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. Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)

    19.07.2011

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

  3. 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2011

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    12.07.201116.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Life Cycle Assessment and Material Flow Analysis

    Möller, A. (Lecturer)

    11.07.201122.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. 27th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2011

    Zeyen, A. (presenter) & Beckmann, M. (presenter)

    08.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Small Groups, Big Groups and Social Franchising - A Hayekian Perspective on Scaling Social Entrepreneurship

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker) & Zeyen, A. (Speaker)

    06.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Seeking Legitimacy for Vvalu Ccreation: a Leadership Perspective on Social Eentrepreneurship and Ccorporate social Responsibility

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011

    Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)

    04.07.201109.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. 15th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.07.201108.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    03.07.201106.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    03.07.201106.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Interdisziplinäre Konferenz Kompetenzen in der Kompetenzerfassung - 2011

    Thiem, A. (Participant)

    01.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Oral Presentation Skills in English, ALMA – Programm zur Förderung der Forschungkultur - 2011

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    01.07.201102.07.2011

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

  14. Sozialunternehmer als Katalysatoren sozialer Innovation: "Erfahrungssache – Engagement 55+ wirkt!“

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    01.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  15. Research Synthesis 2018

    Schuster, C. (Speaker), Pinkowski, L. (Coauthor) & Fischer, D. (Coauthor)

    30.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE 2011

    Engler, J.-O. (Participant)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. 3. Lüneburger Salongespräch zur Nachhaltigkeit - 2011

    Gottschlich, D. (Moderator), Mölders, T. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Moderator), Burandt, A. (Participant), Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant) & Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    29.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  18. Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies: weak vs. strong demand-side interactions

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2011

    Peifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.06.201126.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch