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. 2015
  2. Agroecological landscapes in rural Bogota. Agrobiodiversity and peasant culture

    Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    12.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Dechema Himmelfahrtstagung "Scale-up and scale-down of bioprocesses"

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    11.05.201513.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Scale-up of fermentative lactic acid production from renewable feedstocks

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker) & Venus, J. (Speaker)

    11.05.201513.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Multi-stakeholder learning in transdisciplinary settings

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    07.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Creating transdisciplinary research spaces for sustainable development

    Vismaier, U. (Speaker), Engbers, M. (Coauthor) & Brandner, V. (Coauthor)

    06.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. International JTEFS/BBCC Conference Sustainable Development. Culture. Education 2015

    Fischer, D. (Keynote speaker)

    05.05.201508.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Making universities sustainable: UNESCO Chairs join forces

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    04.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Participant)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Khaleel, N. D. H. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  12. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Artificial sunlight photolysis of the pharmaceuticals doxepin hydrochloride, gabapentin and quetiapine hemifumarate as single compounds and as a mixture

    Herrmann, M. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  14. Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anti-cancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments

    Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  15. Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anticancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments

    Lutterbeck, C. A. (Speaker), Baginska, E. (Speaker) & Machado, E. L. (Speaker)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Households as important source of biocidal active substances in influents of sewage treatment plants

    Wieck, S. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  17. PRIORITIZATION OF VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS USING A SIMPLE SCREENING APPROACH

    Menz, J. (presenter)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  18. Situational predictors of spontaneous mental contrasting

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Thinking about the future

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    05.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. 8th International Conference on Biobased Materials - 2015

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    30.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Auftaktworkshop der EnergyCultures Nachwuchsgruppe - 2015

    Meyer, E. M. (Participant)

    30.04.2015

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

  22. Methoden transformativer Forschung

    Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)

    24.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  23. Arbeitstagung Lernortwechsel - 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    17.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. Green hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    14.04.201516.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Green Hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker) & Venus, J. (Speaker)

    14.04.201516.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. Tagung "Natürliche Feinde? Umweltschutz und freier Welthandel als rechtliches und politisches Problem" - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    10.04.201511.04.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  27. Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    09.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. Matching the Core Text Approach with the General Education Philosophy: Breaking Ground at Leuphana College in Lüneburg, Germany

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    09.04.201512.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  29. Agroecological practices in the Andean high lands: agrobiodiversity, culture and family farming

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

    08.04.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. 5th UNICA Green Academic Footprint Workshop - UGAF 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    25.03.201527.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. ANAKON 2015

    Mahmoud, W. M. M. (presenter)

    23.03.201526.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. BESSER nutzen, Der Dialog.6 - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    23.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  33. Climate change and sustainable use of high Aswan dam reservoir

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

    23.03.201525.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. LC-MS identification of the photo-transformation products of desipramine with studying the effect of different environmental variables on the kinetics of their formation

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    23.03.201526.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Sustainable use of arable lands within the Elbe river biosphere reserve in Lower Saxony, Germana using SAR-Data

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

    23.03.201525.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. UN Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development: A Training Research Project on the Evidence Base

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    11.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  37. PERL International Conference: A Decade of Responsible Living - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    10.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Tagung Politische Ökonomik großer Transformationen - 2015

    Heilmann, S. (presenter)

    10.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. Abschlusssymposium der Initiative Nachhaltigkeit & Journalismus - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    07.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Mental Contrasting and Energization

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Situational predictors of mental contrasting

    Oettingen, G. (Speaker) & Sevincer, T. (Speaker)

    03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  42. Fortbildungsbildungsreihe "Das Leben gestalten lernen" des Bildungszentrums für Natur, Umwelt und ländliche Räume (BNUR) des Landes Schleswig-Holstein - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    27.02.2015

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

  43. Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht – warum und wie? mit Sandra Puddu

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    26.02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. Bioenergy Research (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.02.2015 → …

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

  45. University of California, Berkeley

    Herberg, J. (Visiting researcher)

    01.02.201530.06.2015

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  46. Spontaneous mental contrasting: Antecedents and consequenses

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  47. Spontaneous thoughts and images

    Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)

    02.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Die politische Repräsentation zukünftiger Generationen in der Demokratie

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    31.01.2015

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