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. 2009
  2. Weitere Vereinfachung des Abfallrechts – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entsorgungsfachbetriebe

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    14.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Auswirkungen von Lärm und sozialem Stress auf das Beanspruchungserleben bei der Bearbeitung komplexer Mehrfachaufgaben

    Peifer, C. (Coauthor)

    09.09.200911.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  4. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Potential für die Region

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30

    Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    07.09.200909.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Konzepte der Gesellschaftstheorie: Ludwig von Mises’ Praxeologie

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    07.09.200909.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    04.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    03.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Salongespräche zur Nachhaltigkeit zu aktuellen Forschungsthemen der Nachhaltigkeit 2011

    Evers, M. (Speaker)

    03.09.200903.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Member)

    09.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  11. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Zeyen, A. (Member)

    09.200910.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  12. 25th annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology - ISCE 2009

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    23.08.200927.08.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Karlstad University

    Evers, M. (Visiting researcher)

    01.08.200931.08.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  14. Fifth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the World-Wide African Diaspora - 2009

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    08.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Joint Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) and the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ) - 2009

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    26.07.200929.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Social Entrepreneurship: Status Quo - 2009

    Zeyen, A. (Participant)

    16.07.200917.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  17. Social Entrepreneurship und Ordnungspolitik: Zur Rolle gesellschaftlicher Change Agents für Governance-Innovationen

    Beckmann, M. (Panel participant)

    16.07.200917.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Umweltinformationsrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    16.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation