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.
- 2008
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
Ph.D. Workshop of the Research Committee Environmental and Resource Economists of the Verein für Socialpolitik 2008
Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
18.02.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Workshop Medzin I
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
16.02.2008 → 17.02.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
College (Organisational unit)
Thiem, A. (Member)
01.2008 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Forum Mentoring e.V. (External organisation)
Thiem, A. (Member)
01.2008 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Questions of gender, race and their representations
Golly, N. (Organiser)
01.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Arbeitspapier zum Bericht der Bundesregierung zur Verankerung von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in den einzelnen Bildungsbereichen (unveröffentlicht)
Benoist, B. (Reviewer)
2008Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
econsense – Forum Nachhaltige Entwicklung der Deutschen Wirtschaft e. V. (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2008 → 2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
European Academy of Management (External organisation)
Hansen, E. G. (Member)
2008 → 2011Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Forum Mentoring e.V. (External organisation)
Thiem, A. (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Forum Mentoring e.V. (External organisation)
Thiem, A. (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Goethe University Frankfurt (External organisation)
Golly, N. (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Hans E. Moppert-Stiftung (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2008 → 2014Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
ICSS (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Impulse für die Projektforschung 2008
Burandt, S. (Participant)
2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Evers, M. (Member)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Grimm, J. (Member)
2008 → 2009Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Logistik-Initiative Hamburg (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2008 → 2010Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Networking in European Science Teacher Education – Presenting the Framework
Abels, S. (Oral presentation)
2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Postervortrag: Kompetenzförderung in der Lehrer/innenausbildung
Abels, S. (Oral presentation)
2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Postervortrag: Networking in European Science Teacher Training (NETTS) – Delivering Insight, mit Annelie Wellensiek, Anja Lembens, Markus Rehm
Abels, S. (Oral presentation)
2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Research Group PoNa (Organisational unit)
Hofmeister, S. (Member)
2008 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Adomßent, M. (Full member)
2008 → 2013Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Université de Liège
Palm, W.-U. (Visiting lecturer)
2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
Université de Liège (External organisation)
Palm, W.-U. (Coordinator)
2008 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Education
University of Bologna
Stoltenberg, U. (Visiting lecturer)
2008Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Education
- 2007
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
30.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Geschlechterverhältnisse und Landwirtschaft
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
28.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Abwasseranalytik/Schadstoffbelastung
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
19.11.2007 → 23.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Beurteilung von Gefahrstoffen in der Umwelt
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
19.11.2007 → 23.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Freisetzung von Gefahrstoffen in die Umwelt.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
19.11.2007 → 23.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Arzneimittel in Abwasserbehandlungsanlagen.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
15.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
First Mover-Advantages in der globalen Diffusion internet-basierter Geschäftsideen
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Nicolai, A. T. (Speaker)
08.11.2007 → 09.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wasser und nachhaltige Chemie: Welchen Beitrag sollte die industrielle Chemie künftig für den Schutz der Wasserressourcen leisten?
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
08.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
High Noon: Frauen, Männer und Naturschutz - 2007
Katz, C. (Speaker)
30.10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
NSSI Factory, IED
Newig, J. (Speaker)
30.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Hochschuldidaktische Weiterbildung - 2007
Burandt, S. (Participant)
29.10.2007 → 31.10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Gendiagnostik e.V. - AGD 2007
Schneider, M. (Speaker)
19.10.2007 → 20.10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Arzneimittel in der aquatischen Umwelt.
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
18.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Workshop "Globalizing Lifestyles between McDonaldization and sustainability perspecives. The case of the New Middle Classes"
Kuhn, K. (Speaker)
05.10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX30 Unternehmen im Internet
Herzig, C. (Speaker), Blanke, M. (Speaker) & Godemann, J. (Speaker)
03.10.2007 → 05.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does Frontal Residence Help Larval Fish ?: Growth and abundance of larval dab, Limanda limanda, within a developing frontal system in the North Sea
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
01.10.2007 → 03.10.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
28.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
International Conference: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment - 2007
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
19.09.2007 → 21.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Product stewardship in the pharmaceutical industry taken serious: green pharmacy.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
19.09.2007 → 21.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Tagung der Fachgruppe Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie in der DGPs - 2007
Peifer, C. (Coauthor)
19.09.2007 → 21.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Verteilungsverhalten von current-use Herbiziden zwischen Pflanzenoberflächen und wässriger Phase
Zunker, I. (Speaker), Fleischer, A. (Coauthor), Palm, W.-U. (Coauthor) & Ruck, W. (Coauthor)
12.09.2007 → 14.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
8th Annual Conference of the European Sociological Association: ‘Conflict, Citzenship and Civil Society’, Network: Environment & Society,
Newig, J. (Speaker)
03.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
European Carbohydrate Symposium - EUROCARB 2007
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
02.09.2007 → 07.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Pharmaceuticals in the environment.
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
31.08.2007 → 06.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Photodegradation of cephalosporin antibiotics.
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
23.07.2007 → 27.07.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Comparing responses of carbon dyamics to elevated atmosperic CO2 concentrations in arable crop rotations in Germany and China
Heiduk, K. (Speaker), Pacholski, A. S. (Speaker), Martens, R. (Speaker), Weigel, H. J. (Speaker) & Zhu, J. (Speaker)
16.07.2007 → 19.07.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Does frontal residence help larval fish? Growth and abundance of larval dab, Linanda Limanda, within a developing frontal system in the North Sea.
Olbrich, R. (Speaker)
13.07.2007 → 15.07.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
From e-learning to the acquirement of competencies: wiki-based knowledge management and complex problem solving
Barth, M. (Speaker)
13.06.2007 → 16.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Kliniken als Quellen für Einträge von Arzneimitteln in die aquatische Umwelt. Arzneistoffe und Trinkwasser: Kenntnisstand – Bewertung – Handlungsfelder.
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
11.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Verantwortung und Ökonomik
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
08.06.2007 → 09.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Diagnostika, Medikation und Ökologie: – Zukunftsperspektiven.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
05.06.2007 → 06.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change “Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability”
Newig, J. (Speaker)
24.05.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Feministischer Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs zwischen Kritik und Visionen – Who cares?
Mölders, T. (Speaker) & Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
19.05.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Kongress Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik - FiNuT 2007
Gottschlich, D. (Opponent), Mölders, T. (Opponent), Gottschlich, D. (Participant) & Mölders, T. (Participant)
19.05.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Arzneimittel in der Umwelt.
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
12.05.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Arzneimittel (-Metabolite) im Abwasser.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
08.05.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Licenciatura en Geografía - 2007
Kuhn, K. (Speaker)
03.05.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases - 2007
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
02.05.2007 → 04.05.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jornadas de Salidas Profesionales de la Diplomatura de Turismo - 2007
Kuhn, K. (Speaker)
02.05.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Nachwuchsgruppe Umweltsoziologie - NGU 2007
Kuhn, K. (Speaker)
20.04.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Responsibility and Economics - 2007
Beckmann, M. (Speaker)
02.04.2007 → 04.04.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Die Vielfalt der Natur als Gestaltungsaufgabe in Landwirtschaft und Agrarpolitik
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
20.03.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
„Es wird eng!“ LandwirtInnen zwischen Aufbruch, Anpassung und Resignation
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
20.03.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Loccum „Agrarpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert" - 2007
Mölders, T. (Participant)
19.03.2007 → 21.03.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
New York University
Sevincer, T. (Visiting researcher)
03.2007 → 04.2007Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
09.02.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Arzneimittel in der Abwasserreinigung.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
05.02.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Burandt, S. (Member)
01.2007 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water (Journal)
Kümmerer, K. (Editor)
2007 → 2011Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
College (Organisational unit)
Hofmeister, S. (Chair)
2007 → 2011Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Umwelterziehung e.V. (External organisation)
Fischer, D. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission e. V. (External organisation)
Michelsen, G. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
GAIA (Journal)
Michelsen, G. (Editorial Board)
2007 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
German Physical Society e.V. (External organisation)
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting (Journal)
Schaltegger, S. (Editor)
2007 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Logistik-Initiative Hamburg (External organisation)
Schaltegger, S. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Transfer
Meeting at the Dispute Resolution Research Center (DRRC) 2007
Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Verbraucherschutz und Landesentwicklung (External organisation)
Adomßent, M. (Member)
2007 → …Activity: Membership › Bodies of public institutions › Transfer