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. Eine kleine Reise durch die faszinierende Welt der Ameisen

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    18.11.2025

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

  3. Future Trends in Education

    Hantke, H. (Speaker) & Hartmann, K. (Speaker)

    13.11.2025

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

  4. Kolloquium zu Design-Based Research (DBR)

    Brase, A. K. (Organiser), Hantke, H. (Organiser), Karber, A. (Organiser) & Reinmann, G. (Organiser)

    10.11.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Food Systems: Innovation and Resilience in a Changing World

    Zuin Zeidler, V. (Speaker)

    06.11.2025

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

  6. Landschaft im Wandel– Vergangenheit verstehen, Zukunft gestalten

    Isaac, R. (Speaker) & Mayer, A. (Speaker)

    05.11.2025

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

  7. Invasive Ameisen: Arten, Eigenschaften, Konsequenzen für Lebensräume

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    22.10.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Joint TreeDì – MultiTroph Conference

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    13.10.202517.10.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 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

  10. Die Qualität fachbezogener Unterrichtsdiskussionen in der kaufmännischen Berufsausbildung aus Sicht von Lernenden

    Platz, L. (Speaker), Hantke, H. (Speaker) & Manzel, S. (Speaker)

    25.09.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 53rd Annual Conference of the German Ecological Society

    Isaac, R. (Moderator)

    13.09.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 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

  15. ECPR General Conference 2025

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

    26.08.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Structures and Limits of the Emerging German Sustainability State

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

    26.08.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Macro perspectives on a train-the-trainer-concept for sustainability-related education

    Hantke, H. (Speaker)

    25.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Critical Global Citizenship Education in der Lehrkräftebildung

    Grauer, C. (Speaker)

    14.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  19. 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

  20. Regionale Fallstudie: Transformation in Niedersachsen

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

    01.07.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Amerikanische Universität Paris

    Hantke, H. (Visiting researcher)

    07.202509.2025

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

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

    Hartmann, E. (Speaker)

    26.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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

    Bertram, A. (Speaker)

    19.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Demokratiebildung als didaktische Querschnittsaufgabe – Perspektiven einer curricularen (Weiter-) Entwicklung

    Hantke, H. (Speaker)

    18.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  25. Demokratiebildung in der Berufsbildung

    Hantke, H. (Speaker)

    16.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  26. Can holistic landscape restoration drive regenerative social-ecological change?

    Isaac, R. (Speaker)

    15.06.202520.06.2026

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Finanzielle Zukünfte: Individuelles oder politisches Problem?

    Hantke, H. (Speaker), Bonfig, A. (Speaker), Engartner, T. (Speaker), Greefrath, G. (Speaker), Hedtke, R. (Speaker), Heimrich, F. (Speaker), Hellmich, S. N. (Speaker), Reuter, L. (Speaker), Tille, L. (Speaker) & Meimann, G. (Speaker)

    14.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  28. A didactic design approach of a further education concept within VETSD

    Hantke, H. (Speaker)

    11.06.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. 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

  30. Demokratiebildung als Querschnittsaufgabe von Unterrichtsentwicklung im Kontext ganzheitlicher Schulentwicklung

    Hantke, H. (Speaker)

    12.05.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. 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

  32. University of Western Australia

    Isaac, R. (Visiting researcher)

    05.05.202522.06.2025

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  33. Einblicke in den UNESCO-Chair on Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Hantke, H. (Speaker)

    05.04.2025

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

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. Das Losprinzip in der Demokratie – Welche Rolle können Bürgerräte für Politik und Gesetzgebung spielen?

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    25.02.2025

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

  39. Perspektiven teilen – Transformation gestalten: Externalisierung des Inklusionsverständnisses mit Lego® Serious Play®

    List, F. (Speaker), Schellig, H. (Speaker), Hofer, E. (Coauthor) & Abels, S. (Coauthor)

    19.02.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. 38. Jahrestagung der Inklusionsforscher:innen - IFO 2025

    Abels, S. (Keynote Speaker)

    18.02.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. 38. Jahrestagung der Inklusionsforscher:innen - IFO 2025

    List, F. (Participant) & Schellig, H. (Participant)

    17.02.202519.02.2025

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Thinking of Time - A Resource which Should be Allocated Equally

    Bertram, A. (Speaker)

    06.02.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Sustainability Accounting for a transformation to green hydrogen

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    30.01.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  44. Gamification für den Artenschutz der Fledermaus nutzen

    Krebs, A.-K. (Speaker)

    12.01.202515.01.2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Alexa Kristin Brase

    Hantke, H. (Host)

    2025

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  46. “Marine Protected Areas under the BBNJ Agreement”

    Bertram, A. (Speaker)

    2025

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

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