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. Oekom Verlag (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesResearch

  3. Partnership for Education and Research for Responsible Living (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  4. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Schaltegger, S. (Office)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. Society for Tropical Ecology (gtö) (External organisation)

    Staab, M. (Chair)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  6. Universität Zürich (External organisation)

    Abels, S. (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  7. Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Member)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsTransfer

  8. Zoological Systematics (Journal)

    Staab, M. (Editorial Board)

    2016 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  9. 2015
  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Sensors (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    03.12.2015 → …

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

  13. 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

  14. Räume generativer Bildung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    02.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  15. Ecology and Society (Journal)

    Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)

    01.12.2015

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

  16. Auf der Suche nach Räumen generativer Bildung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    30.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    26.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. 1st Global Bioeconomy Summit - 2015

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    25.11.201526.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Ev. Akademie Braunschweig

    Maly, C. (Speaker)

    20.11.2015

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

  20. Ev. Akademie Braunschweig

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    20.11.2015

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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Symposium on International Climate Protection - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    13.11.201514.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

    Maly, C. (Speaker)

    12.11.2015

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

  26. 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

  27. Abfallvermeidungs- Dialoge 4/5 - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  29. 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

  30. Falling Walls of Food Waste

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    08.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  31. 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

  32. Qualitätskriterien in der Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    05.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  33. Global Cleaner Production and Sustainable Consumption Conference - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    03.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Inklusion in der außerschulischen politischen Bildung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    02.11.201503.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. 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

  36. 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

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

    Meyer, E. M. (presenter)

    23.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  38. GDCP Doktorierendenkolloquium 2015

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    23.10.201525.10.2015

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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 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

  46. 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

  47. Interdisziplinäre DGfE-Nachwuchstagung - 2015

    Bruhn, K. (Speaker)

    16.10.201517.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    09.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch