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. 2006
  2. Vorausschauend Kriterien Nachhaltiger Chemie integrieren: Von Anfang an – Stoffdesign.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    30.01.200631.01.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Vom Sichern zum Gestalten

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    27.01.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2006

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  5. Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ) (External organisation)

    Haider, S. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  6. German Society for Human Ecology e.V. (External organisation)

    Rieckmann, M. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  7. Hafentechnische Gesellschaft e.V. (External organisation)

    Brinkmann, B. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  8. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Schaltegger, S. (Office)

    20062010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  9. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (External organisation)

    Michelsen, G. (Member)

    2006 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  10. 2005
  11. Schlucken, ausscheiden und was dann?: Pharmaka in Gewässern.

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    09.12.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. 10 Thesen zu Corporate Citizenship

    Beckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    01.12.200503.12.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Sustainability Reporting and the Need for Capacity Development

    Godemann, J. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Understanding and Supporting Management Decision-Making: South-East-Asian Case Studies on Environmental Management Accounting

    Herzig, C. (Speaker), Viere, T. (Speaker), Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Bildungspolitische Instrumente einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung für die UN-Dekade in Deutschland

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    23.11.200524.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Workshop on German-Dutch-Perspectives on Current Issues of Environmental Social Sciences

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    17.11.2005

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

  17. Wastewater management: pharmaceuticals in the water cycle.

    Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)

    08.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Jahrestagung der Sektion Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant) & Mölders, T. (Participant)

    04.11.200505.11.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Fachtagung Frauen und kommunaler Umweltschutz der Landesgemeinschaft kommunaler Frauenbüros/Gleichstellungsstellen NRW

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. MännerWeltWald - Natur- und Geschlechterkonstruktionen in Handlungsmustern von WaldakteurenInnen

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Ecopharmacology.

    Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)

    17.10.200519.10.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch