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. 2016
  2. Zoological Systematics (Journal)

    Staab, M. (Editorial Board)

    2016 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  3. 2015
  4. Journal of Biodiversity, Bioprospecting and Development (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    12.12.201512.12.2017

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

  5. Task Force on Access to Information under the Aarhus Convention, UNECE

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    09.12.2015

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

  6. Sensors (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    03.12.2015 → …

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

  7. Bridging Education and Science for Sustainable Development -2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    02.12.201503.12.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Räume generativer Bildung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    02.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  9. Ecology and Society (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    01.12.2015

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

  10. Auf der Suche nach Räumen generativer Bildung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    30.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  11. Participatory research from the ‘Sentipensar’ concept: towards the plurality of knowledge

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    26.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. 1st Global Bioeconomy Summit - 2015

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    25.11.201526.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Ev. Akademie Braunschweig

    Maly, C. (Speaker)

    20.11.2015

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

  14. Ev. Akademie Braunschweig

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    20.11.2015

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

  15. Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts Doktorand*innenarbeitstagung - GDSU 2015

    Bruhn, K. (Speaker)

    20.11.201521.11.2015

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

  16. Jaquelines-of-all-trades: Women Graduate Entrepreneurs and Their Skill-sets

    Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker), Kurczewska, A. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)

    18.11.201519.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. 2. Internationale Tagung über Ernährung und Umwelt - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    17.11.201518.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Symposium on International Climate Protection - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    13.11.201514.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

    Maly, C. (Speaker)

    12.11.2015

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

  20. 40th Annual Meeting of The Society for Social Studies of Science - 4S 2015

    Herberg, J. (Participant)

    11.11.201514.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Abfallvermeidungs- Dialoge 4/5 - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Die Einbeziehung von ‚stakeholdern’ in den Forschungsprozess - Implikationen und Perspektiven

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  23. Renewing Sustainability Thinking in Light of the Anthropocene: Exploring the Potentials of STS

    Herberg, J. (presenter)

    11.11.201514.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  24. Falling Walls of Food Waste

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    08.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  25. Diskussion "Gute Arbeit ohne Wachstum? Ansatzpunkte für eine nachhaltige Gestaltung der Arbeit" - 2015

    Hofmeister, S. (presenter)

    06.11.201507.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Qualitätskriterien in der Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    05.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  27. Global Cleaner Production and Sustainable Consumption Conference - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    03.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. Inklusion in der außerschulischen politischen Bildung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    02.11.201503.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Projekt ‚Demokratie leben’ der Hansestadt Lüneburg/Stadtjugendring - 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)

    27.10.2015

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

  30. Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - AASHE 2015

    John, B. (Speaker)

    26.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. 12. NGU Tagung: Wissenschaftliche Praxis und ökopolitischer Aktivismus

    Meyer, E. M. (presenter)

    23.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  32. GDCP Doktorierendenkolloquium 2015

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    23.10.201525.10.2015

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

  33. Kick-Off des Projekts "Wohlstands-Transformation Wuppertal (WTW)" des TransZent - 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)

    22.10.2015

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

  34. Agrobiodiversity hotspots, a tool to think about landscape and agroecology in Bogota

    de la Pava, R. (Speaker) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    21.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Das Begleitprogramm Gender und Diversity für Studentische Forschungsteams, die in Lehrveranstaltungen forschend lernen

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  36. Development of the societies of Lake Kyoga in Uganda

    Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Coauthor) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. Monitoring Phenological phases of the crops using TerraSAR-X Spotlight Images based on Factor Analysis

    Farghaly, D. (Speaker), Elba, E. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. Sustainable use of High Aswan Dam Reservoir in view of climate change

    Elba, E. (Speaker), Urban, B. (Coauthor) & Farghaly, D. (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. From Fast to Slow Fashion: Management Challenges for the Sustainability Transformation of Business Models

    Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Kaspar, U. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    20.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  40. Interdisziplinäre DGfE-Nachwuchstagung - 2015

    Hüfner, S. (Speaker)

    16.10.201517.10.2015

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

  41. Interdisziplinäre DGfE-Nachwuchstagung - 2015

    Bruhn, K. (Speaker)

    16.10.201517.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. All-Affected, Non-Identity and the Political Representation of Future Generations

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    09.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. Unternehmen und Flüchtlinge: Wie kann das vorhandene Potential durch (Social) Start-ups nachhaltig genutzt werden?

    Freudenberg, J. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Kobayashi, Y. E. (Speaker)

    08.10.201509.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. Von Besserwissern, Moralaposteln und Tugendwächtern: Woran kann Kommunikation über Ethik scheitern?

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    08.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  45. Agrobiodiversity and culture: an analysis from place and agroecosystems in the Tunjuelo river

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker), de la Pava, R. (Speaker) & Quiroga, C. (Speaker)

    07.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  46. 14th IEA SHC/ECES Task 42/Annex 29 Experts meeting - 2015

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Participant)

    05.10.201507.10.2015

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

  47. Change agents for corporate sustainability: the role of competencies in sustainability transformations

    Buhr, M. (Speaker)

    05.10.201507.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Tag der Fachdidaktik der Universität Graz 2015

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    05.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch