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. 2012
  2. Das neue Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz: Chancen für Unternehmen

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    25.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. Tagung Recht und Finanzierung von Erneuerbaren Energien „Erfahrungen mit der Marktprämie nach dem EEG 2012“

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    25.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. 15th EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting - EMAN 2012

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. 15th EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting - EMAN 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Exploring corporate reality of sustainability accounting practices

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Herbsttagung der Forschungsgruppe Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement des Verbands für Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB NAMA 2012

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker)

    24.09.201225.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. HOW SUSTAINABILITY ACCOUNTING CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT CONTROL

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Ökosystemleistungen: von Funktions- und Existenzwerten der Natur

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. The Implementation and Future Challenges of Education for Sustainable Development in Germany

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie - 2012

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    20.09.201222.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. 31. Deutscher Naturschutztag - DNT 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    19.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Diversität und Heterogenität – eine theoretische und normative Verortung im Naturwissenschaftsunterricht

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    19.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. Tagung "Essen in der Non-Stop-Gesellschaft" 2012

    Hofmeister, S. (Organiser)

    19.09.201220.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. European Conference on Educational Research - ECER 2013

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    18.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Leuphana Energieforum 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    18.09.2012

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

  17. Look Who's Talking How - A Teaching Intervention on Gender-Sensitive Language in Higher Education

    Fischer, D. (Speaker) & Weitzel, J. (Speaker)

    18.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Leuphana Energieforum 2012

    Fischer, L.-B. (Participant)

    17.09.201218.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Umweltschutz – nachhaltige Entwicklung: Was ist das „Mehr“?

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  20. Investigación Científica para el Desarrollo Sostenible

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  21. Qualifizierungsmaßnahme „Multiplikatorinnen und Multiplikatoren für eine Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) in Niedersachsen 2012

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  22. Resource use and competition between honey bees and wild bees in the Lüneburger Heath

    Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. British Academy of Management - BAM 2012

    Windolph, S. E. (Speaker)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. El desarrollo sostenible y las oportunidades de las universidades

    Rieckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  25. La educación para el desarrollo sostenible y el rol de las universidades

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  26. Spillover effects and importance of urban gardens for trap-nesting bees and wasps

    Pereira Peixoto, M. H. (presenter)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  27. Desarrollo Sostenible y el rol de la Comunicación

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  28. Irreversibility, ignorance, and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off

    Hoberg, N. (presenter)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  29. Pollination of Camelina sativa and Thlaspi arvense: Two new potential oil crop species in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Science and Practitioners: Transdisciplinary research a bridge to create socially robust knowledge

    Brandt, P. (Speaker) & Gralla, F. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. The Impact of Television Program on Individual Action for Climate Protection regarding Adolescents in Germany

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  32. Bear activity in traditional woodpastures in souther Transylvania, Romania

    von Wehrden, H. (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  33. Developing robust field survey protocols in landscape ecology: A case study on birds, plants and butterflies

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. Different responses of ant species to sugars and amino acids in a subtropical forest of China 

    Staab, M. (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. „Erkennen, Untersuchen, Modellieren – Vom Nutzen des Verstehens“

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant), Rastogi, T. (Participant), Menz, J. (Participant), Toolaram, A. P. (Participant), Leder, C. (Participant) & Bolek, R. (Participant)

    10.09.201213.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. Landscape effects on bird and rodent cummunities and seed predation to agriculture in Israel

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Lessons for conservation biology under global change conditions: a case study on two burnet moth species in the high altitudes of the Pyrenees

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels - Combining Ecological Research and Sustainability Management with Industrial Needs

    Walmsley, D. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. Seed predation of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Transdisciplinary research - a bridge between science and practitioners to produce reliable knowledge

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  41. Tri‐trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient of BEF‐China

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Vegetation changes along a climatic gradient during a severe drought year in the El Nino region

    von Wehrden, H. (presenter)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  43.  Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest

    Staab, M. (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. Corrosion, scaling and biofouling processes in thermal systems and monitoring using redox potential measurements

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    09.09.201213.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Volunteer Services in the Global South and their Impact on Diversity Education

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    09.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  46. Mid-term Conference of the ESA Consumption Research Network 2012

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. University and education – how to teach sustainability and change?

    Lam, D. (Lecturer)

    06.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  48. 6th European Thermal Sciences Conferences/ Eurotherm 2012

    Rammelberg, H. U. (presenter)

    04.09.201207.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy

    Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  50. Sustainable economic activity: Some thoughts on the relationship between the care and the green economy

    Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  51. Zum Verhältnis von Gender, Green Economy und Finanzmärkten: Warum nachhaltiges, geschlechter_gerechtes Wirtschaften eine andere Gestaltung der Finanzmärkte braucht

    Çağlar, G. (Reviewer), Gottschlich, D. (Reviewer) & Habermann, F. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2012

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  52. 20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  53. 3rd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions - IST 2012

    Lutz, L. M. (presenter)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  54. 3rd International Sustainability Conference 2012

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability

    Fünfgelt, J. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)

    29.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  56. Ignorant or gatekeeper? What role do accountants play in the sustainability accounting practice?

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  57. Role-determined information needs of sustainability management control

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  58. 3rd European Congress of Conservation Biology - ECCB 2012

    Brittain, C. (Speaker)

    28.08.201201.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  59. 32nd International Geographical Congress 2012

    Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)

    26.08.201230.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  60. Konfliktreiche Begegnungen?!: Sozialwissenschaftliche Einwürfe zur Gewaltdiskussion im Fußball

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    16.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  61. Ant Course 2012

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    06.08.201216.08.2012

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

  62. Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries

    Pufal, G. (presenter)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  63. Seed fate of common grassland species along an experimental plant diversity gradient

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. 13th International Rural Sociology Association (IRSA) XIII World Congress on Rural Sociology 2012

    Challies, E. (Chair)

    04.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managment - AOM 2012

    Zeyen, A. (Organiser), Beckmann, M. (Organiser), König, M. (Participant) & Frese, M. (Organiser)

    04.08.2012

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

  66. Interlinking Feed/Food Commodity Chains: Social and Environmental Impacts, and Challenges for Governance

    Challies, E. (Speaker)

    04.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  67. A Contingency Analysis of SUccess Definitions - Is Social Entrepreneurship REally Different?

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    03.08.201207.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  68. A Hayekian Perspective on Social Franchising: Scaling Social Entrepreneurship by Combining Small-Group and Big-Group Logics

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    03.08.201207.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  69. Agrobiodiversity between conservation and use - examples from Germany

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  70. Nature-Gender-Relations within the Agrarian Change - the Example of Agrobiodiversity

    Burandt, A. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  71. Successes and failures of farm diversification processes – some evidence from two Polish regions

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  72. Sustainable Land Use: Gender Perspectives - Session 61 A: Introduction “Gender – Culture – Nature

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    02.08.201203.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  73. XIII World Congress of Rural Sociology of the International Rural Sociology Association - IRSA 2012

    Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Mölders, T. (Organiser), Gottschlich, D. (Participant), Mölders, T. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)

    02.08.201203.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. Does resin represent a neglected component of bee ecology? A comparison between Old and New World bees.

    Leonhardt, S. (Speaker)

    08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  75. Towards and interdisciplinary understanding of ecological novelty 2012

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    08.2012

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

  76. Boon or Bane? Typing Speed in Online Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    11.07.201214.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  77. Never gonna give you up! Better gonna take you back? Negotiating Benefits and Burdens in Common Resource Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    11.07.201214.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  78. Wissenschaftliche Tagung „Das neue Recht der Kreislaufwirtschaft“ 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    09.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  79. The Global Sustainability Summer School 2012

    Engler, J.-O. (Participant)

    08.07.201221.07.2012

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

  80. 28th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2012

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    04.07.201207.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  81. 11th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    03.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  82. Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  83. RGS – IBG DARG Conference 2012

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    02.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  84. Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Transformation of Industries: The Case of the Apparel Industry

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  85. Science Slam im Wissenschaftsjahr - Zukunftsprojekt Erde 2012

    Bolek, R. (Speaker)

    30.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  86. Abschlusskonferenz des Mercator Forschungsverbundes Innovatives Soziales Handeln – Social Entrepreneurship 2012

    Beckmann, M. (Organiser)

    28.06.201229.06.2012

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

  87. Competencies for Sustainability – Does Gender play any Role?

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  88. In the forest: doing gender by doing nature

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  89. Social Entrepreneurs as Evolutionary Agents in the German Institutional Landscape.

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    28.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  90. 19th Annual Conference EAERE 2012

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    27.06.201230.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. proDUO: Job-Sharing for Postdoc and Higher Academic Employees: An Organizing Principle of the Human Resource Management of Science Institutions?

    Birkner, S. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Rehm, A. (Speaker)

    27.06.201229.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  92. Referent: Herausforderungen an das Projektmanagement – Vom 7. Forschungsrahmen-programm zu Horizon 2020

    Olsson, O. (Panel participant)

    27.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer