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.

Topics

Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.

  1. 2012
  2. Published

    Paying Attention to Environmental Pay-Offs: The Case of an Indonesian Textile Manufacturer

    Schaltegger, S., Viere, T. & Zvezdov, D., 07.2012, In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. 12, 1, p. 56-75 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Plant traits affecting herbivory on tree recruits in highly diverse subtropical forests

    Schuldt, A., Bruelheide, H., Durka, W., Eichenberg, D., Fischer, M., Kröber, W., Härdtle, W., Ma, K., Michalski, S. G., Palm, W-U., Schmid, B., Welk, E., Zhou, H. & Assmann, T., 07.2012, In: Ecology Letters. 15, 7, p. 732-739 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Tapping Environmental Accounting Potentials of Beer Brewing: Information Needs for Successful Cleaner Production

    Schaltegger, S., Viere, T. & Zvezdov, D., 07.2012, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 29-30, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    The same, but different: Pollen foraging in honeybee and bumblebee colonies.

    Leonhardt, S. & Blüthgen, N., 07.2012, In: Apidologie. 43, 4, p. 449-464 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Transdisciplinarity: Between mainstreaming and marginalization

    Jahn, T., Bergmann, M. & Keil, F., 07.2012, In: Ecological Economics. 79, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Welche Milch für unsere Küche? Kriterien für Konsumentscheidungen in der Kita

    Offen, S., 07.2012, In: Theorie und Praxis der Sozialpädagogik. 7, p. 37-39 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  8. Published

    Welche Rolle können Commons in Transformationsprozessen zu Nachhaltigkeit spielen?

    von Winterfeld, U., Biesecker, A., Katz, C. & Best, B., 07.2012, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 50 p. (Impulse zur Wachstumswende; vol. 6).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Herbivore and pollinator responses to grassland management intensity along experimental changes in plant species richness

    Hudewenz, A., Klein, A-M., Scherber, C., Stanke, L., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Weigelt, A., Weisser, W. W. & Ebeling, A., 01.06.2012, In: Biological Conservation. 150, 1, p. 42-52 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Water quantity and quality in the Zerafshan river basin - only an upstream riparian problem?

    Olsson, O., Wegerich, K. & Kabilov, F., 01.06.2012, In: International Journal of Water Resources Development. 28, 3, p. 493-505 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Assessment of pharmaceutical waste management at selected hospitals and homes in Ghana

    Sasu, S., Kümmerer, K. & Kranert, M., 06.2012, In: Waste Management & Research. 30, 6, p. 625-630 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review