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. 2019
  2. The 28th anniversary of the GDSU

    Bruhn, K. (Organiser)

    07.03.201909.03.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Qualitative Forschung - zwei Pole einer Forschungstradition

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)

    06.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung für Lehrende und MultiplikatorInnen - 2019

    Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)

    05.03.201906.03.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Implementing sustainability related key competencies into teacher education - Learning processes and outcomes

    Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)

    03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2019

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)

    28.02.201901.03.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. “Gebäudeaußenhaut als Schadstoffquelle” Erkenntnisse aus dem BMBF-ReWaM Projekt MUTReWa

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)

    27.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  8. 73. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2018

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    26.02.2019

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

  9. Zeitdimensionen der Nachhaltigkeit - 2019

    Schrickel, I. (Organiser) & Schmieg, G. (Organiser)

    26.02.201927.02.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Frühjahrstagung der Biotechnologen - 2019

    Lindner, A. (Participant)

    25.02.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. About diversity, freedom, the open society and its enemies

    Oermann, N. O. (Speaker)

    08.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  12. A shift of mindset? Rethinking our (learning) objectives

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    06.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. From pushing levers to dancing with the system: Rethinking transformation for sustainability through metaphor

    Clarke, E. A. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Abson, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)

    06.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Navigating cognition biases in the search of sustainability

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    06.02.201908.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions

    Derwort, P. (Speaker)

    06.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Methoden einer nomadischen Wissenschaft I - 2019

    Vilsmaier, U. (Organiser), Schmitt, K. (Organiser), Michel, J. (Organiser) & Rillich, K. (Organiser)

    01.02.201903.02.2019

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

  17. Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) (External organisation)

    Benra, F. (Chair)

    31.01.201926.10.2022

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  18. 27. Onkologisch-Pharmazeutischer Fachkongress NZW

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    25.01.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Lernprozesse in Reallaboren & Co. verstehen und gestalten

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    22.01.2019

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

  20. 12th North German Biophysics Meeting - 2019

    Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor), Floeter, C. (Coauthor), Andrä, J. (presenter), Heseding, J. (Coauthor), Cornelissen, G. (Coauthor), Einfeldt, J. (Coauthor) & Oelkers, K.-K. (Coauthor)

    18.01.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch