School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
- 2003
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2003 → 2007Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Greener Management International (Journal)
Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)
2003Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V. (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Member)
2003 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Netzwerk Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften (External organisation)
Tanja Mölders (Member)
2003 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Sind klassische Tests zur Wirkungsprüfung gegenüber Umweltbakterien geeignet?
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
16.03.2003 → 19.03.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Overview on the long west European pollen records
Brigitte Urban (Speaker)
24.03.2003 → 28.03.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Globaler Gegenwind – lokaler Rückenwind. Von Kleinbauern und Netzwerken: Ökolandbau in Südafrika: gemeinsam mit Verena Brinkmann
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
25.04.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Antibiotika in der Umwelt.: Vorkommen, Verhalten und Wirkung.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
05.05.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
7. Gaytaler Gespräche - 2003
Sabine Hofmeister (Speaker)
06.05.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung "Ungleichheit und Umverteilung" des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2003
Jens Newig (Speaker)
09.05.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Stakeholder Orientation of Corporate Sustainability Evaluation Methodologies
Kicheol Kim (Speaker)
15.05.2003 → 17.05.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Performance zum Johannesburg-Gipfel: „Nachhaltig beeindruckt? Ein Leitbild auf steinigen Wegen“: gemeinsam mit Verena Brinkmann und Juliane Grüning
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
22.05.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Zürich- ETH Zürich (External organisation)
Simon Burandt (Member)
06.2003 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Wirkungen von Antibiotika auf Abwasserbakterien.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
16.06.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The effects of drugs on the environment-ecopharmacology.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.06.2003 → 28.06.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Flexibility of Industrial Material Flow Networks
Andreas Möller (Speaker) & Tobias Viere (Speaker)
29.06.2003 → 02.07.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Aus(nahme)fälle in der Nachwuchsförderung – Qualifizierungen im Themenfeld‚ Gender und Nachhaltigkeit
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
27.07.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Anne Gerlach (Speaker)
01.08.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Arzneimittel in der Umwelt.: Eintrag, Nachweis, Wirkung – was dann?
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.08.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
12. Workshop „Umweltrecht“ der Lehrstühle Schulte (TU Dresden) und Oebbecke (Univ. Münster) 2003
Jens Newig (Speaker)
03.09.2003Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Corporate Sustainability Management as a Driver for Innovation and Development
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
04.09.2003 → 06.09.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Resistenzbildung durch Antibiotikarückstände in der aquatischen Umwelt?
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
15.10.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zeit in der Umweltforschung: philosophischer Ballast oder dringende Notwendigkeit?
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
20.11.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- 2004
BWV Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag (Publisher)
Gerd Michelsen (Editor)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Einweg- und Mehrweg-Entsorgungssysteme für Patientenausscheidungen
Martin Scherrer (Reviewer), Armin König (Reviewer) & Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer)
2004Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2004 → 2008Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Leibniz Association (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Office)
2004 → 2007Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Metropolis Verlag (Publisher)
Gerd Michelsen (Editor)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Publisher)
Thomas Schomerus (Editor)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Progress in Industrial Ecology (Journal)
Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Stefan Schaltegger (Office)
2004 → 2005Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Föderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Stiftung Deutscher Küstenschutz (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
2004 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
University of Bremen (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Member)
2004 → 2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften (Publisher)
Gerd Michelsen (Editor)
2004 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
Zwischen globalem Umweltgipfel und lokaler Nachhaltigkeit
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
25.01.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Gesunder Umgang mit der Zeit: Eine andere Zeitkultur als Perspektive jenseits von bloßem Zeitmanagement.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
01.02.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Eckpunkte einer geschlechtergerechten Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
18.02.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
27.02.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting in collaboration with 22nd CSEAR International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research 2004
Stefan Schaltegger (Organiser)
03.03.2004 → 05.03.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The presence of therapeutic drugs in the environment.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Dissemination of Environmental Management Accounting in South-East Asia
Christian Herzig (Speaker) & Tobias Viere (Speaker)
04.03.2004 → 05.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Management Accounting (EMA) for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Training and Capacity Building for South-East Asia (SEA)
Christian Herzig (Speaker) & Tobias Viere (Speaker)
15.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Herkunft, Vorkommen, Verhalten und Verbleib von Arzneimitteln in der aquatischen Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.03.2004 → 26.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zeitskalen der Natur und der Politik: Zeiten in der Umweltpolitik.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
26.03.2004 → 28.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Eintrag und Bewertung von spezifischen Organika (Arzneimittel/Antibiotika, Biozide) aus Krankenhäusern und anderen Quellen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
03.04.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
International Symposium “Uncertainty and Precaution in Environmental Management (UPEM)”
Jens Newig (Speaker)
07.06.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
International Environmental Modelling and Software Society Conference “Complexity and Integrated Resources Management” - IEMSS 2004
Jens Newig (Speaker)
14.06.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
02.07.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Elimination of a realistic mixture of antibiotics in biological sewage treatment and effects of this mixture on resistant and non-resistant sewage sludge bacteria.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
22.08.2004 → 28.08.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
Roman Trötschel (Speaker)
26.09.2004 → 30.09.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Verhalten von Antibiotika in Testsystemen und Kläranlagen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.09.2004 → 30.09.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wirtschaftswachstum? Was ist es, das wächst?: Für eine Verankerung des Ökonomischen im (Re)Prodkutiven.
Sabine Hofmeister (Speaker)
01.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Desinfektionsmittel in der Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.10.2004 → 05.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Exkretion und Umweltauswirkungen von Arzneimittel nach Gebrauch und Entsorgung
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.10.2004 → 08.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Blocked Transition? Spaces for Thinking and Action in Sustainable Regional Development
Daniela Gottschlich (Speaker) & Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
09.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Konferenz “Crises and Sustainability” 2004
Tanja Mölders (Participant) & Daniela Gottschlich (Participant)
09.10.2004 → 11.10.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
QSAR und Arzneimittel in der Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
16.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Herbsttagung „Partizipation und Öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung“ des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 2004
Jens Newig (Speaker)
22.10.2004Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
22.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Life cycle thinking and systems thinking - how to support systems thinking in material flow management
Andreas Möller (Speaker)
25.10.2004 → 27.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Management of hospital effluents.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
03.11.2004 → 05.12.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Benefits of the Bottom Line and Beyond: Corporate Volunteering in Germany
Christian Herzig (Speaker)
07.11.2004 → 10.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Partnerships for Corporate Sustainability: Capacity Development in South-East Asia
Christian Herzig (Speaker), Tobias Viere (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Raymond Leung (Speaker)
07.11.2004 → 10.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
South-East Asian Case Studies on EMA
Christian Herzig (Speaker), Tobias Viere (Speaker), Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
09.11.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Fünfzig Jahre nach morgen - wo werden wir sein? Die ökonomischen Kosten des Klimawandel
Claudia Kemfert (Speaker)
01.12.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
- 2005
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e. V. (External organisation)
Gerd Michelsen (Member)
2005 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
International Journal of Business Environment (Journal)
Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)
2005 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Zeiten in der Umweltforschung und ihre Bedeutung für die nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Arzneimittel in der Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
28.01.2005 → 30.01.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Research on Cytotoxics in the Environment.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
16.02.2005 → 17.02.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gemische von Arzneimitteln in der aquatischen Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
14.03.2005 → 15.03.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
15.03.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
2. Konferenz der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie - NGU 2005
Tanja Mölders (Participant)
07.04.2005 → 09.04.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Näher an der Realität: Wirkung und Elimination von Stoffkombinationen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
07.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Plädoyer für ein dialektisches Mensch-Natur-Verhältnis und ein Vorschlag dieses auszubuchstabieren
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
08.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Time scales in nature, politics and society.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
20.04.2005 → 22.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Environmental Management Accounting Support for Rice Husk Processing Alternatives
Christian Herzig (Speaker), Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Bernardo D. Tadeo (Speaker), Rosana E. Espiritu (Speaker) & Hanshel Z. Layaoen (Speaker)
25.04.2005 → 27.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The Implementation of Environmental Management Accounting in South-East Asian companies
Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Christian Herzig (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Tobias Viere (Speaker)
25.04.2005 → 27.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Verbleib persistenter Arznei- und Desinfektionsmittel bei der Niedertemperaturkonvertierung von Klärschlamm.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
02.05.2005 → 04.05.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sustainability Management Accounting - Revolution or Evolution of Management Accounting?
Christian Herzig (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Tobias Viere (Speaker)
10.05.2005 → 11.05.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Time and Organizational Development
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
12.05.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
03.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Exkursion ins Wörlitzer Gartenreich: Landschaft lesen aus interkultureller Perspektive
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
04.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
18th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2005
Roman Trötschel (Speaker)
12.06.2005 → 15.06.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Biodegradation of pharmaceuticals and sustainable chemistry.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
20.06.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
14th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2005
Roman Trötschel (Speaker)
19.07.2005 → 23.07.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Welche Natur wollen wir?
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
19.08.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
New York University
Timur Sevincer (Visiting researcher)
09.2005 → 12.2005Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
conference of the International Sociological Association, RC 24 Environment and Society, “Double Standards and Simulation: Symbolism, Rhetoric and Irony in Eco-Politics”,
Jens Newig (Speaker)
02.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability Reporters
Christian Herzig (Speaker)
04.09.2005 → 06.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mixtures of chemicals in the environment: significance for biodegradability and effects against bacteria.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
12.09.2005 → 15.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bundestreffen des Vereins Frauen im Forstbereich - 2005
Christine Katz (Organiser)
16.09.2005 → 18.09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)
16.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Logik der Zeit – der zeitliche Nährwert: Zeitökologische Strukturen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.09.2005 → 29.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
10. Tagung des Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, German Language Branch e.V. - SETAC 2005
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
28.09.2005 → 30.09.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Begründung und Anwendung des Vorsorgeprinzips aus zeitökologischer Sicht.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
28.09.2005 → 30.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gemische von Arzneimitteln und Desinfektionsmitteln in der aquatischen Umwelt: „Biologische Abbaubarkeit und Wirkung auf Bakterien.“
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
28.09.2005 → 30.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sind die Messergebnisse bei der Bestimmung LAS und BAC mit LC-MS immer richtig?
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
28.09.2005 → 30.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshops "Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung" - 2005
Christine Katz (Speaker)
10.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research