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.
- 2013
Towards a sustainable use of indium – Relating technology options and governance interventions for dealing with indium criticality
Weiser, A. (presenter)
06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
International Conference: Cooperation or Conflict? Economics of Natural Resources and Food - 2013
Baumgärtner, S. (presenter)
31.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Nachhaltigkeit in der Erwachsenenbildung: Was ist damit gemeint und wie lässt sie sich in der eigenen Bildungspraxis realisieren?
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
28.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Doing Away with Labor: Working and Caring in a World of Commons
Gottschlich, D. (Keynote Speaker)
23.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tilling the fields of knowledge in sustainability-oriented science
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
23.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd International Scientific Conference on Regional development, spatial planning and strategic governance - RESPAG 2013
Herberg, J. (presenter)
22.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Economics and the Common(s) International Conference - 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
22.05.2013 → 24.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fußball und Diskriminierung: Einordnung und Entwicklungen
Winands, M. (Lecturer)
21.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Zukunftsgestaltung, Mitbestimmung und Umgang mit Komplexität – Kultur als zentrale Bildungsperspektive einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Holz, V. (Lecturer)
14.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
6th GUNi Conference on Higher Education Side Event - 2013
Mader, C. (Organiser)
13.05.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Inter- und transdisziplinäre Lehre
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
13.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Micro and macro scale behavior of thermochemical materials in pure and composite forms for thermal storage applications
N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Korhammer, K. (Speaker), Fopah Lele, A. (Speaker), Osterland, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
12.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Demokratiequalität im Policy-Prozess und ihre Auswirkung auf die Policy-Performanz
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Implementing Sustainability Strategies Through Accounting Controls: An Exploration of Practices in Seven Multinational Corporations
Crutzen, N. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2013 → 08.05.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"Global Environmental Justice”: A Constructive Exchange between Political Philosophy and Social Science - 2013
Stumpf, K. H. (Speaker)
26.04.2013 → 27.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Leuphana auf dem Weg – Nachhaltigkeit als Schlüsselprinzip eines umfassend konzipierten Studien- und Universitätsmodells
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
23.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Klimapolitik: nachhaltig und geschlechtergerecht?
Heilmann, S. (presenter)
20.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Zur Gestaltungskraft von Asymmetrie und Abhängigkeit - der analytische Beitrag einer Theorie des Sorgens zur Vorsorge
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
20.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
„Zwischen den Zeiten“ – ein feministischer Kommentar
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
20.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Das Geschlecht der Zeit - 2013
Hofmeister, S. (Organiser)
19.04.2013 → 21.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Das Geschlecht der Zeit. Nachhaltigkeit – Geschlechterverhältnisse – Zeitvielfalt? - 2013
Mölders, T. (Participant)
19.04.2013 → 21.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing "Das Geschlecht der Zeit" - 2013
Hofmeister, S. (Participant)
19.04.2013 → 21.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen AkadeNachhaltigkeit & Gender - neue Fragen und Herausforderungenmie Tutzing "Das Geschlecht der Zeit" - 2013
Katz, C. (Speaker)
19.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
19.04.2013 → 20.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
10th ITdNet Meeting - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Participant)
11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modeling - 2013
Lutz, L. M. (Participant)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Transdisciplinary Research and Modelling - 2013
Vilsmaier, U. (Chair)
10.04.2013 → 11.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Including Justice in Institutional Analysis - How Do Frameworks for Institutional Analysis Consider Ideas of Justice?
Stumpf, K. (Speaker), Hanger, S. (Coauthor) & da Fonseca, I. F. (Coauthor)
10.04.2013 → 13.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Linke Perspektiven. Bewertung der Enquete-Kommission "Wachstum, Wohlstand, Lebensqualität" - 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Participant)
10.04.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
„Wohlstand aus feministischer Perspektive: Anforderungen an linke Politik“
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
10.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Western Closure of the Corinth Rift : Stratigraphy and structure of the Lakka fault block
Palyvos, N. (Speaker), Ford, M. (Coauthor), Mancini, M. (Coauthor), Esu, D. (Coauthor), Girotti, O. (Coauthor) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)
07.04.2013 → 12.04.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Graduate School (Organisational unit)
Velten, S. (Member)
01.04.2013 → 15.12.2014Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Methoden der Zusammenarbeit in Nachhaltigkeitsprojekten
Mader, C. (Speaker)
23.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
3. Hofgeismarer Forum für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik - 2013
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
22.03.2013 → 23.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Science Slam der Messe New Energy - 2013
Bolek, R. (Speaker)
22.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Sustainability Education for Biodiversity Conservation: Key Topics and Factors for Success
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
19.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Reflexive Multi-Criteria Evaluation as a Tool to Integrate Multiple Values of Scientists and Stakeholders
Schmidt, A. (Speaker)
18.03.2013 → 20.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Symposium: "Am Herrschaftsknoten ansetzen" anlässlich des 75. Geburtstages von Frigga Haug
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
15.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
European Consortium for Political Research Joint Sessions - ECPR 2013
Newig, J. (Speaker)
13.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
NNA-Forum "In und von der Landschaft leben (III)" - 2013
Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Friedrich, B. (Participant), Szumelda, A. U. (Participant), Paszkowska, J. (Participant) & Friedrich, B. (Organiser)
13.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Vom Streit in den Dörfern: Regionale Konflikte um die Nutzung von Agro-Gentechnik
Friedrich, B. (Speaker)
13.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Eine Universität für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Transdisziplinarität als Wissenschaftsprinzip in Forschung und Lehre: Erfahrung aus einem Transformationsprozess
Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)
12.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Embedding sustainability in the curriculum: practicing what we teach 2013
Mader, C. (Keynote speaker)
12.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The importance of scales for legitimate and effective participatory environmental governance. Findings from a multi-level comparative case study of implementing the Water Framework Directive (with D. Schulz)
Newig, J. (Speaker) & Schulz, D. (Speaker)
08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
6. Wissenschaftliches Symposium „Supply Management“ des BME - 2013
Harms, D. (Speaker)
05.03.2013 → 06.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forschendes Lernen und Forschung zur eigenen Lehre: Was heißt es für eine/-n Fachwissenschaftler/-in, zur eigenen Lehre zu forschen?
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
04.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Reflexive Multikriterielle Evaluation – Ein Instrument zur antizipativen Konfliktminderung bei Strategieentscheidungen im Küstenschutz
Schmidt, A. (presenter)
04.03.2013 → 06.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Kinetics of biotic iron oxidation by Gallionella ferruginea spp. and catalytic activity of biogenic iron deposits
Opel, O. (Speaker), Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
03.03.2013 → 08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leptothrix discophora: How bacterial MnO2 oxidises iron
Eggerichs, T. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker), Otte, T. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)
03.03.2013 → 08.03.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gender und Ressourcengerechtigkeit - Podiumsdiskussion
Heilmann, S. (Panel participant)
27.02.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education