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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
- Guest lectures
Wo die Füchse Prinzen zähmen…Sind Biosphärenreservate „Meilensteine“ auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit?
Sabine Hofmeister (Speaker)
19.06.2001Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zeiten in der Umweltforschung und ihre Bedeutung für die nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
2005Activity: 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
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
Zukunftsfähige Bildung - Der Lernbereich Globale Entwicklung in Schule und Unterricht
Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Speaker)
06.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zukunftsfähige Bildung - Unterricht als Bewältigung von Herausforderungen im Sinne einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Speaker)
11.01.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zukunftsgestaltung, Mitbestimmung und Umgang mit Komplexität – Kultur als zentrale Bildungsperspektive einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Verena Holz (Lecturer)
14.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften
Werner Härdtle (Speaker) & Thomas Niemeyer (Speaker)
01.01.2015 → 31.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Zusammenhänge verstehen – die Zukunft gestalten: Festvortrag anlässlich der Auszeichnung „Lernorte der Zukunft Hessen“
Ute Stoltenberg (Speaker)
13.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zwischen globalem Umweltgipfel und lokaler Nachhaltigkeit
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
25.01.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zwischenräume erkunden – Zum kritischen und visionären Potenzial von Genderperspektiven: Antrittsvorlesung zur Juniorprofessur „Raum und Gender“ an der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Tanja Mölders (Speaker)
05.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
- Consultancy
Jury-Mitglied des Klima-Innovationspreises Niedersachsen
Eric Hartmann (Consultant)
2022 → 2023Activity: Consultancy
Member of the Expert Evaluation Committee for Plant Sciences of the DFG (German Science Foundation) representing the topic Ecology, Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems
Vicky Temperton (Consultant)
01.05.2024 → 30.04.2028Activity: Consultancy
Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Government and the German Ministry of the Environment in Natural Climate Solutions
Vicky Temperton (Consultant)
19.03.2024 → …Activity: Consultancy
Mitgliedschaft im Fachbeirat "Algenbiotechnologie"
Daniel Pleißner (Consultant)
01.12.2018 → 30.11.2023Activity: Consultancy
Naturwissenschaftliche Lernwerkstatt am BG/BRG Gmünd
Elisabeth Hofer (Consultant)
2022 → 2024Activity: Consultancy
Plural valuation of nature matters for environmental sustainability and justice
Berta Martín-López (Consultant)
04.03.2021Activity: Consultancy
Policy Briefing 4
Dominic Glover (Consultant), Beate Friedrich (Consultant), Adrian Ely (Consultant), Angela Noland (Consultant) & Alexandra Lidstone (Consultant)
03.2021Activity: Consultancy
Policy Brief Series
Dominic Glover (Consultant), Beate Friedrich (Consultant) & Adrian Ely (Consultant)
09.2020Activity: Consultancy
- Academic councils, panels and committees
12. Tag der Hydrologie - 2010 (Event)
Mariele Evers (Member)
2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL) (External organisation)
Mariele Evers (Member)
08.04.2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung (ARL) (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Chair)
02.2016 → 12.2018Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management ( B.A.U.M.) e.V. (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2010 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Corporación Universitaria Minuto De Dios-Uniminuto (External organisation)
Stefan Ortiz-Przychodzka (Member)
27.09.2016 → 12.09.2017Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (External organisation)
Daniel Fischer (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (External organisation)
Maik Adomßent (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e. V. (External organisation)
Gerd Michelsen (Member)
2005 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e. V. (External organisation)
Gerd Michelsen (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
econsense – Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e. V. (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2008 → 2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
European Educational Research Association (EERA) (External organisation)
Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Member)
10.2019 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Fan-Projekt Bielefeld e. V. (External organisation)
Martin Winands (Member)
2011Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Federal Agency for Nature Conversation (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Member)
01.04.2012 → 01.04.2015Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Member)
2009 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
genanet - Leitstelle Gender, Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit (External organisation)
Daniela Gottschlich (Member)
05.2011 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
German Committee Future Earth (External organisation)
Georg Jochum (Member), Thomas Barth (Member), Sebastian Brandl (Member), Ana Cárdenas Tomazic (Member), Sabine Hofmeister (Member), Beate Littig (Member), Ingo Matuschek (Member), Stephan Ulrich (Member) & Günter Warsewa (Member)
11.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Hafentechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
1983 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Hafentechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
2002 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Hafentechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
2006 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Internationale Naturschutzakademie, BfN (External organisation)
Sabine Hofmeister (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Leibniz University Hanover (External organisation)
Tanja Mölders (Member)
07.11.2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Ulli Vilsmaier (Deputy member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Logistik-Initiative Hamburg (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Logistik-Initiative Hamburg (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2008 → 2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
ÖAR (External organisation)
Stefan Schaltegger (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Oekom Verlag (External organisation)
Daniel Fischer (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
PIANC Germany (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
PIANC Germany (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
2011 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
PIANC Germany (External organisation)
Birgitt Brinkmann (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer