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. 2014
  2. State- prescribed (re)productivity? The Philippine Legislation on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Crisis

    Dannenberg, J. (Speaker)

    03.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. A Mixed Methods Longitudinal Design Study On Learning Results In An Innovative Study Model - First Qualitative Results In HESD

    Sundermann, A. (presenter)

    02.09.201405.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  4. Limnology and Oceanography (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.09.2014 → …

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

  5. Td Summer School 2014: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    01.09.201409.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  6. The Chronostratigraphy and environmental development of the Middle Pleistocene sequence of Schöningen.

    Richter, D. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)

    01.09.201407.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Mentale Kontrastierung und Transfer von Energetisierung

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

    09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Aerobic biodegradability assessment of Cefazolin and its phototransformation products

    Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  9. Photodegradation of chlorprothixene in aqueous medium: identification, biodegradation, and toxicity assessment of the formed transformation products

    Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Leder, C. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Speaker) & Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. QSPR MODELS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL FATE ASSESSMENT AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED CHEMICAL COMPANIES

    Ahmed, W. M. M. M. (Speaker), Leder, C. (Speaker), Rücker, C. (Speaker), Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Schwartz, D. (Speaker)

    31.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference - RGS 2014

    Mildorfová-Leventon, J. (Speaker), Dyer, J. C. (Speaker) & Van Alstine, J. (Speaker)

    26.08.201429.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. From equal opportunity officers to female social entrepreneurs - An analysis of gender equality work at universities in Lower Saxony, Germany

    Schuster, C. L. (Speaker), Halberstadt, J. (Speaker), Schank, C. (Speaker) & Petersen, M. (Speaker)

    19.08.201421.08.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Trans Atlantic Sustainability Seminar - TASS 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    14.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  14. 99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America - ESA 2014

    Bolek, R. (Coauthor)

    13.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Biannual Conference of the International Society for Ecological Economics - ISEE 2014

    Hussain, A. M. T. (presenter)

    13.08.201415.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. Summer School in Sustainability Economics: Intergenerational Equity and Efficiency under Uncertainty

    Hussain, A. M. T. (Participant)

    04.08.201407.08.2014

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

  17. Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.08.2014 → …

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

  18. Räume transdisziplinären Lehrens und Forschens schaffen

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    31.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. Nachhaltigkeit in der Hochschule - Sustainability at the University

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    26.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  20. Methods workshop: A social science perspective on coastal issues

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    24.07.2014

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

  21. „Empirische Forschung zur Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Themen, Methoden und Trends”

    Sundermann, A. (Participant)

    21.07.201429.07.2014

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

  22. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - EASP 2014

    Majer, J. M. (presenter)

    09.07.201412.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. Gruenes Wissen.NET: Ein Angebot der Wissenschaftskommunikation im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit und Globaler Wandel

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    05.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  24. 5. Allgemeinen Erfahrungsaustausch „Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit“ des Deutschen Sparkassen- und Giroverbands 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    04.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  25. 7th European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Biobased Economy - EFIB 2014

    Pleißner, D. (Participant)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. Schul- und Qualitätsentwicklung im Kontext von Mobilität und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE)

    Fischer, D. (Lecturer)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  27. The Best of the Rest

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    01.07.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energuzation

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

    07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. The Psychophysiology of Self-Regulation

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

    07.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. The botherder's lure and the figure of the pirate: trespassing enclosures and tweaking affordances

    Leistert, O. (Speaker)

    25.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Realizing Sustainability in Institutions needs Gender sensitive Competencies and Organisations and the ethical frame "Self-in-Relation"

    Moths, K. (Speaker)

    24.06.201426.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Coastal Zone Canada - CZC 2014

    Lüdecke, G. (Speaker)

    17.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  33. Special Conference on Micro-Foundations for Strategic Management Research: Embracing Individuals - SMS 2014

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker)

    14.06.201415.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Crossing boundaries in transdisciplinary sustainability research

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    13.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  35. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Systematic Review of Its Use in Research and Practice

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

    11.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit – Befunde aus Theorie und Praxis

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    10.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  37. Exploration deficiency: lessons learned from an unsuccessful sustainable energy technology innovation

    Wicki, S. (Speaker)

    08.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  38. 17th IEA Triannual Conference and World Congress 2014

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    05.06.201410.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 2nd International Conference of Recycling and Reuse - R&R 2014

    Herrmann, M. (presenter)

    04.06.201406.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Why companies do district heating – the business model perspective on network expansion and renewable sources of energy

    Reinert, F. (Speaker), Clausen, J. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    03.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  41. Insect Chemical Ecology 2014 - Doctoral Course - ICE 2014

    Delory, B. (Coauthor)

    01.06.201415.06.2014

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

  42. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (Journal)

    Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)

    01.06.2014 → …

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

  43. Collective Landownership and the Crisis of the Reproductive

    Dannenberg, J. (presenter)

    06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  44. Leuphana Faculty Club

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    22.05.2014

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

  45. Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit – Perspektiven für Raumwissenschaften und -politik

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    18.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. Genotoxicity and ecotoxicity screening of photolytic mixtures from the selective β1-receptor blockers Atenolol and Metoprolol

    Schneider, M. (presenter)

    11.05.201415.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch