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. 2011
  2. Biodiversity Principles: Recommendations for the Financial Sector

    Beständig, U. (Reviewer)

    01.10.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  3. Guidelines for Assessing Biodiversity-Related Risks and Opportunities in the Financial Sector: An Aid for Implementing the VfU Biodiversity Principles

    Beständig, U. (Reviewer), Detlefsen, I. (Reviewer) & Jahn, K. (Reviewer)

    01.10.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  4. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Thiem, A. (Member)

    10.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. 41st West European Fish Technologists Association Meeting - WEFTA 2011

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    27.09.201130.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Potential for line-mussel production in the Great Belt (Denmark)

    Pleissner, D. (Speaker)

    27.09.201130.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Postfossile Revolution! Abschied vom fossilen Kapitalismus 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    23.09.201125.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  9. Untersuchendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    20.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  10. 2. Hochschultagung: Sichere gesunde Hochschule - 2011

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    19.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. World Resources Forum - WRF 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    19.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Fungizidwirkungen auf Ectomykorrhiza-Pilze

    Zunker, I. (Speaker), Ruck, W. (Speaker), Palm, W.-U. (Speaker) & Feldmann, F. (Speaker)

    18.09.201120.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Summer School “Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe” - 2011

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Richter, S. (Speaker) & Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  17. Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Herausforderung für Bildung und Wissenschaft

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  19. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Stoltenberg, U. (Participant)

    14.09.201116.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Education for Sustainable Development - 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Participant)

    14.09.201116.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  21. European Conference on Educational Research - ECER 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    14.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch