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.
- 2011
14th Symposium of Insect Plant Interactions - SIP 2011
Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)
13.08.2011 → 18.08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2011
Beckmann, M. (Organiser) & Zeyen, A. (Organiser)
13.08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Annual Meeting of the Society for Business Ethics - 2011
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
12.08.2011 → 14.08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Commitment Strategies for Sustainability: How Corporations Can Create Value through New Governance
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
12.08.2011 → 16.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Mission Accmplished? How Social Entrepreneurs Define Success
Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
12.08.2011 → 16.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the US, Germany and China
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker), West, J. (Speaker) & Quan, X. (Speaker)
12.08.2011 → 16.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Product-service systems as enabler for sustainability-oriented innovation: The case of Osram’s off-grid lightin
Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)
10.08.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
First Annual Convention of the Black German Cultural Society - BGCS 2011
Golly, N. (Speaker)
08.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Food & Chemical Toxicology (Journal)
Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)
08.2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Förderprogramm „Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung im Mittelstand“
Hansen, E. G. (Reviewer)
08.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Insectes Sociaux (Journal)
Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)
08.2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Metodologias de ensino para a formação de administradores sustentáveis” (“Teaching methods for educating sustainability managers”)
Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)
27.07.2011 → 29.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Forest pedagogics in a global context – implemented locally
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
25.07.2011 → 26.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Informal Competence Development of Volunteers of Sustainability Groups in Ecuador and Germany
Rieckmann, M. (presenter)
21.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Key Competencies for Sustainable Development: What Competencies Should Be Developed in Education For Sustainable Development?
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
21.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6th World Environmental Education Congress - 2011
Burandt, S. (presenter)
20.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Broaden the scope of HE for sustainability – the innovative potential of e-learning
Burandt, S. (presenter)
20.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
University Teachers as Agents of Change – the Outcome of a 1-Year Teacher-Training for Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
20.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Colombian coffee production: a local culture in a global market dynamic
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
19.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)
19.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
16th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2011
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
12.07.2011 → 16.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Life Cycle Assessment and Material Flow Analysis
Möller, A. (Lecturer)
11.07.2011 → 22.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
27th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2011
Zeyen, A. (presenter) & Beckmann, M. (presenter)
08.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Small Groups, Big Groups and Social Franchising - A Hayekian Perspective on Scaling Social Entrepreneurship
Beckmann, M. (Speaker) & Zeyen, A. (Speaker)
06.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Seeking Legitimacy for Vvalu Ccreation: a Leadership Perspective on Social Eentrepreneurship and Ccorporate social Responsibility
Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
05.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – anspruchsvoll und auch den Wandel fördernd? Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
04.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
04.07.2011 → 09.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
15th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 08.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011
Höhne, B. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 06.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
03.07.2011 → 06.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Interdisziplinäre Konferenz Kompetenzen in der Kompetenzerfassung - 2011
Thiem, A. (Participant)
01.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Oral Presentation Skills in English, ALMA – Programm zur Förderung der Forschungkultur - 2011
Burandt, S. (Participant)
01.07.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Sozialunternehmer als Katalysatoren sozialer Innovation: "Erfahrungssache – Engagement 55+ wirkt!“
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
01.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Research Synthesis 2018
Schuster, C. (Speaker), Pinkowski, L. (Coauthor) & Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
30.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE 2011
Engler, J.-O. (Participant)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3. Lüneburger Salongespräch zur Nachhaltigkeit - 2011
Gottschlich, D. (Moderator), Mölders, T. (Moderator), Friedrich, B. (Moderator), Burandt, A. (Participant), Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant) & Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)
29.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies: weak vs. strong demand-side interactions
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
29.06.2011 → 02.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2011
Peifer, C. (Speaker)
23.06.2011 → 26.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
37. Tagung "Psychologie und Gehirn" 2011
Peifer, C. (presenter)
23.06.2011 → 25.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
KITA beweist Zukunftsfähigkeit
Stoltenberg, U. (Oral presentation)
22.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
International Society for Environmental Ethics - ISEE 2011
Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)
17.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
73. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung/Pfingsttagung des Verbands für Hochschullehrer - VHB 2011
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
16.06.2011 → 18.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konflikte und Diskriminierung im Stadion: Auswirkungen und Prävention
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
16.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Research Seminar at Aarhus university 2011
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
16.06.2011 → 17.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
9th International Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics - ESEE 2011
Hoberg, N. (Speaker)
14.06.2011 → 17.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Moral responsibility, motivational crowding, and efficient regulation of externalities
Fünfgelt, J. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)
14.06.2011 → 17.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability, temporal irreversibility and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off
Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)
14.06.2011 → 17.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
1st Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research - CSEAR France 2011
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
13.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XXII Conference of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management - ISPIM 2011
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
12.06.2011 → 15.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
12th European Heathland Workshop - 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
11.06.2011 → 18.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltigkeitsinnovation (Sustainability Innovation): Sustainability Leadership Forum
Hansen, E. G. (Reviewer)
09.06.2011Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
09.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
"Teaching is touching the future: from vision to practice" - International Conference at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2011
Rieckmann, M. (presenter)
06.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
The Economics of Sustainable Development - 2011
Engler, J.-O. (Participant)
06.06.2011 → 10.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
24th Annual conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria - PopBio 2011
von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)
02.06.2011 → 04.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations
Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
01.06.2011 → 04.06.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
10th International Pollination Symposium Mexico - ICPBR 2011
Brittain, C. (Speaker)
06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Colonial Legacies, Postcolonial Contestations. Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanitites 2011
Golly, N. (Organiser)
06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Creativity and Innovation Management (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
06.2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Frauen und Gleichstellung (Organisational unit)
Thiem, A. (Member)
06.2011 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Organization Studies (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
06.2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Beckmann, M. (Office)
06.2011 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Industry Studies Conference 2011
Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)
31.05.2011 → 03.06.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Qualitätsentwicklung durch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - BNE 2011
Stoltenberg, U. (Opponent)
31.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Colloquium of the National Institute of Biology and Department of Biology at University of Ljubljana 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
30.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Field release modelling of pesticides and their transformation products during a first significant rainfall in a semi-arid region
Gaßmann, M. (Speaker) & Olsson, O. (Speaker)
26.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kinder gestalten Zukunft – Chancen und Möglichkeiten von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im Kita-Alltag
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
26.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Kooperation und Vernetzung
Offen, S. (Speaker)
20.05.2011 → 21.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Jenseits des Wachstums?! - Attac 2011
Szumelda, A. U. (Moderator) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
20.05.2011 → 22.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
20.05.2011 → 21.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Approaches from the Cultural Sciences as an impulse for an Education for Sustainable Development – discursive reflections
Holz, V. (Oral presentation)
18.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Berliner Energietage - 2011
Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
18.05.2011 → 20.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance - 2011
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
17.05.2011 → 20.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Zwischenkonferenz im Mercator-Forscherverbund "Innovatives Soziales Handeln - Social Entrepreneurship" 2011
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
16.05.2011 → 17.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Abschlusstagung des DFG-Projektverbundes „Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaft - KULAKon“ 2011
Mölders, T. (Participant)
12.05.2011 → 13.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wo Biber Burgen bauen und ein Fürst ein Gartenreich schaffte - Landschaften im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
12.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Workshop: "Wissenschaftskommunikation am Beispiel 'Grüne Gentechnik': Public Relation oder Aufklärung?" 2011
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
10.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
International Ph.D. Workshop in Sustainable Development of the Columbia University - 2011
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
07.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
07.05.2011 → 11.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011
Staab, M. (Participant)
07.05.2011 → 12.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Konsum und Ernährung
Offen, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2011 → 07.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Kickoff meeting COMTESS project
Engler, J.-O. (Opponent)
04.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th International Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - 2011
Harms, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 03.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer
Harms, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 03.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Rolling out corporate sustainability accounting: A set of challenges - 2011
Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)
02.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wrapping up the Results of the 1st stage of the Biodiversity Ecosystem Functioning Experiment - BEF-China 2011
Aßmann, T. (Speaker)
02.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - 2011
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
01.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Derivatization of amino acids to corresponding alpha-hydroxy acids and their analysis in fermentation broths
Pleissner, D. (Speaker), Wimmer, R. (Speaker) & Eriksen, N. T. (Speaker)
01.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
genanet - Leitstelle Gender, Umwelt, Nachhaltigkeit (External organisation)
Gottschlich, D. (Member)
05.2011 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Thiem, A. (Member)
05.2011 → 09.2011Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Podiumsdiskussion
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
19.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products
Wilde, M. L. (Speaker), Mayer, F. M. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Martins, A. F. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker), Wilde, M. L. (Speaker) & Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: Assessment of biodegradability and degradation products.
Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Wilde, M. L. (Speaker), Mayer, F. M. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Martins, A. F. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Wilde, M. L. (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Methodologie-Workshop für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen 2011
Sulmowski, J. A. (Participant)
14.04.2011 → 15.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Praxis der interpretativen politikwissenschaftlichen Wissens- & Wissenschaftsforschung: Methodologie-Workshop für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen 2011
Sulmowski, J. A. (Speaker)
14.04.2011 → 15.04.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research