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. Abschlusstagung des DFG-Projektverbundes „Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaft - KULAKon“ 2011

    Mölders, T. (Participant)

    12.05.201113.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Wo Biber Burgen bauen und ein Fürst ein Gartenreich schaffte - Landschaften im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    12.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Workshop: "Wissenschaftskommunikation am Beispiel 'Grüne Gentechnik': Public Relation oder Aufklärung?" 2011

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    10.05.2011

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

  5. International Ph.D. Workshop in Sustainable Development of the Columbia University - 2011

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker)

    07.05.2011

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

  6. Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    07.05.201111.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    07.05.201112.05.2011

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

  8. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Konsum und Ernährung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201107.05.2011

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

  9. Kickoff meeting COMTESS project

    Engler, J.-O. (Opponent)

    04.05.201106.05.2011

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

  10. The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.05.201106.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 7th International Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - 2011

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    02.05.201103.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    02.05.201103.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Rolling out corporate sustainability accounting: A set of challenges - 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    02.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Wrapping up the Results of the 1st stage of the Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning Experiment - BEF-China 2011

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    02.05.201106.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. 6th Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - 2011

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    01.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 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)

    01.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. genanet - Leitstelle Gender, Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit (External organisation)

    Gottschlich, D. (Member)

    05.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  18. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Thiem, A. (Member)

    05.201109.2011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  19. Podiumsdiskussion

    Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)

    19.04.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 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)

    17.04.201120.04.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  21. 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)

    17.04.201120.04.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch