policy. 18, 2, p. 446-455 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modelling scenarios to identify a combined sediment-water management strategy for the large reservoirs of the Tuyamuyun hydro-complex
Olsson, O., Sorokin, A. & Ikramova, M., 03.2011, In: Irrigation and Drainage Systems. 25, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Stellungnahme zu Walentowski H. et al. 2010. Sind die deutschen waldnaturschutzkonzepte adäquat für die erhaltung der buchenwaldtypischen flora und fauna? Eine kritische bewertung basierend auf der herkunft der waldarten des mitteleuropäischen Tief- und hügellandes. Forstarchiv 81, 195-217
Meyer, P., Schmidt, M., Blick, T., Brunet, J., Dorow, W. H. O., Hakes, W., Härdtle, W., Heinken, T., Hertel, D., Knapp, H. D., Leuschner, C., Oheimb, G., Otte, V. & Schmidt, W., 03.2011, In: Forstarchiv. 82, 2, p. 62-66 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Emotions and social development in childhood
Denham, S. A., Warren, H., Benga, O., von Salisch, M., Chin, J.-C. & Geangu, E., 22.02.2011, The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development: Second Edition. Smith, P. K. & Hart, C. G. (eds.). 2 ed. Cambridge: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd., p. 413-433 21 p. (Handbooks of Developmental Psychology ).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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The amphibians and reptiles of the Lore Lindu National Park area, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Wanger, T. C., Motzke, I., Saleh, S. & Iskandar, D. T., 20.02.2011, In: Salamandra. 47, 1, p. 17-29 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Opportunities and Drawbacks of Mobile Flood Protection Systems
Koppe, B. & Brinkmann, B., 02.02.2011, In: Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 1, 32, 14 p., 24.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Genetic erosion in a stenotopic heathland ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae): a matter of habitat size ?
Drees, C., Vries, H., Härdtle, W., Matern, A., Persigehl, M. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Conservation Genetics. 12, 1, p. 105-117 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Individual-tree radial growth in a subtropical broad-leaved forest: The role of local neighbourhood competition
von Oheimb, G., Lang, A. C., Bruelheide, H., Forrester, D. I., Waesche, I., Yu, M. & Haerdtle, W., 01.02.2011, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 261, 3, p. 499-507 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Repeated sampling detects gene flow in a flightless ground beetle in a fragmented landscape
Drees, C., Hüfner, S., Matern, A., Nève, G. & Aßmann, T., 01.02.2011, In: Hereditas. 148, 1, p. 36-45 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bifunctional recombinant protein SDF1-GPVI as a new therapeutic concept for improved regeneration
Ziegler, M., Baumer, Y., Leder, C., Schönberger, T., Elvers, M., Schlosshauer, B. & Gawaz, M., 02.2011, BioStar 2010 - Science in Exchange: Meeting Abstracts. TERMIS, p. 553-554 2 p. (Tissue Engineering Part A; vol. 17, no. 3/4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Community assembly during secondary forest succession in a Chinese subtropical forest
Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Aßmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X.-Y., Ding, B.-Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D., Guo, L.-D., Härdtle, W., He, J.-S., Hector, A., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Lang, A. C., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Shi, X., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Trogisch, S., Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wu, Y.-T., Yang, X., Zeng, X., Zhang, S., Zhou, H., Ma, K. & Schmid, B., 02.2011, In: Ecological Monographs. 81, 1, p. 25-41 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Experimentieren mit Modellen
Möller, A., 02.2011, In: Umweltinformatik - Newsletter. 48, p. 8-11 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficieny trade-off
Hoberg, N. & Baumgärtner, S., 02.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 198).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Landfills as sources of polyfluorinated compounds, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and musk fragrances to ambient air
Weinberg, I., Dreyer, A. & Ebinghaus, R., 02.2011, In: Atmospheric Environment. 45, 4, p. 935-941 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Trees in the desert: Reproduction and genetic structure of fragmented Ulmus pumila forests in Mongolian drylands
Wesche, K., Walther, D., von Wehrden, H. & Hensen, I., 02.2011, In: Flora. 206, 2, p. 91-99 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Early succession arthropod community changes on experimental passion fruit plant patches along a land-use gradient in Ecuador
Teodoro, A. V., Muñoz, A., Tscharntke, T., Klein, A. & Tylianakis, J., 30.01.2011, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 140, 1-2, p. 14-19 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review