The Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences covers a broad range of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, geography and their didactics as well as integrating social sciences and sport. It comprises the four Institutes of Science Education, Mathematics, Environmental Sciences and Sports Sciences, which provide teaching in seven subjects. This disciplinary breadth combined with a small number of professorships has led to strong interdisciplinary collaboration on overarching and integrating topics in the field of natural and environmental sciences. Research focuses on complex interactions in ecosystems, socio-ecological development and transformation processes as well as related teaching and learning processes.