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. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

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

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  4. The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  5. 2014
  6. 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

  7. Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    08.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Scaffolding diverse chemistry education classes

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    05.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Verleihung des Norddeutschen Wissenschaftspreises - NDWP 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    21.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

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

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant)

    12.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Adaptive Modeling

    Schrickel, I. (Speaker)

    11.11.201422.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Teaching, assessing and promoting 21st century competencies

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    10.11.201412.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  26. 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

  27. 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

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

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    07.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  29. Strengthening the connections between educational and sustainability science

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    06.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Fischer, D. (Oral presentation)

    05.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  31. Trajectories of assessing sustainability in consumption

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    03.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  32. 4th World Sustainability Forum - WSF 2014

    Velten, S. (presenter)

    01.11.201430.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. 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

  34. Scientific Steering Committee Schweden (External organisation)

    Martín-López, B. (Member)

    01.11.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  35. Summer School on Climate Change 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    31.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. Bundesvereinigung öffentliches Recht

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    27.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Fücker, S. (Participant)

    06.10.201410.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Sparkassenakademie Niedersachsen, Fachtagung Firmenkunden Führungskräfte

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  43. Expertenworkshop: Nachhaltigkeit kommunizieren - interdisziplinäre Zugänge

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    01.10.2014

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

  44. 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

  45. Eine Podiumsdiskussion zu Fracking

    Olsson, O. (Panel participant)

    30.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. Nachhaltige Entwicklung für eine zukunftsfähige Gesellschaft

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    27.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht einer inklusiven Schule

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    17.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  55. Leuphana Energieforum 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    17.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  56. Leuphana Energieforum 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Organiser)

    17.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  57. 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

  58. Exploring plant community asembly

    Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)

    08.09.201412.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 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

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

    Herberg, J. (Panel participant)

    03.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  63. 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

  64. 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

  65. Limnology and Oceanography (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2014 → …

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

  66. 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

  67. 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

  68. Mentale Kontrastierung und Transfer von Energetisierung

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

    09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  69. 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

  70. 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

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 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

  74. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar - TASS 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    14.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 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

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

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.08.2014 → …

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

  79. Räume transdisziplinären Lehrens und Forschens schaffen

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  80. Nachhaltigkeit in der Hochschule - Sustainability at the University

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    26.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  81. 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

  82. „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

  83. 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

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

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    05.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  85. 5. Allgemeinen Erfahrungsaustausch „Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit“ des Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbands 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    04.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  86. 7th European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Biobased Economy - EFIB 2014

    Pleißner, D. (Participant)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  87. Schul- und Qualitätsentwicklung im Kontext von Mobilität und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE)

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  88. The Best of the Rest

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  89. Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energuzation

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

    07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. The Psychophysiology of Self-Regulation

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

    07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  91. The botherder's lure and the figure of the pirate: trespassing enclosures and tweaking affordances

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    25.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  92. Realizing Sustainability in Institutions needs Gender sensitive Competencies and Organisations and the ethical frame "Self-in-Relation"

    Moths, K. (Speaker)

    24.06.201426.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  93. Coastal Zone Canada - CZC 2014

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    17.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  94. Special Conference on Micro-Foundations for Strategic Management Research: Embracing Individuals - SMS 2014

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)

    14.06.201415.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  95. Crossing boundaries in transdisciplinary sustainability research

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    13.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation