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. 2011
  2. Correlation Patterns of PAHs and Heterocyclic PAHs in Sediment Samples from Northern Germany - Point Sources and Diffuse Immissions

    Palm, W.-U. (Speaker), Siemers, A.-K. (Speaker), Mänz, J. S. (Speaker), Steffen, D. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    04.09.201108.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Polare PAK-Derivate – Analytik und Vorkommen von Azaarenen in Fließgewässern

    Tangermann, L. (Speaker), Mänz, J. S. (Speaker), Palm, W.-U. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    04.09.201107.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Ubiquitous Distribution of Heterocyclic PAHs in the Large River Systems of Northern Germany

    Siemers, A.-K. (Speaker), Mänz, J. S. (Speaker), Steffen, D. (Speaker), Palm, W.-U. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    04.09.201108.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. A quantiative review of the ecological impacts of the chernobyl disaster

    von Wehrden, H. (presenter)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  6. Global warming triggers loss of genetic diversity of Z. exulans populations in Euro-pean high mountain systems

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Growth and competition of tree saplings of subtropical China

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. The growing importance of sustainability in European markets and the role of universities in sustainability-oriented management education

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    31.08.2011

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

  9. Workshop Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand - 2011

    Klewitz, J. (Moderator)

    31.08.2011

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

  10. 3rd EU-China River Basin Governance Research Network Workshop - RiBaGo 2011

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    30.08.2011

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

  11. Konstellationsanalyse - Ein interdisziplinäres Brückenkonzept 2011

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    29.08.2011

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

  12. 1. Summer School Wissenschaft kommunizieren im Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig - 2011

    Schmidt, A. (Participant)

    24.08.201126.08.2011

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

  13. Multifunctionality in EU´s Common Agricultural Policy between Competitiveness and Sustainability

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

    23.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Working in regional agro-food networks – strengthening local food systems through cooperation

    Burandt, A. (Speaker)

    23.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Rural Gender Relations and Sustainable Development – Theoretical Remarks and Empirical Findings on Feminization Trends

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    22.08.201125.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. The debate on the future of small individual farms in Poland

    Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker), Lang, F. J. (Speaker) & Thiem, A. (Speaker)

    22.08.201125.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. XXIV Congress of the European Society for Rural Sociology - 2011

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

    22.08.201125.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 6th International Conference of Critical Geography - ICCG 2011

    Friedrich, B. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    16.08.201120.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  19. Green vs. Jobs: Goal Conflict Inherence in the Solar Policies of California, China and Germany

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    15.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 14th Symposium of Insect Plant Interactions - SIP 2011

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    13.08.201118.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2011

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

    13.08.2011

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

  22. Annual Meeting of the Society for Business Ethics - 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.08.201114.08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. Commitment Strategies for Sustainability: How Corporations Can Create Value through New Governance

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Mission Accmplished? How Social Entrepreneurs Define Success

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

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. 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)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. First Annual Convention of the Black German Cultural Society - BGCS 2011

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    08.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  27. Food & Chemical Toxicology (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  28. Förderprogramm „Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung im Mittelstand“

    Hansen, E. G. (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  29. Insectes Sociaux (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  30. Forest pedagogics in a global context – implemented locally

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    25.07.201126.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. Informal Competence Development of Volunteers of Sustainability Groups in Ecuador and Germany

    Rieckmann, M. (presenter)

    21.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  32. Key Competencies for Sustainable Development: What Competencies Should Be Developed in Education For Sustainable Development?

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    21.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 6th World Environmental Education Congress - 2011

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    20.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Broaden the scope of HE for sustainability – the innovative potential of e-learning

    Burandt, S. (presenter)

    20.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  35. Colombian coffee production: a local culture in a global market dynamic

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    19.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  36. Colombian rural development and land tenure conflicts 2011

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)

    19.07.2011

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

  37. 16th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2011

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    12.07.201116.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Life Cycle Assessment and Material Flow Analysis

    Möller, A. (Lecturer)

    11.07.201122.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  39. 27th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2011

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

    08.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Small Groups, Big Groups and Social Franchising - A Hayekian Perspective on Scaling Social Entrepreneurship

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

    06.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Seeking Legitimacy for Vvalu Ccreation: a Leadership Perspective on Social Eentrepreneurship and Ccorporate social Responsibility

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

    05.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011

    Mahmoud, W. M. M. (Speaker)

    04.07.201109.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. 15th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.07.201108.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011

    Höhne, B. (Speaker)

    03.07.201106.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. 24th Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2011

    Trötschel, R. (Speaker)

    03.07.201106.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. Interdisziplinäre Konferenz Kompetenzen in der Kompetenzerfassung - 2011

    Thiem, A. (Participant)

    01.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. Oral Presentation Skills in English, ALMA – Programm zur Förderung der Forschungkultur - 2011

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    01.07.201102.07.2011

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

  48. Sozialunternehmer als Katalysatoren sozialer Innovation: "Erfahrungssache – Engagement 55+ wirkt!“

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    01.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  49. Research Synthesis 2018

    Schuster, C. (Speaker), Pinkowski, L. (Coauthor) & Fischer, D. (Coauthor)

    30.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. 18th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - EAERE 2011

    Engler, J.-O. (Participant)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. 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)

    29.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  52. Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  53. Resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies: weak vs. strong demand-side interactions

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    29.06.201102.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  54. 2nd World Congress on Positive Psychology - IPPA 2011

    Peifer, C. (Speaker)

    23.06.201126.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  55. 37. Tagung "Psychologie und Gehirn" 2011

    Peifer, C. (presenter)

    23.06.201125.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  56. KITA beweist Zukunftsfähigkeit

    Stoltenberg, U. (Oral presentation)

    22.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  57. International Society for Environmental Ethics - ISEE 2011

    Glotzbach, S. (Speaker)

    17.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  58. 73. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung/Pfingsttagung des Verbands für Hochschullehrer - VHB 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    16.06.201118.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  59. Konflikte und Diskriminierung im Stadion: Auswirkungen und Prävention

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    16.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  60. Research Seminar at Aarhus university 2011

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    16.06.201117.06.2011

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

  61. 9th International Conference of the European Society of Ecological Economics - ESEE 2011

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker)

    14.06.201117.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  62. Moral responsibility, motivational crowding, and efficient regulation of externalities

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

    14.06.201117.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  63. Sustainability, temporal irreversibility and the intergenerational equity-efficiency trade-off

    Hoberg, N. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Coauthor)

    14.06.201117.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. 1st Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research - CSEAR France 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    13.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  65. XXII Conference of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management - ISPIM 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    12.06.201115.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  66. 12th European Heathland Workshop - 2011

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    11.06.201118.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. Nachhaltigkeitsinnovation (Sustainability Innovation): Sustainability Leadership Forum

    Hansen, E. G. (Reviewer)

    09.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  68. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    09.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  69. "Teaching is touching the future: from vision to practice" - International Conference at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2011

    Rieckmann, M. (presenter)

    06.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  70. The Economics of Sustainable Development - 2011

    Engler, J.-O. (Participant)

    06.06.201110.06.2011

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

  71. 24th Annual conference of the Plant Population Biology Section of the Ecological Society of Germany, Switzerland and Austria - PopBio 2011

    von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    02.06.201104.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    01.06.201104.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  73. 10th International Pollination Symposium Mexico - ICPBR 2011

    Brittain, C. (Speaker)

    06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  74. Colonial Legacies, Postcolonial Contestations. Decolonizing the Social Sciences and the Humanitites 2011

    Golly, N. (Organiser)

    06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  75. Creativity and Innovation Management (Journal)

    Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)

    06.2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  76. Frauen und Gleichstellung (Organisational unit)

    Thiem, A. (Member)

    06.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  77. Organization Studies (Journal)

    Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)

    06.2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  78. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Beckmann, M. (Office)

    06.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  79. Industry Studies Conference 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)

    31.05.201103.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  80. Qualitätsentwicklung durch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - BNE 2011

    Stoltenberg, U. (Opponent)

    31.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  81. Colloquium of the National Institute of Biology and Department of Biology at University of Ljubljana 2011

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    30.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  82. 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)

    26.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  83. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Kooperation und Vernetzung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    20.05.201121.05.2011

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

  84. Jenseits des Wachstums?! - Attac 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Moderator) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    20.05.201122.05.2011

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

  85. Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    20.05.201121.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  86. Approaches from the Cultural Sciences as an impulse for an Education for Sustainable Development – discursive reflections

    Holz, V. (Oral presentation)

    18.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  87. Berliner Energietage - 2011

    Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    18.05.201120.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  88. Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance - 2011

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    17.05.201120.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  89. Zwischenkonferenz im Mercator-Forscherverbund "Innovatives Soziales Handeln - Social Entrepreneurship" 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    16.05.201117.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  90. Abschlusstagung des DFG-Projektverbundes „Konstituierung von Kulturlandschaft - KULAKon“ 2011

    Mölders, T. (Participant)

    12.05.201113.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  91. Wo Biber Burgen bauen und ein Fürst ein Gartenreich schaffte - Landschaften im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    12.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  92. Workshop: "Wissenschaftskommunikation am Beispiel 'Grüne Gentechnik': Public Relation oder Aufklärung?" 2011

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    10.05.2011

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

  93. International Ph.D. Workshop in Sustainable Development of the Columbia University - 2011

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker)

    07.05.2011

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

  94. Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    07.05.201111.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  95. Sino-German Summer School on Design and data analysis of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning experiments 2011

    Staab, M. (Participant)

    07.05.201112.05.2011

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

  96. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich. Baustein Konsum und Ernährung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201107.05.2011

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