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.

  1. 2025
  2. Draußenlernen lernen – Wie bringen wir angehende Lehrkräfte als Teil ihrer Professionalisierung raus aus dem Klassenraum?

    Grauer, C. (Speaker) & Perlinger, J. (Speaker)

    29.09.202501.10.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Methodenwoche für empirische Bildungsforschung

    Perlinger, J. (Organiser), Hantke, H. (Organiser), Karber, A. (Organiser) & Pietsch, M. (Organiser)

    25.09.202527.09.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Struktur-Bioabbaubarkeitsbeziehungen für die Entwicklung von in der Umwelt bioabbaubaren ionischen Flüssigkeiten

    Amsel, A.-K. (Speaker), Chakravarti, S. (Coauthor), Olsson, O. (Coauthor) & Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor)

    22.09.202524.09.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - GfÖ 2025

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    01.09.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. ECPR General Conference 2025

    Rose, M. (Organiser) & Mathis, O. L. (Organiser)

    26.08.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Structures and Limits of the Emerging German Sustainability State

    Rose, M. (Speaker) & Mathis, O. L. (Coauthor)

    26.08.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Critical Global Citizenship Education in der Lehrkräftebildung

    Grauer, C. (Speaker)

    14.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  9. Ergebnisse und Perspektiven aus dem Kommunalen Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer Niedersachsen

    Redenius, P. (Speaker)

    02.07.2025

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

  10. Regionale Fallstudie: Transformation in Niedersachsen

    Redenius, P. (Speaker) & Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    01.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. What Is Enough, Really? Rethinking Sustainability & Technology in Space Heating

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    26.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Sustainability Transformation: Building Resilience in Sustainability Reporting for a Net-Zero Future

    Bertram, A. (Speaker)

    19.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Academic education in the field of sustainable chemistry

    Amsel, A.-K. (presenter), Holtmann, R. (Coauthor) & Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor)

    12.05.202516.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  14. Modelling biodegradability based on OECD 301D data for the design of mineralising ionic liquids

    Amsel, A.-K. (Speaker), Chakravarti, S. (Coauthor), Olsson, O. (Coauthor) & Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor)

    12.05.202516.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Environmental governance research - cumulative knowledge or fragmented adhocracy?

    Newig, J. (Keynote Speaker) & Rose, M. (Keynote Speaker)

    04.04.2025

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

  16. Förderung psychischer Gesundheit in der beruflichen Bildung: Status Quo und Perspektiven

    Thole, C. (Speaker), Kähler, A.-F. (Coauthor), Hantke, H. (Coauthor), Kiepe, K. (Coauthor), Pargmann, J. (Coauthor) & Kick, C. (Coauthor)

    27.03.202528.03.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  17. 23. Hochschultage Berufliche Bildung - HTBB 2025

    Kähler, A.-F. (Coauthor), Hantsch, R. (Coauthor), Casper, M. (Coauthor), Kiepe, K. (Coauthor), Hantke, H. (Coauthor), Hufnagl, J. (Coauthor), Heisler, D. (Coauthor), Schütt-Sayed, S. (Coauthor), Ansmann, M. (Coauthor), Kohl, M. (Coauthor), Thole, C. (Coauthor), Ciolek, S. (Coauthor), Diettrich, A. (Coauthor), Dück, F. (Coauthor), Haberzeth, E. (Coauthor), Harm, S. (Coauthor), Heitzhausen, S. (Coauthor), Hösel, F. (Coauthor), Kröhn, S. (Coauthor), Loy, S. (Coauthor), Müller, C. (Coauthor), Porath, J. (Coauthor), Pranger, J. (Coauthor), Reißland, J. (Coauthor) & Stoll, C. (Coauthor)

    18.03.202519.03.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Transfer

  18. Der „Whole School Approach“: Wo steht unsere Schule auf dem Weg zu einem nachhaltigen Lernort und wo können wir anpacken?

    Hantke, H. (Speaker) & Kähler, A.-F. (Speaker)

    18.03.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

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