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. 2015
  2. Mobile Phone Signals and Protest Crowds

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    27.01.201529.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. CSR strategies for start-ups: Analyzing prospects of Corporate Volunteering and its success criteria

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Quandt, A. (Speaker)

    15.01.201517.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch „Hydraulic Fracturing“

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    07.01.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  5. Biochemical Engineering Journal (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.01.2015 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  6. Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften

    Härdtle, W. (Speaker) & Niemeyer, T. (Speaker)

    01.01.201531.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  7. 1st iDiv Annual Conference - 2015

    Ohse, B. (Speaker)

    2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  10. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  11. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (External organisation)

    Olsson, O. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsTransfer

  12. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  13. Network 30 "Environmental and Sustainability Research - ESER" (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  14. The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  15. 2014
  16. Workshop „Biochar goes practice - Biokohle in der Praxis“ 2014

    Urban, B. (Speaker) & Thiem, C. (Speaker)

    09.12.201410.12.2014

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

  17. Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    08.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  18. Scaffolding diverse chemistry education classes

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    05.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  19. Fostering R&D-cooperations between German and Russian stakeholders in the bioeconomy, especially in the industrial biotech area

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    04.12.201406.12.2014

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

  20. 12. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerk Stadt - Raum - Architektur 2014

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

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

  21. Verleihung des Norddeutschen Wissenschaftspreises - NDWP 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  22. The Congress German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics - DGPPN Congress 2014

    Zhang, K. (Participant)

    26.11.201429.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. 7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa - GOA 2014

    Urban, B. (Participant)

    24.11.201426.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. 32. Allergiesymposium der Norddeutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie e.V. - Nappa 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    22.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    21.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Tagung "Von der Verschwendung zur Wertschätzung der Lebensmittel" 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Moderator)

    21.11.2014

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

  27. Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    19.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  28. Die Bedeutung von Eco und Social Entrepreneurship für Studierende: Eine vergleichende Studie an Universitäten in Deutschland und Südafrika

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker)

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Die Nachhaltigkeitsdimension einer multivariaten Verknüpfung von Social und Cultural Entrepreneurship: am Beispiel interkultureller Kulturförderung

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Hölzner, H. (Speaker)

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. G-Forum, 18. Forum Gründungsforschung - Interdisziplinäre Entrepreneurship Jahreskonferenz

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Mirkovic, S. (Speaker)

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. Konferenz Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Frage der richtigen Chemie?

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant)

    12.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. The revolution will not be liked. On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    12.11.201415.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 1st Agroecological Encounter of Bogota 2014

    de la Pava, R. (Organiser) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)

    11.11.201412.11.2014

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

  34. Adaptive Modeling

    Schrickel, I. (Speaker)

    11.11.201422.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Teaching, assessing and promoting 21st century competencies

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    10.11.201412.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  36. 35th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America

    Herrmann, M. (presenter)

    09.11.201413.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. Research Priorities in Light of the Future Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development

    Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)

    08.11.201409.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  38. Towards the sustainable university: approaches, indicators, good practice

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    07.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  39. Strengthening the connections between educational and sustainability science

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    06.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  40. Education for Sustainable Development: Initiatives at Leuphana University Lüneburg

    Fischer, D. (Oral presentation)

    05.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  41. Trajectories of assessing sustainability in consumption

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    03.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  42. 4th World Sustainability Forum - WSF 2014

    Velten, S. (presenter)

    01.11.201430.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. Molecules: a journal of synthetic organic and natural product chemistry (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.11.2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  44. Scientific Steering Committee Schweden (External organisation)

    Martín-López, B. (Member)

    01.11.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  45. Summer School on Climate Change 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    31.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  46. 3rd International Conference on Biodiversity and the UN Millennium Development Goals

    Leventon, J. (Speaker)

    29.10.201431.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014

    Kahle, J. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Bergmann, M. (Coauthor)

    28.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. Bundesvereinigung öffentliches Recht

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    27.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  49. Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung, Modul 2 in der Fortbildungsreihe Das Leben gestalten lernen: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule 1.-6. Klasse

    Hüfner, S. (Participant)

    10.10.2014

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

  50. Exploration of sustainable technologies and Learnings from a failed small wind energy project

    Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    08.10.201409.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Fücker, S. (Participant)

    06.10.201410.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Sparkassenakademie Niedersachsen, Fachtagung Firmenkunden Führungskräfte

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  53. Expertenworkshop: Nachhaltigkeit kommunizieren - interdisziplinäre Zugänge

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    01.10.2014

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

  54. Developing the ‘Benign by Design’ Approach for a Rational Design of Green Derivatives of b -Blockers: Propranolol as an Example

    Rastogi, T. (presenter)

    30.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  55. Eine Podiumsdiskussion zu Fracking

    Olsson, O. (Panel participant)

    30.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  56. Nationale Abschlusskonferenz zur UN-Dekade "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" 2014

    Fischer, D. (Organiser)

    29.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  57. Nationale Abschlusskonferenz zur UN-Dekade "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" 2014

    Bruhn, K. (Speaker)

    29.09.2014

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

  58. Gekoppelte Modellierung für inter- und transdisziplinäre, alpine Klimawandelfolgenforschung: Integrationsdimensionen und Beispiele zum Schnittstellendesign aus dem CC-snow Projekt

    Strasser, U. (Speaker), Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker), Marke, T. (Speaker), Hanzer, F. (Speaker) & Stötter, J. (Speaker)

    28.09.201401.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  59. Rational Design of Green, (Bio) Degradable β Adrenergic Receptor Blocker Derivatives through Non - Targeted Synthesis: Atenolol as an Example

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter), Rastogi, T. (presenter) & Leder, C. (presenter)

    28.09.201430.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  60. Nachhaltige Entwicklung für eine zukunftsfähige Gesellschaft

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    27.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  61. 4th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT - GREENCHEM 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (Keynote speaker)

    25.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. Pflanzenkohle aus kontaminiertem Auen-Grünland als Bodenverbesserer

    Wolski, S. (Speaker), Thiem, C. (Speaker), Krüger, F. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)

    22.09.201423.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  63. The Relative Importance of Behavioral Factors in Solar Photovoltaic Project Financing

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker) & Hampl, N. (Speaker)

    22.09.201424.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht einer inklusiven Schule

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    17.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  65. Leuphana Energieforum 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    17.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  66. Leuphana Energieforum 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Organiser)

    17.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  67. Degradation-resistant antibiotics delay germination and growth of two crop plant species

    Bolek, R. (Coauthor)

    09.09.201413.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  68. Exploring plant community asembly

    Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)

    08.09.201412.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  69. Roe deer browsing induces changes in phytohormones, primary metabolites and defense chemistry in beech and maple saplings

    Ohse, B. (Speaker)

    08.09.201412.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  70. 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology - EUROTOX 2014

    Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)

    07.09.201410.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  71. Mapping participation in public environmental decision-making processes: An international database on published case studies

    Challies, E. (Speaker)

    05.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  72. Moderator im Panel „Dimensions of learning for a degrowth society”

    Herberg, J. (Panel participant)

    03.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  73. State- prescribed (re)productivity? The Philippine Legislation on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Crisis

    Dannenberg, J. (Speaker)

    03.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  74. A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Design Study On Learning Results In An Innovative Study Model - First Qualitative Results In HESD

    Sundermann, A. (presenter)

    02.09.201405.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  75. Limnology and Oceanography (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  76. Td Summer School 2014: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201409.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  77. The Chronostratigraphy and environmental development of the Middle Pleistocene sequence of Schöningen.

    Richter, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)

    01.09.201407.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  78. Mentale Kontrastierung und Transfer von Energetisierung

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  79. Aerobic biodegradability assessment of Cefazolin and its phototransformation products

    Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  80. Photodegradation of chlorprothixene in aqueous medium: identification, biodegradation, and toxicity assessment of the formed transformation products

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Leder, C. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  81. QSPR MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FATE ASSESSMENT AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED CHEMICAL COMPANIES

    Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Leder, C. (Speaker), Rücker, C. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Schwartz, D. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  82. Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference - RGS 2014

    Mildorfová-Leventon, J. (Speaker), Dyer, J. C. (Speaker) & Van Alstine, J. (Speaker)

    26.08.201429.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  83. From equal opportunity officers to female social entrepreneurs - An analysis of gender equality work at universities in Lower Saxony, Germany

    Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker), Schank, C. (Speaker) & Petersen, M. (Speaker)

    19.08.201421.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  84. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar - TASS 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    14.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  85. 99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America - ESA 2014

    Bolek, R. (Coauthor)

    13.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  86. Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics - ISEE 2014

    Hussain, A. M. T. (presenter)

    13.08.201415.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  87. Summer School in Sustainability Economics: Intergenerational Equity and Efficiency under Uncertainty

    Hussain, A. M. T. (Participant)

    04.08.201407.08.2014

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

  88. Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.08.2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  89. Räume transdisziplinären Lehrens und Forschens schaffen

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  90. Nachhaltigkeit in der Hochschule - Sustainability at the University

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    26.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  91. Methods workshop: A social science perspective on coastal issues

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    24.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  92. „Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Themen, Methoden und Trends”

    Sundermann, A. (Participant)

    21.07.201429.07.2014

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

  93. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - EASP 2014

    Majer, J. M. (presenter)

    09.07.201412.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  94. Gruenes Wissen.NET: Ein Angebot der Wissenschaftskommunikation im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit und Globaler Wandel

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    05.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer