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. ISEOR and AoM: International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of CSR

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. First European Conference on Sustainability Transitions - 2009

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    06.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. International Association for Society and Natural Resources (IASNR), 15th International Symposium on Society and Resource Management (ISSRM09)

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    06.06.2009

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

  5. Tag der Umwelt - 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    05.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  6. Leading Corporate Responsibility: Solutions Between Morality and Profits

    Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)

    02.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  7. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Thiem, A. (Member)

    06.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  8. Narrations and documentations - the emigration and adoption of Afro-German children to Scandinavia after World II

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    06.2009

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

  9. 4th Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - 2009

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    28.05.200929.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Bacillus pseudofirmus AL-89: A source for industrial relevant proteases

    Pleissner, D. (Speaker), Eriksen, N. T. (Speaker) & Pedersen, L. H. (Speaker)

    28.05.200929.05.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Conference “Governing good and governing well”: The first global dialogue on ethical and effective governance

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    28.05.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Modelling Ecosystem Services - 2009

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    27.05.200930.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Nachhaltigen Konsum (er)leben (Workshop zur nachhaltigen Konsumbildung)

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    19.05.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  14. 14th European Congress of Work- and Organizational Psychology 2009

    Peifer, C. (Speaker)

    13.05.200916.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. ACHEMA 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    11.05.200915.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. A Framework for the Analysis of the Diffusion of Business Ideas: Methods and Central Research Questions

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker)

    10.05.200914.05.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Education for Sustainable Adaptation to Climate Change in Tourism Branch. Using Scenarios for Knowledge Transfer

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    10.05.200914.05.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2009

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    10.05.200914.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Measurement of Mental Models of Climate Change. Cross-Linked Thinking through Scenario Analysis

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    10.05.200914.05.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  20. Jenseits der Beschleunigung - 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    30.04.200902.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch