School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
- 2009
EC FP7: Call topic: ENV.2009.3.1.6.1 Innovative coastal defence technologies 1
Brinkmann, B. (Reviewer)
03.2009Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
International Workshop: Qualitative Methodology in Contemporary History and Related Fields - 2009
Golly, N. (Speaker)
03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
New York University
Sevincer, T. (Visiting researcher)
03.2009 → 08.2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Qualitative Methodology in Contemporary History and Related Fields - 2009
Golly, N. (Organiser)
03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Seminar für Führungskräfte - 2009
Burandt, S. (Participant)
03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Interstate Water Resources Risk Management for Central Asia - 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
24.02.2009 → 25.02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Distributing responsibility for the provision of public goods
Fünfgelt, J. (Speaker)
16.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachwuchsworkshop Umwelt- und Ressourcenökonomie - 2009
Baumgärtner, S. (Organiser)
16.02.2009 → 17.02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Risk and time preferences under complex spatio-temporal risk conditions – experimental and survey evidence from semi-arid rangelands
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
16.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The economic insurance value of ecological resilience
Strunz, S. (Speaker)
16.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Finanzierung Erneuerbarer-Energien-Anlagen/Neue Instrumente zur Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
09.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kompetenzförderung in der Lehrer/innenausbildung, mit Annelie Wellensiek
Abels, S. (Oral presentation)
04.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Interactive Value Creation & Sustainability: Guest lecture “Innovation Strategy“
Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)
03.02.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Internationale Konferenz: End of Messages? The State of the Dialogue between History and Sociology - 2009
Golly, N. (Speaker)
02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Studium generale - 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
24.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Kita21: die Zukunftsgestalter - 2009
Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)
21.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A Material Flow Cost Accounting Approach to Improvement Assessment in LCA
Viere, T. (Speaker), Prox, M. (Speaker) & Möller, A. (Speaker)
11.01.2009 → 13.01.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
NETTS – Best Practice Instruments based on “Nature of Science”
Abels, S. (Speaker)
09.01.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Thiem, A. (Member)
01.2009 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Academy of Management (External organisation)
Hansen, E. G. (Member)
2009 → 2011Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) (External organisation)
Hansen, E. G. (Member)
2009 → 2012Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Association for the Study of the Worldwide African Diaspora (External organisation)
Golly, N. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
College (Organisational unit)
Evers, M. (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (External organisation)
Adomßent, M. (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Environmental Sciences Europe (Journal)
Kümmerer, K. (Editor)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (External organisation)
Hofmeister, S. (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)
Hofmeister, S. (Member)
2009 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
GAIA (Journal)
Kümmerer, K. (Editorial Board)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research (Organisational unit)
Oermann, N. O. (Office)
2009 → 2011Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Intercultural Perspectives - 2009
Katz, C. (Speaker)
2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kristianstad University
Palm, W.-U. (Visiting lecturer)
2009Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Verbraucherschutz und Landesentwicklung (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer
ÖAR (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2009Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Oikos International (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
ORDO – Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
PIANC Germany (External organisation)
Brinkmann, B. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
PIANC Germany (External organisation)
Brinkmann, B. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Postervortrag: Wenn Lehrerinnen und Lehrer Chemie an Schulen für Hörgeschädigte unterrichten (müssen), mit Claus Bolte
Abels, S. (Oral presentation)
2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie (Journal)
Salisch, M. (Editor)
2009 → 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Society and Economy (Journal)
Schaltegger, S. (Editor)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (Journal)
Schaltegger, S. (Editorial Board)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)
Fischer, D. (Member)
2009 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
University Of Applied Sciences Kiel (External organisation)
Hofmeister, S. (Member)
2009 → 2023Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik (Journal)
Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2008
Politische Jugendbildung: Reflexion von Männlichkeitsbildern in der Jungenförderung.
Offen, S. (Lecturer)
13.11.2008 → 14.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Möglichkeiten der Potentialanalyse für die Gründungsberatung: Ein psychometrischer Ansatz der Kreativitätsforschung
Horneber, C. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)
06.11.2008 → 07.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
5th Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Symposium (JAGFOS) of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Newig, J. (Speaker)
01.11.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Nachhaltige Geldanlagen-Eine ethische Einordnung
Oermann, N. O. (Reviewer)
31.10.2008Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Doktorandenkolloquien: Bericht über mein Dissertationsprojekt
Abels, S. (Speaker)
24.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
EMSU08
Burandt, S. (presenter)
15.10.2008 → 17.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Pharmaceuticals and health: greening pharmacy
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
13.10.2008 → 16.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
First-Mover Advantages in the international Diffusion of internet-based Business Models
Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker) & Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)
12.10.2008 → 15.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule" - 2008
Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)
09.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
1st International Conference on Corporate Responsibility 2008
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
08.10.2008 → 10.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility - 2010
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
08.10.2008 → 10.10.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltige Entwicklung und gesellschaftliche Partizipation aus der Perspektive kulturtheoretischer Handlungserklärungen
Kuhn, K. (Speaker)
08.10.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Evers, M. (Member)
01.10.2008 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
„Adopteret fra Tyskland. Dem hører man ikke så meget om, men vi er en del faktisk.“ The hidden experiences of Afro-Germans in the Danish adoption discourse 2008
Golly, N. (Speaker)
10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
„Marktbasierte Armutsbekämpfung“ Konferenz an der Leucorea 2008
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
29.09.2008 → 01.10.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
26.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
NETTS – Einblicke in die Hamburger Forschung
Abels, S. (Speaker)
17.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Sustainability Reporting on the World Wide Web: Developments in Germany
Herzig, C. (Speaker)
17.09.2008 → 19.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2008
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
11.09.2008 → 12.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Monomers release from composite materials after halogen and LED curing.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
10.09.2008 → 12.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Case study research on sustainable supply chain management: What evidence has been found?
Seuring, S. (Speaker), Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Gold, S. (Speaker), Schreiber, J. (Speaker) & Morana, R. (Speaker)
07.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
1. Gemeinsame Kongress der deutschsprachigen Rechtssoziologie-Vereinigungen - 2008
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
1st ISA Forum of Sociology 2008
Schulz, D. (Speaker)
05.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konzepte der Gesellschaftstheorie: Douglass Norths ökonomische Geschichtstheo-rie
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
01.09.2008 → 03.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Internationale Konferenz “Building on the Past" - 2008
Golly, N. (Speaker)
09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Multitrophic Interactions Workshop
Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)
09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Planung interdisziplinärer Kurse 2008
Burandt, S. (Participant)
09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
4th International Congress on Biocatalysis 2008
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
31.08.2008 → 04.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Doktorandenkolloquien: Bericht über mein Dissertationsprojekt
Abels, S. (Speaker)
27.08.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
9th Oikos PhD Summer Academy - 2008
Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Speaker)
25.08.2008 → 29.08.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5th Int. Summer Academy „Energy and the Environment“ 2008
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
28.07.2008 → 29.07.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ethics Education Workshop: Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsethik in der wirt-schaftswissenschaftlichen Ausbildung 2008
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
24.07.2008 → 26.07.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Doktorandenkolloquien: Bericht über mein Dissertationsprojekt
Abels, S. (Speaker)
04.07.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
The frontier on my mind: Evidence from a United States - United Kingdom - Germany triangulation
Uskul, A. K. (Speaker), Park, H. (Coauthor), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Kitayama, S. (Coauthor)
07.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
19.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
CSR Leadership: An exploratory study
Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)
18.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Workshop “Governance für Nachhaltige Entwicklung: Prinzipien und praktische Relevanz”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
16.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
XV General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology - EAESP 2008
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
10.06.2008 → 15.06.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bonner Akademischer Sommer der Wissenschaftsförderung der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe 2008
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
02.06.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Ethyl sulfate: previously to be totally stable against bacterial degradation – wrong!
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
02.06.2008 → 08.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
European Academy of Management - EURAM 2008
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)
14.05.2008 → 17.05.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Rational Design of Molecules by Life Cycle Engineering.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
24.04.2008 → 25.04.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Environmental Management Accounting Support for Rice Husk Processing Alternatives: Integrating Environmental Risk Considerations into Investment Decisions
Burritt, R. L. (Speaker) & Herzig, C. (Speaker)
23.04.2008 → 25.04.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
High resolution assessment and modelling of suspended sediment in an agricultural catchment
Gaßmann, M. (Speaker), Lange, J. (Speaker) & Schütz, T. (Speaker)
13.04.2008 → 18.04.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
GESIS-ZUMA-Workshop 2008
Burandt, S. (Participant)
10.04.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
CHANGE Expertenworkshop 2008
Burandt, S. (presenter)
03.04.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Antibiotika in der aquatischen Umwelt:: Eintrag, Elimination und Wirkung auf Mikroorganismen.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
17.03.2008 → 18.03.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bad Honnef Symposium der Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft 2008
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.03.2008 → 18.03.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leuphana Konferenzwoche 2008
Burandt, A. (Organiser)
10.03.2008 → 13.03.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
04.03.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Graduate Spring Seminar in Methodology - GSSM 2008
Burandt, S. (Participant)
03.03.2008 → 14.03.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: “Long-Term Policies: Governing Social-Ecological Change”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
23.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Politiken der Naturgestaltung – ein Dialog aus umwelt- und politikwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)
23.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
VDW-Jahrestagung „Wovon leben menschliche Gesellschaften? Zukunftsfähige Forschung zur naturverträglichen Nutzung des fruchtbaren Landes“ - 2008
Mölders, T. (Participant) & Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
22.02.2008 → 24.02.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Metabolites and transformation products of pharmaceuticals in the environment.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
19.02.2008 → 20.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The environmental impact of pharmaceuticals: from the problem to the solution – green pharmacy.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
19.02.2008 → 20.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research