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. 2025
  2. Published

    How to Assess Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research? Conceptual and Empirical Explorations

    Newig, J. & Rose, M., 08.2025, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 35, 4, p. 662-681 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Inclusive transdisciplinarity: Embracing diverse ways of being and knowing through inner work

    Manuel-Navarrete, D., Grauer, C., Brundiers, K., Chilisa, B., Bin Zanusi, Z. A., Seidel, T., Tolksdorf, F. & Lang, D. J., 08.2025, In: Ecology and Society. 30, 3, 18 p., 22.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Limited carbon sequestration potential from global ecosystem restoration

    Tölgyesi, C., Csikós, N., Temperton, V. M., Buisson, E., Silveira, F. A. O., Lehmann, C. E. R., Török, P., Bátori, Z. & Bede-Fazekas, Á., 08.2025, In: Nature Geoscience. 18, 8, p. 761-768 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Quantification of phototrophically grown Galdieria sulphuraria and other microalgae using diphenylamine

    Hashe, L., Masudi, W. L., Chiyanzu, I., Schönfelder, S., Pleissner, D. & Cowan, A. K., 08.2025, In: Journal of Applied Phycology. 37, 4, p. 2329-2338 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Senses of place and mobilities nexus - a scoping literature review

    Kołodyńska, I., Gottwald, S., Jakóbiak, A., Otto, J., Morawska, W. & Raymond, C. M., 08.2025, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 105, 13 p., 102658.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Soil carbon sequestration: Facilitated effect of extrafloral nectary trees in a diverse subtropical forest

    Pan, Y., Liu, X., Staab, M. & Zhang, N., 08.2025, In: Journal of Ecology. 113, 8, p. 2199-2219 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Sustainability—Special Issue “Resources and Waste Management”

    Friege, H., Raatz, S. & Lou, Z., 08.2025, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 17, 16, 2 p., 7369.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  9. Published

    Sustainability Strategies: What's in a Name? A Conceptual Restatement of Fundamental Mechanisms Toward Sustainability

    Hartmann, E., 08.2025, In: Sustainable Development. 33, 4, p. 5983-5997 15 p., sd.3443.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    System capacities and implementation challenges in Germany's electric vehicle policy mix: an actor-centered review of the policy mix

    Gathen, L., Upham, P. & Newig, J., 08.2025, In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 218, 12 p., 115787.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Tall stature and small leaves: ecological strategies that enhance tree growth across the subtropical Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Bordin, K. M., Cianciaruso, M. V., Duarte, L. D. S., Bergamin, R. S., Klipel, J., Picolotto, R. C., Morales, D. D. C., Higuchi, P., Silva, A. C. D., Capellesso, E. S., Marques, M. C. M. & Müller, S. C., 08.2025, In: Oikos. 2025, 8, 11 p., e11235.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Tree diversity, tree growth, and microclimate independently structure Lepidoptera herbivore community stability

    Wang, M. Q., Albert, G., Chesters, D., Bruelheide, H., Li, Y., Chen, J. T., Haider, S., Li, S., von Oheimb, G., Proß, T., Schnabel, F., Yang, B., Zhou, Q. S., Ma, K., Liu, X., Zhu, C. D., Luo, A. & Schuldt, A., 08.2025, In: Ecological Monographs. 95, 3, 22 p., e70026.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Using causal loop diagrams to see the “big picture” and embrace complexity in human-wildlife coexistence governance

    Kansky, R., Riechers, M. & Fischer, J., 08.2025, In: Biological Conservation. 308, 13 p., 111198.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Variable social-ecological indicators across a Tanzanian protected area network

    Vallin, J., Raycraft, J., Bettermann, D., Kioko, J., Kissui, B. M., Koester, S., Lindsay, K., Ole, E. M., Ramirez, E., Spizuco, B., Loos, J. & Kiffner, C., 08.2025, In: Biological Conservation. 308, 25 p., 111214.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Weaving values, knowledge and context to care for human–nature relationships in protected areas

    Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A., van Riper, C. J., Andrade, R., Raymond, C. M., Goodson, D. J., Keller, R. & Plieninger, T., 08.2025, In: People and Nature. 7, 8, p. 1952-1971 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    With or against the river? Tracing changes and relationships between social and ecological systems on the central Vistula floodplain over the last 200 years

    Sobechowicz, Ł., Obremska, M., Brykała, D., Ćwiek-Rogalska, K., Gąsiorowski, M., Konopski, M., Łotysz, S., Mulczyk, A., Samojlik, T., Siwek, W. A., Słowiński, M., Szewczyk, K., Stadnicka, M., Targowski, M., Theuerkauf, M., Wolski, J. & Związek, T., 08.2025, In: Anthropocene Review. 12, 2, p. 302-326 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Nachhaltigkeit in Kommunen – von einer reinen Managementaufgabe zum ganzheitlichen Ansatz

    Heinrichs, H., Groß, M., Haubner, O., Riedel, H., Rinawi-Molnar, N. & Scheller, H., 29.07.2025, Zukunft Stadt: Die globale und lokale Bedeutung von SDG 11: Wie die sozialökologische Transformation in Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gelingen kann. Handlungsempfehlungen – Chancen – Entwicklungen. 1 ed. Heidelberg: Springer Gabler, p. 93-132 139 p. (SDG - Forschung, Konzepte, Lösungsansätze zur Nachhaltigkeit).

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

  18. E-pub ahead of print

    Does participatory governance help address long-term environmental problems? Conceptualization and evidence from 23 democracies

    Rose, M., Newig, J. & Jager, N. W., 21.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Policy Studies. p. 1-25 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Integrating sufficiency in the trade and biodiversity agenda of the European Union

    Roux, N., Coenen, J., Fleischmann, B., Cotta, B., Dorninger, C., Erb, K. H., Haberl, H., Kaufmann, L., Mayer, A. & Newig, J., 18.07.2025, In: One Earth. 8, 7, 17 p., 101347.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  20. Published

    Within-individual leaf trait response to local light availability and biodiversity in a subtropical forest experiment

    Proß, T., Bruelheide, H. & Haider, S., 18.07.2025, In: Ecology. 106, 7, 17 p., e70160.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. E-pub ahead of print

    Why context matters: Understanding transdisciplinary research through the lens of nine context factors

    Tolksdorf, F., Jimenez-Aceituno, A., Frölich, N. M., Amoah, N. A. B., Grauer, C., Baird, J., Ballnat, C., Horcea-Milcu, A. I., König, B., Pedersen, R. L., Costa, M. M., Manuel-Navarrete, D., Martin, D. A., McGlynn, B., Mehring, M., Mühlthaler, S., Schneider, F., Singer-Brodowski, M., Vilalba, L., Weiser, A. & Lang, D. J., 12.07.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Innovation - The European Journal of Social Science Research. 37 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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