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. Biochemical Engineering Journal (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.01.2015 → …

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

  3. Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften

    Härdtle, W. (Speaker) & Niemeyer, T. (Speaker)

    01.01.201531.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  4. 1st iDiv Annual Conference - 2015

    Ohse, B. (Speaker)

    2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  8. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (External organisation)

    Olsson, O. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsTransfer

  9. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  10. Network 30 "Environmental and Sustainability Research - ESER" (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  11. The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  12. 2014
  13. Workshop „Biochar goes practice - Biokohle in der Praxis“ 2014

    Urban, B. (Speaker) & Thiem, C. (Speaker)

    09.12.201410.12.2014

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

  14. Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    08.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  15. Scaffolding diverse chemistry education classes

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    05.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  16. Fostering R&D-cooperations between German and Russian stakeholders in the bioeconomy, especially in the industrial biotech area

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    04.12.201406.12.2014

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

  17. 12. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerk Stadt - Raum - Architektur 2014

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

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

  18. Verleihung des Norddeutschen Wissenschaftspreises - NDWP 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  19. The Congress German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics - DGPPN Congress 2014

    Zhang, K. (Participant)

    26.11.201429.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa - GOA 2014

    Urban, B. (Participant)

    24.11.201426.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. 32. Allergiesymposium der Norddeutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie e.V. - Nappa 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    22.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    21.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. Tagung "Von der Verschwendung zur Wertschätzung der Lebensmittel" 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Moderator)

    21.11.2014

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

  24. Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    19.11.2014

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

  25. Die Bedeutung von Eco und Social Entrepreneurship für Studierende: Eine vergleichende Studie an Universitäten in Deutschland und Südafrika

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

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. Die Nachhaltigkeitsdimension einer multivariaten Verknüpfung von Social und Cultural Entrepreneurship: am Beispiel interkultureller Kulturförderung

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Hölzner, H. (Speaker)

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. G-Forum, 18. Forum Gründungsforschung - Interdisziplinäre Entrepreneurship Jahreskonferenz

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Mirkovic, S. (Speaker)

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. Konferenz Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Frage der richtigen Chemie?

    Kümmerer, K. (Participant)

    12.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. The revolution will not be liked. On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    12.11.201415.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. 1st Agroecological Encounter of Bogota 2014

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

    11.11.201412.11.2014

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

  31. Adaptive Modeling

    Schrickel, I. (Speaker)

    11.11.201422.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Teaching, assessing and promoting 21st century competencies

    Adomßent, M. (Speaker)

    10.11.201412.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  33. 35th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America

    Herrmann, M. (presenter)

    09.11.201413.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Research Priorities in Light of the Future Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development

    Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)

    08.11.201409.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  35. Towards the sustainable university: approaches, indicators, good practice

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    07.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  36. Strengthening the connections between educational and sustainability science

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    06.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  37. Education for Sustainable Development: Initiatives at Leuphana University Lüneburg

    Fischer, D. (Oral presentation)

    05.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  38. Trajectories of assessing sustainability in consumption

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    03.11.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  39. 4th World Sustainability Forum - WSF 2014

    Velten, S. (presenter)

    01.11.201430.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Molecules: a journal of synthetic organic and natural product chemistry (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.11.2014 → …

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

  41. Scientific Steering Committee Schweden (External organisation)

    Martín-López, B. (Member)

    01.11.2014 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  42. Summer School on Climate Change 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    31.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  43. 3rd International Conference on Biodiversity and the UN Millennium Development Goals

    Leventon, J. (Speaker)

    29.10.201431.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. Tag der Politikwissenschaft 2014

    Kahle, J. (Speaker), Jahn, S. V. (Coauthor), Newig, J. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Bergmann, M. (Coauthor)

    28.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. Bundesvereinigung öffentliches Recht

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    27.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung, Modul 2 in der Fortbildungsreihe Das Leben gestalten lernen: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule 1.-6. Klasse

    Hüfner, S. (Participant)

    10.10.2014

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

  47. Exploration of sustainable technologies and Learnings from a failed small wind energy project

    Wicki, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    08.10.201409.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

    Fücker, S. (Participant)

    06.10.201410.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. Sparkassenakademie Niedersachsen, Fachtagung Firmenkunden Führungskräfte

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    06.10.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer