School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
- 2013
Das Geschlecht der Zeit. Nachhaltigkeit – Geschlechterverhältnisse – Zeitvielfalt? - 2013
Mölders, T. (Participant)
19.04.2013 → 21.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing "Das Geschlecht der Zeit" - 2013
Hofmeister, S. (Participant)
19.04.2013 → 21.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen AkadeNachhaltigkeit & Gender - neue Fragen und Herausforderungenmie Tutzing "Das Geschlecht der Zeit" - 2013
Katz, C. (Speaker)
19.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
19.04.2013 → 20.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
10th ITdNet Meeting - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)
11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modeling - 2013
Lutz, L. M. (Participant)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modelling - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Including Justice in Institutional Analysis - How Do Frameworks for Institutional Analysis Consider Ideas of Justice?
Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Hanger, S. (Coauthor) & da Fonseca, I. F. (Coauthor)
10.04.2013 → 13.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Linke Perspektiven. Bewertung der Enquete-Kommission "Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität" - 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
10.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
„Wohlstand aus feministischer Perspektive: Anforderungen an linke Politik“
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
10.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Western Closure of the Corinth Rift : Stratigraphy and structure of the Lakka fault block
Palyvos, N. (Speaker), Ford, M. (Coauthor), Mancini, M. (Coauthor), Esu, D. (Coauthor), Girotti, O. (Coauthor) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)
07.04.2013 → 12.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Graduate School (Organisational unit)
Velten, S. (Member)
01.04.2013 → 15.12.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Methoden der Zusammenarbeit in Nachhaltigkeitsprojekten
Mader, C. (Speaker)
23.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
3. Hofgeismarer Forum für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik - 2013
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
22.03.2013 → 23.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Science Slam der Messe New Energy - 2013
Bolek, R. (Speaker)
22.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Sustainability Education for Biodiversity Conservation: Key Topics and Factors for Success
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
19.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a Tool to Integrate Multiple Values of Scientists and Stakeholders
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
18.03.2013 → 20.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Symposium: "Am Herrschaftsknoten ansetzen" anlässlich des 75. Geburtstages von Frigga Haug
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
15.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions - ECPR 2013
Newig, J. (Speaker)
13.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
NNA-Forum "In und von der Landschaft leben (III)" - 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Friedrich, B. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant), Paszkowska, J. (Participant) & Friedrich, B. (Organiser)
13.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Vom Streit in den Dörfern: Regionale Konflikte um die Nutzung von Agro-Gentechnik
Friedrich, B. (Speaker)
13.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Eine Universität für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Transdisziplinarität als Wissenschaftsprinzip in Forschung und Lehre: Erfahrung aus einem Transformationsprozess
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
12.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Embedding sustainability in the curriculum: practicing what we teach 2013
Mader, C. (Keynote speaker)
12.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The importance of scales for legitimate and effective participatory environmental governance. Findings from a multi-level comparative case study of implementing the Water Framework Directive (with D. Schulz)
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)
08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
6. Wissenschaftliches Symposium „Supply Management“ des BME - 2013
Harms, D. (Speaker)
05.03.2013 → 06.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forschendes Lernen und Forschung zur eigenen Lehre: Was heißt es für eine/-n Fachwissenschaftler/-in, zur eigenen Lehre zu forschen?
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
04.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexive Multikriterielle Evaluation – Ein Instrument zur antizipativen Konfliktminderung bei Strategieentscheidungen im Küstenschutz
Schmidt, A. (presenter)
04.03.2013 → 06.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Kinetics of biotic iron oxidation by Gallionella ferruginea spp. and catalytic activity of biogenic iron deposits
Opel, O. (Speaker), Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
03.03.2013 → 08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leptothrix discophora: How bacterial MnO2 oxidises iron
Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
03.03.2013 → 08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gender und Ressourcengerechtigkeit - Podiumsdiskussion
Heilmann, S. (Panel participant)
27.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Einführung in SPSS: Computergestützte Auswertung statistischer Daten
Hörisch, J. (Lecturer)
25.02.2013 → 27.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing "Strategische Metalle für die Energiewende" - 2013
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
25.02.2013 → 26.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
16th Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network Conference - EMAN EU Conference 2013
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
20.02.2013 → 22.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Biologische Vielfalt“ als komplexes Thema der Kommunikation
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
18.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Offene Beteiligungsprozesse: Stadt- und Freiraumentwicklung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen
Edelhoff, S. H. (Speaker)
18.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
An Axiomatic Approach to Decision under Knightian Uncertainty
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
15.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Prima Klima+20 - 2013
Burandt, S. (Keynote speaker)
07.02.2013 → 08.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Konstitution transdisziplinärer Forschungsfelder
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
02.02.2013 → 03.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Transdisziplinäre Konstitution von Forschungsfeldern
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
02.02.2013 → 03.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Rechtsextremismusprävention: Bildungsarbeit gegen rechts in der Mitte der Gesellschaft - 2013
Offen, S. (Speaker)
02.2013 → 12.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Netzwerktreffen Studium Generale Nord - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)
31.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Rechtliche und planerische Aspekte der Kabelanbindung im Küstenmeer
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
31.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Berufsstart und Karriereweg
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
25.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Kleine Schulen als Teil des Gemeinwesens - „Grundschulstandort Wolfshagen im Harz“
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
24.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Match or Mismatch?: Biofuel Sustainability Standards and local Producers’ Perspectives on Sustainable Feedstock Production
Hildebrandt, T. (Speaker), Moser, C. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
24.01.2013 → 25.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd COMTESS Meeting - 2013
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
23.01.2013 → 25.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der LehrerInnenbildung in Lüneburg
Holz, V. (presenter)
11.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
BNE-Tagung Januar - 2013
Holz, V. (Moderator)
11.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Politische Bildung: Herausforderungen für die Schule, Schwerpunkt Elternarbeit. Rechte Positionen im Kontext von Ökologie und Naturschutz - 2013
Offen, S. (Speaker)
11.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung braucht Kooperation
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
10.01.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Schulen - 2013
Stoltenberg, U. (Organiser)
09.01.2013 → 10.01.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Energy Agency - Solar Heating & Cooling Programme (External organisation)
Rammelberg, H. U. (Member)
01.01.2013 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Australian Accounting Review (Journal)
Zvezdov, D. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Beratung von Bürgerinitiativen zum Thema Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Vortrag zur Einführung ins Thema unkonventionelle Lagerstätten und hydraulic fracturing
Olsson, O. (Reviewer)
2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Bsc-Thesis: Nutritional preferences of nectar-feeding ants in a subtropical forest in China
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2013Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Business Strategy and the Environment (Journal)
Schaltegger, S. (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Diversitasc (External organisation)
Martín-López, B. (Member)
2013 → 2018Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Research
GREEN BRANDS Organisation GmbH (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Identifying Conservation Priorities in the face of future development: applying development by design in the mongolian gobi
Wehrden, H. (Reviewer)
2013Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Lehrveranstaltung "Verhandeln I"
Trötschel, R. (Speaker) & Höhne, B. (Speaker)
2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Social and Environmental Accountability Journal (Journal)
Zvezdov, D. (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften (Publisher)
Holz, V. (Editor)
2013 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of series › Research
- 2012
Annual Meeting of the British Ecological Society 2012
Hudewenz, A. (Coauthor)
17.12.2012 → 20.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Fracking": Fachgespräch in der Arbeitsgruppe „Fracking“ der Koalitionsfraktionen von CDU/CSU und FDP im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema „Hydraulic Fracturing“
Olsson, O. (Reviewer)
14.12.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Paper Writing Workshop 2012
Pufal, G. (Organiser)
13.12.2012 → 18.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Tagung "Fußball und Fans. Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven" 2012
Winands, M. (Speaker)
12.12.2012 → 13.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Gender trifft Nachhaltigkeit - Nachhaltigkeit braucht Gender" - NaGe 2012
Hofmeister, S. (Speaker) & Biesecker, A. (Speaker)
11.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Von Frauen und Männern, Naturschutz und -nutzung und Wegen vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
11.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Gender trifft Nachhaltigkeit - Nachhaltigkeit braucht Gender" - NaGe 2012
Heilmann, S. (Organiser), Hofmeister, S. (Organiser), Katz, C. (Organiser), Thiem, A. (Organiser) & Mölders, T. (Participant)
10.12.2012 → 11.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wald und Gender
Katz, C. (Speaker)
10.12.2012 → 11.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Modelling the fate and export of pesticides and their transformation products at catchment scale.: Vortrag auf Einladung des Projekts "EMPOWER Tunisia"
Gaßmann, M. (Lecturer)
09.12.2012 → 14.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Sustainability Awareness and Volunteer Services in the Global South
Richter, S. (Speaker)
09.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Education
Impulse aus der Alltags- und Lebensstilforschung der Cultural Studies für eine Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Holz, V. (Oral presentation)
07.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Nachhaltigkeitsbewusstsein im Kontext von Freiwilligendiensten im Globalen Süden: Lernerfahrungen ehemaliger Teilnehmer(innen)
Richter, S. (Speaker)
07.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Studenten-Konferenz “Stop Wasting Food” 2012
Schomerus, T. (Coauthor)
07.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung „Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – theoretische, konzeptuelle und empirische Perspektiven“ 2012
Rieckmann, M. (Organiser)
07.12.2012 → 08.12.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
2. Österreichischer Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2012
Challies, E. (Coauthor)
30.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Media and Climate-friendly Behavior – Do Media have an Impact on Individual Action for Climate Protection?
Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)
30.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Media Impact on Climate Protection
Lüdecke, G. (presenter)
30.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Räume und Orte für transdisziplinäre Forschung schaffen
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
30.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Football: Politics of the Global Game 2012
Winands, M. (presenter)
29.11.2012 → 30.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
El Cambio Climatico y el Agua: Situación, Actuación y Educación
Otte, I. (Speaker)
27.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
13. Lüneburger Umweltfilmtage 2012
Hofmeister, S. (Opponent)
26.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Responsible Supply Chains and Networks: Challenges for Governance and Sustainability 2012
Challies, E. (presenter)
24.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Multikriterielle Evaluationsstudie – Ein transdisziplinäres Instrument zur integrativen Entscheidungsfindung
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Experts Meeting “European Renewable Energy Regions from a Legal Perspective” 2012
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Networkers, Grazers, and Explorers: how sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs unfolds through a regional network setting.
Klewitz, J. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Sustainable entrepreneurship and the transformation of industries: The case of the apparel industry
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Von der interkulturellen Philosophie lernen – Inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschung als Wissenschaft in interkultureller Orientierung
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
22.11.2012 → 23.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bildungslandschaften im Konzept von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
21.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand 2012
Klewitz, J. (Moderator)
21.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2012
Logunova, E. (presenter)
19.11.2012 → 20.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Advances in large scale production of mircoalgae and mussels (Mytilus edulis)
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
19.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Educación para el Desarollo Sostenible– Enfoques Teóricos y Prácticos
Richter, S. (Speaker) & Otte, I. (Speaker)
19.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Tagung „Umweltinformation – Durch transparentes Verwaltungshandeln auf dem Weg zur Bürgergesellschaft“ 2012
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
19.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als Orientierung für Bildungspraxis und Institution
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
15.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Conception of a heat storage system for household applications
Osterland, T. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Rönnebeck, T. (Speaker), N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Speaker), Fopah Lele, A. (Speaker), Weist, K. (Speaker), Rohde, C. (Speaker), Korhammer, K. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
12.11.2012 → 14.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mixed salts in thermochemical heat storage applications
Druske, M.-M. (Speaker), Neumann, K. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
12.11.2012 → 14.11.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Simposio Internacional Conservacion de la Biodiversidad y Educacion Ambiental - 2012
Pufal, G. (Speaker)
12.11.2012 → 16.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
