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.
- 2015
Integrating Time Aspects into the Assessment of Sustainable Resource Management
Weiser, A. (presenter)
07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
21. Internationale Sommerakademie der Deutschen Bundesstiftung Umwelt - 2015
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
30.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Do Good Things Come in Small Packages’? Issue Packages in Negotiation and Their Effect on Dyadic Economic Outcomes.
Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Geiger, I. (Speaker)
28.06.2015 → 01.07.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd Environmental Monitoring of Biocides in Europe - NORMAN 2015
Wieck, S. (Participant)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrophe in the Age of Simulation - 2015
Schrickel, I. (Organiser)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
MECS Conference: Dealing with Climate Change. Calculus & Catastrope in the Age of Simulation - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Stadt Forscht: Allianzen für Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
23.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
archiDART: an R package for the automated 2D computation of root architectural traits
Delory, B. (Speaker), Baudson, C. (Speaker), Brostaux, Y. (Speaker), Lobet, G. (Speaker), du Jardin, P. (Speaker), Pagès, L. (Speaker) & Delaplace, P. (Speaker)
21.06.2015 → 25.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Rhizosphere 4 Conference - 2015
Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)
21.06.2015 → 25.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Exploration of green technologies in SMEs: the role of ambidexterity, domain separation and commercialization
Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
14.06.2015 → 17.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Functions of Innovation Systems: the Case of Flywheel Energy Storage
Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Czernin, F. (Speaker)
14.06.2015 → 17.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Certificate Sustainability & Journalism: Case Study of a Pilot Continuing Education Program for Journalists
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
11.06.2015 → 14.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Demokratie und Wahlrecht
Rose, M. (Speaker)
11.06.2015 → 13.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Life Sciences Forschungskolloquium - 2015
Fischer, D. (Organiser)
11.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
“To sustain, or not to sustain…?” An Analysis of Sustainability Journalism in German Newspapers
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
11.06.2015 → 14.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
An analysis of founder-CEOs' and salaried CEOs' short-term investment behavior under consideration of aspiration levels
Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)
10.06.2015 → 13.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Einsatz der „Fracking-Technologie“ zur Erdgasgewinnung
Olsson, O. (Lecturer)
10.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Jaquelines-of-all-trades: Testing Lazear's View on Entrepreneurship for Women Graduates
Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker), Kurczewska, A. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)
06.06.2015 → 09.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Policy learning and evidence-based governance in mandated participatory planning
Newig, J. (Speaker)
27.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Adhärenz bei Internet- und Smartphone-basiertem Stress-Management in Abhängigkeit der Intensität und Art des Coachings: eine gepoolte Analyse individueller Teilnehmerdaten aus drei randomisiert-kontrollierten Studien
Zarski, A.-C. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker) & Ebert, D. D. (Speaker)
14.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Agroecological landscapes in rural Bogota. Agrobiodiversity and peasant culture
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
12.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Dechema Himmelfahrtstagung "Scale-up and scale-down of bioprocesses"
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
11.05.2015 → 13.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Scale-up of fermentative lactic acid production from renewable feedstocks
Pleißner, D. (Speaker) & Venus, J. (Speaker)
11.05.2015 → 13.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Multi-stakeholder learning in transdisciplinary settings
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development
Vismaier, U. (Speaker), Engbers, M. (Coauthor) & Brandner, V. (Coauthor)
06.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International JTEFS/BBCC Conference Sustainable Development. Culture. Education 2015
Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)
05.05.2015 → 08.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Making universities sustainable: UNESCO Chairs join forces
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
04.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Khaleel, N. D. H. (Participant)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Khaleel, N. D. H. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Artificial sunlight photolysis of the pharmaceuticals doxepin hydrochloride, gabapentin and quetiapine hemifumarate as single compounds and as a mixture
Herrmann, M. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anti-cancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments
Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anticancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments
Lutterbeck, C. A. (Speaker), Baginska, E. (Speaker) & Machado, E. L. (Speaker)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Households as important source of biocidal active substances in influents of sewage treatment plants
Wieck, S. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
PRIORITIZATION OF VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS USING A SIMPLE SCREENING APPROACH
Menz, J. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Situational predictors of spontaneous mental contrasting
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Thinking about the future
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
8th International Conference on Biobased Materials - 2015
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Auftaktworkshop der EnergyCultures Nachwuchsgruppe - 2015
Meyer, E. M. (Participant)
30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Methoden transformativer Forschung
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
24.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
What does it take to reroute a tanker? Lessons learned in 25 years of innovative teaching in environmental and sustainability sciences at the University of Lüneburg (Germany)
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
22.04.2015 → 24.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Arbeitstagung Lernortwechsel - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
17.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Green hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
14.04.2015 → 16.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Green Hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.
Pleißner, D. (Speaker) & Venus, J. (Speaker)
14.04.2015 → 16.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Natürliche Feinde? Umweltschutz und freier Welthandel als rechtliches und politisches Problem" - 2015
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
10.04.2015 → 11.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
09.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Matching the Core Text Approach with the General Education Philosophy: Breaking Ground at Leuphana College in Lüneburg, Germany
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
09.04.2015 → 12.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Agroecological practices in the Andean high lands: agrobiodiversity, culture and family farming
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker) & de la Pava, R. (Speaker)
08.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
5th UNICA Green Academic Footprint Workshop - UGAF 2015
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
25.03.2015 → 27.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
ANAKON 2015
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (presenter)
23.03.2015 → 26.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
BESSER nutzen, Der Dialog.6 - 2015
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
23.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Climate change and sustainable use of high Aswan dam reservoir
Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 25.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
LC-MS identification of the photo-transformation products of desipramine with studying the effect of different environmental variables on the kinetics of their formation
Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 26.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable use of arable lands within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germana using SAR-Data
Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 25.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
UN Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development: A Training Research Project on the Evidence Base
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
11.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
PERL International Conference: A Decade of Responsible Living - 2015
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
10.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung Politische Ökonomik großer Transformationen - 2015
Heilmann, S. (presenter)
10.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Abschlusssymposium der Initiative Nachhaltigkeit & Journalismus - 2015
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
07.03.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Mental Contrasting and Energization
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Situational predictors of mental contrasting
Oettingen, G. (Speaker) & Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - wohin soll die Reise gehen?: Festvortrag zum Abschluss der Fortbildungsreihe "Das Leben gestalten lernen"
Fischer, D. (Lecturer)
28.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Fortbildungsbildungsreihe "Das Leben gestalten lernen" des Bildungszentrums für Natur, Umwelt und ländliche Räume (BNUR) des Landes Schleswig-Holstein - 2015
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
27.02.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht – warum und wie? mit Sandra Puddu
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
26.02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bioenergy Research (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.02.2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
University of California, Berkeley
Herberg, J. (Visiting researcher)
01.02.2015 → 30.06.2015Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Spontaneous mental contrasting: Antecedents and consequenses
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Spontaneous thoughts and images
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
02.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die politische Repräsentation zukünftiger Generationen in der Demokratie
Rose, M. (Speaker)
31.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Mobile Phone Signals and Protest Crowds
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
27.01.2015 → 29.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Fracking und Lagerstättenwasser": Diskussionsrunde zum Thema Fracking mit dem niedersächsischen Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit un Verkehr, Olaf Lies und der Landesgruppen Niedersachsen/Bremen in der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion
Olsson, O. (Reviewer)
26.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Lagerstättenwasser": Fachgespräch mit Umweltreferenten der Koalitionsfraktion SPD im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema „Lagerstättenwasser“
Olsson, O. (Reviewer)
16.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
CSR strategies for start-ups: Analyzing prospects of Corporate Volunteering and its success criteria
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Quandt, A. (Speaker)
15.01.2015 → 17.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch „Hydraulic Fracturing“
Olsson, O. (Lecturer)
07.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Reflexionskompetenz in fachdidaktischer LehrerInnenbildung.: Vortrag (Einladung) im Rahmen des Bremen-Oldenburgischen Kolloquiums zur Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
06.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Biochemical Engineering Journal (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.01.2015 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften
Härdtle, W. (Speaker) & Niemeyer, T. (Speaker)
01.01.2015 → 31.12.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
1st iDiv Annual Conference - 2015
Ohse, B. (Speaker)
2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
College (Organisational unit)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
College (Organisational unit)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
College (Organisational unit)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (External organisation)
Olsson, O. (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
Network 30 "Environmental and Sustainability Research - ESER" (External organisation)
Bruhn, K. (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)
Bruhn, K. (Member)
2015Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- 2014
Disseminating inquiry-based science education through “Mysteries” in professional development courses mit Anja Lembens
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
16.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Workshop „Biochar goes practice - Biokohle in der Praxis“ 2014
Urban, B. (Speaker) & Thiem, C. (Speaker)
09.12.2014 → 10.12.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten
Olsson, O. (Lecturer)
08.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Scaffolding diverse chemistry education classes
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
05.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Fostering R&D-cooperations between German and Russian stakeholders in the bioeconomy, especially in the industrial biotech area
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
04.12.2014 → 06.12.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Coupled component modelling for inter- and transdisciplinariy climate change impact reserach: dimensions of integration and examples of interface design
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
01.12.2014 → 02.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
12. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerk Stadt - Raum - Architektur 2014
Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)
28.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Verleihung des Norddeutschen Wissenschaftspreises - NDWP 2014
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
28.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
The Congress German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics - DGPPN Congress 2014
Zhang, K. (Participant)
26.11.2014 → 29.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa - GOA 2014
Urban, B. (Participant)
24.11.2014 → 26.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
32. Allergiesymposium der Norddeutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie e.V. - Nappa 2014
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
22.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Von der Verschwendung zur Wertschätzung der Lebensmittel" 2014
Schomerus, T. (Moderator)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach
Newig, J. (Speaker)
19.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Die Bedeutung von Eco und Social Entrepreneurship für Studierende: Eine vergleichende Studie an Universitäten in Deutschland und Südafrika
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker)
13.11.2014 → 14.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research