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.
- 2018
African Journal of Ecology (Journal)
Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)
2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
BNE-Netzwerk der Region Lüneburg (External organisation)
Bruhn, K. (Member)
2018Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Das inklusive Klassenzimmer - 2018
Abels, S. (Organiser), Benitt, N. (Organiser), Besser, M. (Organiser), Greve, S. (Organiser), Schmidt, T. (Organiser) & Süßenbach, J. (Organiser)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Environment, Development and Sustainability (Journal)
Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)
2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference - ECPR 2018
Derwort, P. (Participant)
2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Independenz und Migration in kosmopolitische Städte [Independence and migration toward cosmopolitan cities]
Sevincer, T. (Speaker), Varnum, M. E. W. (Coauthor) & Kitayama, S. (Coauthor)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Bocken, N. M. P. (Editorial Board), Weissbrod, I. (Editorial Board) & Antikainen, M. (Editorial Board)
2018 → 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Leibniz University Hanover (External organisation)
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Member)
2018 → 2021Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Programme of Ecosystems Change and Society (PECS) (External organisation)
Martín-López, B. (Member)
2018 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Programme of Ecosystems Change and Society (PECS) (External organisation)
Martín-López, B. (Office)
2018 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer