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.

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  1. Degradation-resistant antibiotics delay germination and growth of two crop plant species

    Bolek, R. (Coauthor)

    09.09.201413.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Degrowth als Chance - auch für Natur und Landschaft? 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    16.02.201118.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft konkret – Wege und Herausforderungen in Niedersachsen

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    18.10.2022

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer

  4. Deliberations on how to assess sustainability in consumption

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Demand to act and spontaneous mental contrasting

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    03.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Democracy and Intergenerational Justice: Overcoming Harmful Short-termism Through New Institutions?

    Hoffmann, J. M. (Organiser), Leung, G.-K. (Organiser) & Rose, M. (Organiser)

    08.09.202009.09.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  7. Democratic Myopia and Future Generations: On Institutional Innovations, their Impact Potential, and the Challenges of their Institutionalization

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    08.06.201709.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Demokratiequalität im Policy-Prozess und ihre Auswirkung auf die Policy-Performanz

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    06.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  9. Demokratie und Wahlrecht

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    11.06.201513.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer