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. Rational Socially Responsible Investment

    Peylo, B. T. (Speaker)

    01.10.201203.10.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Bildungslandschaften aus der Perspektive von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    28.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. „Theorie und Praxis: Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven“

    Rieckmann, M. (Organiser) & Richter, S. (Organiser)

    27.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  5. „Theorie und Praxis: Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven“

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    27.09.201228.09.2012

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

  6. Combining material flow analysis and actor analysis to characterise the development of energy regions in Austria.

    Hecher, M. (Speaker), Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker) & Binder, C. R. (Speaker)

    26.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Jahrestagung der Vernetzungsstelle Schulverpflegung Hamburg - Tag der SV 2012

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    26.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  8. MFA ConAccount Conference 2012

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    26.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Thermodynamische und kinetische Aspekte der Dehydratation und Rehydratation anorganischer Salzhydrate

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Köllner, J. K. (Speaker), Osterland, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    26.09.201228.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. 8. Krankenhaus-Umwelttag NRW 2012

    Olsson, O. (Speaker)

    25.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  11. Das neue Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz: Chancen für Unternehmen

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    25.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 15th EMAN Conference on Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting - EMAN 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Exploring corporate reality of sustainability accounting practices

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. 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

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

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    24.09.201226.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Ökosystemleistungen: von Funktions- und Existenzwerten der Natur

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 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

  21. 31. Deutscher Naturschutztag - DNT 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    19.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    19.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  23. 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

  24. European Conference on Educational Research - ECER 2013

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    18.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Leuphana Energieforum 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    18.09.2012

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

  26. 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

  27. Leuphana Energieforum 2012

    Fischer, L.-B. (Participant)

    17.09.201218.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    17.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  29. Investigación Científica para el Desarrollo Sostenible

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    13.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. British Academy of Management - BAM 2012

    Windolph, S. E. (Speaker)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. El desarrollo sostenible y las oportunidades de las universidades

    Rieckmann, M. (Lecturer)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  35. 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

  36. Desarrollo Sostenible y el rol de la Comunicación

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

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

    Hoberg, N. (presenter)

    11.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. „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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

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

    Staab, M. (Coauthor)

    10.09.201214.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  53. 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

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

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    09.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsEducation

  55. 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

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

    Lam, D. (Lecturer)

    06.09.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. 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

  60. 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

  61. 20th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms - ESA 2012

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. 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

  63. 3rd International Sustainability Conference 2012

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  64. A utilitarian notion of responsibility for sustainability

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

    29.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  65. 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

  66. Role-determined information needs of sustainability management control

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    29.08.201231.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  67. 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

  68. 32nd International Geographical Congress 2012

    Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)

    26.08.201230.08.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    16.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  70. Ant Course 2012

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    06.08.201216.08.2012

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

  71. Publications of environmental education programs reveal interdisciplinary boundaries

    Pufal, G. (presenter)

    05.08.201210.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  72. 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

  73. 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

  74. 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

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

    Challies, E. (Speaker)

    04.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  76. 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

  77. 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

  78. Agrobiodiversity between conservation and use - examples from Germany

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    02.08.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  79. 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

  80. 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

  81. 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

  82. 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

  83. 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

  84. 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

  85. Boon or Bane? Typing Speed in Online Negotiations

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    11.07.201214.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  86. 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

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

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    09.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  88. 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

  89. 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

  90. 11th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2012

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    03.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. 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

  92. RGS – IBG DARG Conference 2012

    Richter, S. (Speaker)

    02.07.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation