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.
- 2017
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Luminescence dating of Late Pleistocene eruptions in the Eifel Volcanic Field, Germany
Schmidt, C., Schaarschmidt, M., Kolb, T., Büchel, G., Richter, D. & Zöller, L., 07.2017, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 32, 5, p. 628-638 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien und die Herausforderung der politischen Umsetzung
Laws, N. & Heinrichs, H., 07.2017, Die Deutsche Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie: Wegweiser für eine Politik der Nachhaltigkeit. Michelsen, G. (ed.). Wiesbaden: Hessische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, p. 141-156 16 p. (forum hlz).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Öffentlich-rechtliche Fragen der Errichtung von Fernwärmenetzen unter kommunaler Beteiligung
Ahlbrink, M. & Schomerus, C.-T., 07.2017, In: Energierecht : ER Zeitschrift für die gesamte Energierechtspraxis. 6, 4, p. 143-149 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Off-stage ecosystem service burdens: A blind spot for global sustainability
Pascual, U., Palomo, I., Adams, W. M., Chan, K. M. A., Daw, T. M., Garmendia, E., Gómez-Baggethun, E., de Groot, R., Mace, G. M., Martín-López, B. & Phelp, J., 07.2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 7, 10 p., 075001.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Revisiting Carbon Disclosure and Performance: Legitimacy and Management Views
Qian, W. & Schaltegger, S., 07.2017, In: The British Accounting Review. 49, 4, p. 365–379 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Dryudella paulinae spec. nov. (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) from Morocco
Jacobs, H.-J. & Grabener, S., 30.06.2017, In: Contributions To Entomology. 67, 1, p. 111 - 115 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Sphodrina of the southern Levant (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Sphodrini)
Casale, A. & Assmann, T., 30.06.2017, In: Fragmenta Entomologica. 49, 1, p. 13-24 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Education for Sustainable Consumption through Mindfulness Training: Development of a Consumption-Specific Intervention
Stanszus, L., Fischer, D., Böhme, T., Frank, P., Fritzsche, J., Geiger, S., Harfensteller, J., Grossman, P. & Schrader, U., 27.06.2017, In: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability. 19, 1, p. 5-21 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Reporting at Schools: Challenges and Benefits
Carbach, E. & Fischer, D., 27.06.2017, In: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability. 19, 1, p. 69-81 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Erfassung von Belastungs- und Burnout-Erleben parallel zu einem Screening psychischer Störungen im Internet: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen, am Beispiel des „Stress-Monitors"
Hillert, A., Bäcker, K., Weiß, S. & Lehr, D., 14.06.2017, In: ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR PSYCHOSOMATISCHE MEDIZIN UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE. 63, 1, p. 65-66 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research
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Das Wirken von Nachhaltigkeitsräten in Politik und Gesellschaft
Sieveking, A., 12.06.2017, In: GAIA. 26, 2, p. 158-160 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Dealing with Climate Change: A Conversation with Paul N. Edwards and Oliver Geden
Schrickel, I. & Engemann, C., 12.06.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 2, p. 175-185 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Trading Zones of Climate Change: Introduction
Schrickel, I. & Engemann, C., 12.06.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 2, p. 111-119 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Addressing Complexity in Environmental Management and Governance
Kirschke, S. & Newig, J., 07.06.2017, In: Sustainability. 9, 6, 18 p., 983.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age
Richter, D., Grün, R., Joannes-Boyau, R., Steele, T. E., Amani, F., Rué, M., Fernandes, P., Raynal, J. P., Geraads, D., Ben-Ncer, A., Hublin, J. J. & McPherron, S. P., 07.06.2017, In: Nature. 546, 7657, p. 293-296 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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An economic perspective on land use decisions in agricultural landscapes: Insights from the TEEB Germany Study
Albert, C., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Hansjürgens, B., Dehnhardt, A., Döring, R., Job, H., Köppel, J., Krätzig, S., Matzdorf, B., Reutter, M., Schaltegger, S., Scholz, M., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Wiggering, H., Woltering, M. & von Haaren, C., 01.06.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 25, p. 69-78 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biodiversity and food security: from trade-offs to synergies
Cramer, W., Egea, E., Fischer, J., Lux, A., Salles, J. M., Settele, J. & Tichit, M., 01.06.2017, In: Regional Environmental Change. 17, 5, p. 1257-1259 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Driving factors for the regional implementation of renewable energy: - a multiple case study on the German energy transition
Lutz, L. M., Fischer, L.-B., Newig, J. & Lang, D. J., 01.06.2017, In: Energy Policy. 105, p. 136-147 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Intra- and interspecific hybridization in invasive Siberian elm
Hirsch, H., Brunet, J., Zalapa, J. E., von Wehrden, H., Hartmann, M., Kleindienst, C., Schlautman, B., Kosman, E., Wesche, K., Renison, D. & Hensen, I., 01.06.2017, In: Biological Invasions. 19, 6, p. 1889-1904 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Land use affects dung beetle communities and their ecosystem service in forests and grasslands
Frank, K., Hülsmann, M., Aßmann, T., Schmitt, T. & Blüthgen, N., 01.06.2017, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 243, p. 114-122 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Performance of process-based models for simulation of grain N in crop rotations across Europe
Yin, X., Kersebaum, K. C., Kollas, C., Manevski, K., Baby, S., Beaudoin, N., Öztürk, I., Gaiser, T., Wu, L., Hoffmann, M., Charfeddine, M., Conradt, T., Constantin, J., Ewert, F., de Cortazar-Atauri, I. G., Giglio, L., Hlavinka, P., Hoffmann, H., Launay, M., Louarn, G., Manderscheid, R., Mary, B., Mirschel, W., Nendel, C., Pacholski, A., Palosuo, T., Ripoche-Wachter, D., P. Rötter, R., Ruget, F., Sharif, B., Trnka, M., Ventrella, D., Weigel, H. J. & E. Olesen, J., 01.06.2017, In: Agricultural Systems. 154, p. 63-77 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Putting sustainable chemistry and resource use into context: The role of temporal diversity
Weiser, A., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K., 01.06.2017, In: Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 5, p. 105-114 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Refocusing ecosystem services towards sustainability
Schröter, M., Stumpf, K. H., Loos, J., van Oudenhoven, A. P. E., Böhnke-Henrichs, A. & Abson, D. J., 01.06.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 25, p. 35-43 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The intersection of food security and biodiversity conservation: a review
Glamann, J., Hanspach, J., Abson, D. J., Collier, N. & Fischer, J., 01.06.2017, In: Regional Environmental Change. 17, 5, p. 1303–1313 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Control versus Complexity: Approaches to the Carbon Dioxide Problem at IIASA
Schrickel, I., 06.2017, In: Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte. 40, 2, p. 140-159 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Human–nature connection: a multidisciplinary review
Ives, C. D., Giusti, M., Fischer, J., Abson, D. J., Klaniecki, K., Dorninger, C., Laudan, J., Barthel, S., Abernethy, P., Martín-López, B., Raymond, C. M., Kendal, D. & von Wehrden, H., 06.2017, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27, June 2017, p. 106-113 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Predicting the Individual Mood Level based on Diary Data
Bremer, V., Becker, D., Funk, B. & Lehr, D., 06.2017, Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2017. AIS eLibrary, p. 1161-1177 17 p. (Proceedings of the 25th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2017).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Scarification in sub-Saharan Africa: Social skin, remedy and medical import
Garve, R., Garve, M., Türp, J. C., Fobil, J. N. & Meyer, C. G., 06.2017, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 22, 6, p. 708-715 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Theorising the dynamics of collaborative consumption practices: A comparison of peer-to-peer accommodation and cohousing
Huber, A., 06.2017, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 23, June, p. 53–69 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mitigating the Impact of Climate Change by Reducing Evaporation Losses: Sediment Removal from the High Aswan Dam Reservoir
Elba, E., Urban, B., Ettmer, B. & Farghaly, D., 04.05.2017, In: American Journal of Climate Change. 6, 2, p. 230-246 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Still some way to go: institutionalisation of sustainability in German local governments
Heinrichs, H. & Schuster, F., 04.05.2017, In: Local Environment. 22, 5, p. 536-552 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Linking transitions to sustainability: A study of the societal effects of transition management
Schäpke, N., Omann, I., Wittmayer, J. M., van Steenbergen, F. & Mock, M., 03.05.2017, In: Sustainability. 9, 5, 36 p., 737.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Activity- vs. structural-oriented treatment approach for frozen shoulder: A randomized controlled trial
Horst, R., Maicki, T., TrAbka, R., Albrecht, S., Schmidt, K., Mtel, S. & Von Piekartz, H., 01.05.2017, In: Clinical Rehabilitation. 31, 5, p. 686-695 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A review of ecosystem service benefits from wild bees across social contexts
Matias, D. M. S., Leventon, J., Rau, A. L., Borgemeister, C. & von Wehrden, H., 01.05.2017, In: Ambio. 46, 4, p. 456-467 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy
Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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How and Why Precise Anchors Distinctly Affect Anchor Recipients and Senders
Loschelder, D. D., Friese, M. & Trötschel, R., 01.05.2017, In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 70, p. 164-176 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Many pathways toward sustainability: not conflict but co-learning between transition narratives
Lüderitz, C., Abson, D. J., Audet, R. & Lang, D. J., 01.05.2017, In: Sustainability Science. 12, 3, p. 393-407 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Micro-scale Thermodynamic and Kinetic Analysis of a Calcium Chloride Methanol System for Process Cooling
Korhammer, K., Neumann, K., Opel, O. & Ruck, W. K. L., 01.05.2017, In: Energy Procedia. 105, p. 4363-4369 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Subsistence, Substitutability and Sustainability in Consumption
Baumgärtner, S., Drupp, M. A. & Quaas, M. F., 01.05.2017, In: Environmental and Resource Economics. 67, 1, p. 47-66 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Forschendes Lernen in der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft
Vilsmaier, U. & Meyer, E. M., 05.2017, Forschendes Lernen: Wie die Lehre in Universität und Fachhochschule erneuert werden kann. Mieg, H. A. & Lehmann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, p. 357-366 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Kontroverse Praktiken einer öffentlichen Kontroverse: Schließungen von Aushandlungsräumen in der Agro-Gentechnik-Debatte in Polen
Sulmowski, J. A., 05.2017, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 364 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Learning from Co-Founders of Grassroots Initiatives: Personal Resilience, Transition, and Behavioral Change – a Salutogenic Approach
Maschkowski, G., Schäpke, N., Grabs, J. & Langen, N., 05.2017, Resilience, Community Action and Social Transformation: People, Place, Practice, Power, Politics & Possibility in Transition. Henfrey, T. & Maschkowski, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Lisbon: Permanent Publications, p. 65-84 20 p. (The Community-Led Transformations Book Series; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Reframing the Food–Biodiversity Challenge
Fischer, J., Abson, D. J., Bergsten, A., Collier, N., Dorresteijn, I., Hanspach, J., Hylander, K., Schultner, J. & Senbeta, F., 05.2017, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 32, 5, p. 335-345 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Regional differences in soil pH niche among dry grassland plants in Eurasia
Wagner, V., Chytrý, M., Zelený, D., von Wehrden, H., Brinkert, A., Danihelka, J., Hölzel, N., Jansen, F., Kamp, J., Lustyk, P., Merunková, K., Palpurina, S., Preislerová, Z. & Wesche, K., 05.2017, In: Oikos. 126, 5, p. 660-670 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Teaching entrepreneurship as lived experience through ‘wonderment exercises’
Klapper, R. & Neergaard, H., 05.2017, In: Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research. 7, p. 145-170 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference article in journal › Research › peer-review
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Comparison of wood volume estimates of young trees from terrestrial laser scan data
Kunz, M., Hess, C., Raumonen, P., Bienert, A., Hackenberg, J., Maas, H.-G., Härdtle, W., Fichtner, A. & von Oheimb, G., 30.04.2017, In: iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry. 10, 2, p. 451-458 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Assessing sustainable biophysical human-nature connectedness at regional scales
Dorninger, C., Abson, D. J., Fischer, J. & von Wehrden, H., 24.04.2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 5, p. 1-11 11 p., 055001.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sharing economy: crowd-based capitalism as association of free individuals? Review of the manuscript “sharing economy? The future of crowd-based capitalism”
Heinrichs, H., 15.04.2017, In: Local Environment. 22, 8, p. 1037 - 1039 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Achtsamkeit – woher und warum
Frank, P., 03.04.2017Research output: other publications › Contributions to online encyclopedia › Education
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ENVISIONING PROTECTED AREAS THROUGH PARTICIPATORY SCENARIO PLANNING: NAVIGATING COVERAGE AND EFFECTIVENESS CHALLENGES AHEAD
Martín-López, B., 03.04.2017, In: PARKS, the international journal of protected areas and conservation. 23, 1, p. 29-44 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review