TY - CHAP

T1 - Universities as learning organizations for sustainability? The task of climate protection

AU - Lüdeke-Freund, Florian

AU - Burandt, Simon

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2010, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

PY - 2010/1/1

Y1 - 2010/1/1

N2 - For two decades the Leuphana University of Lüneburg has addressed socio-ecological issues in research, education and administration. Realizing projects such as “Agenda 21 and University of Lüneburg” (1999), “Sustainable University” (2004) and its mission statement of “Carbon-Neutral University” (2007) entails non-trivial organizational changes. Creating an authentic “Carbon Neutral University” induces multi-level learning and decision problems within the organization. Concepts of organizational learning are considered as most promising approaches to analysing and understanding sustainability-oriented projects. Past, present, and future sustainability projects are explored in this chapter. An organizational learning perspective is applied in order to identify specific phases and mechanisms of organizational developments towards realizing the university’s mission statements. Empirical facts are discussed against the theoretical background of organizational learning. A conceptual perspective is developed for organizational learning in complex fields such as sustainable development.

AB - For two decades the Leuphana University of Lüneburg has addressed socio-ecological issues in research, education and administration. Realizing projects such as “Agenda 21 and University of Lüneburg” (1999), “Sustainable University” (2004) and its mission statement of “Carbon-Neutral University” (2007) entails non-trivial organizational changes. Creating an authentic “Carbon Neutral University” induces multi-level learning and decision problems within the organization. Concepts of organizational learning are considered as most promising approaches to analysing and understanding sustainability-oriented projects. Past, present, and future sustainability projects are explored in this chapter. An organizational learning perspective is applied in order to identify specific phases and mechanisms of organizational developments towards realizing the university’s mission statements. Empirical facts are discussed against the theoretical background of organizational learning. A conceptual perspective is developed for organizational learning in complex fields such as sustainable development.

KW - Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics

KW - Organizational learning

KW - Sustainability sciences, Communication

KW - Sustainable development

KW - Energy research

KW - Solar

KW - Photovoltaic

KW - Photovoltaik

KW - Bürgerbeteiligung

KW - Studium

KW - Carbon Neutral University

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85013754169&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/db7b67f1-621f-36d7-9253-61fc4e20b87f/

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_15

DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-10751-1_15

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-3-642-10750-4

T3 - Climate Change Management

SP - 179

EP - 192

BT - Universities and climate change

A2 - Leal Filho, Walter

PB - Springer

CY - Berlin; London

ER -