School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- 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.
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.
- 2011
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
07.05.2011 → 11.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Staab, M. (Participant)
07.05.2011 → 12.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Konsum und Ernährung
Offen, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2011 → 07.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Kickoff meeting COMTESS project
Engler, J.-O. (Opponent)
04.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th International Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - 2011
Harms, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 03.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer
Harms, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 03.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rolling out corporate sustainability accounting: A set of challenges - 2011
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wrapping up the Results of the 1st stage of the Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning Experiment - BEF-China 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - 2011
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
01.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Derivatization of amino acids to corresponding alpha-hydroxy acids and their analysis in fermentation broths
Pleissner, D. (Speaker), Wimmer, R. (Speaker) & Eriksen, N. T. (Speaker)
01.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
genanet - Leitstelle Gender, Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit (External organisation)
Gottschlich, D. (Member)
05.2011 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Thiem, A. (Member)
05.2011 → 09.2011Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Podiumsdiskussion
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
19.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products
Wilde, M. L. (Speaker), Mayer, F. M. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Martins, A. F. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Wilde, M. L. (Speaker) & Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: Assessment of biodegradability and degradation products.
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Wilde, M. L. (Speaker), Mayer, F. M. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Martins, A. F. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Wilde, M. L. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Methodologie-Workshop für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen 2011
Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
14.04.2011 → 15.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research