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.
- 2019
13th Biennial Conference of the European Science Education Research Association -ESERA 2019
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.08.2019 → 30.08.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Alcohol myopia and gambling behavior
Brinkmann, J. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
08.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
20th Congress of the International Union for Quaternary Research - INQUA 2019
Tucci, M. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Speaker)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
A radical reassessment of the stratigraphy, palaeoenvironmental processes and dating of the Middle Pleistocene deposits at Schöningen, northern Germany
Turner, C. (Coauthor), Urban, B. (Speaker) & van Kolfschoten, T. (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Middle Pleistocene interglacial environmental changes inferred from aquatic microfossils at the paleolithic site of Schöningen, Germany
Krahn, K. J. (Coauthor), Pilgrim, J. (Coauthor), Urban, B. (Speaker), Tucci, M. (Speaker) & Schwalb, A. (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → 31.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Sedimentological and high-resolution pollen and aquatic microfossil analysis of Middle Pleistocene lakeshore deposits of paleolithic site Schöningen 13 II-4, Germany
Tucci, M. (Speaker), Krahn, K. J. (Coauthor), Urban, B. (Speaker) & Schwalb, A. (Coauthor)
25.07.2019 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (External organisation)
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Member)
17.07.2019Activity: Membership › Academic councils, panels and committees › Research
Does storytelling help adolescents to engage in sustainable consumption?
Sundermann, A. (Speaker), Fischer, D. (Speaker) & Selm, H. (Speaker)
11.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
32nd Annual Conference of the International Association for Conflict Management - IACM 2019
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
07.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Dynamic Resource Development: How Parties Exploit vs. Invest into Common Resources
van Treek, M. (Speaker), Trötschel, R. (Speaker) & Majer, J. M. (Speaker)
07.07.2019 → 10.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Economic Capital and Social Capital in Integrative Negotiations - IACM 2019
Zhang, K. (Speaker), Zhang, H. (Speaker) & Trötschel, R. (Speaker)
07.07.2019 → 10.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable business models and sustainable supply chain management - Establishing linkages
Norris, S. (Speaker), Zufall, J. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Coauthor)
03.07.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
"Bienen - hat es sich jetzt ausgesummt?"
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
01.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Traditional knowledge and conservation and use of agrobiodiversity. The case of peasant communities in the upper basin of the Ñambí River, Nariño-Colombia
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Reviewer)
07.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
XXVIII European Society for Rural Sociology Congress - ESR 2019
König, B. (Coauthor), Schäfer, M. (Coauthor), Kuntosch, A. (Coauthor) & Schaal, T. (presenter)
26.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
18.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
9th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts - 2019
Lindner, A. (presenter)
17.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
15th Internation Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries
Lindner, A. (Speaker)
03.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Damals wie heute? Wie traditionelle Geschlechterrollen Menschen in Verhandlungen beeinflussen
Mazei, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. (Panel participant)
28.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
A social-psychological perspective on non-compliance and levers of change
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
24.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity: Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic herding
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
23.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Local alternatives of agrobiodiversity use and management in the rurality of Bogotá, Colombia
Pérez, D. (Speaker) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
21.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
BNE inklusiv - Fachtreffen zur Entwicklung eines Positionspapiers - 2019
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker) & Sellin, K. (Speaker)
16.05.2019 → 17.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
BNE inklusiv in der Lehreraus-, fort- und weiterbildung
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
16.05.2019 → 17.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
C- and Si-analogous compounds – comparison of their behaviour in a test for ready biodegradability
Grabitz, E. (Speaker)
07.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
05.05.2019 → 08.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Green and Sustainable Chemistry Conference - 2019
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
05.05.2019 → 08.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Examining the spatiotemporal patterns of exotic species along the Sani Pass: Mechanisms and Management
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Aber wie können wir es machen? - eine Strategie zur Implementierung von Forschendem Lernen in den Regelunterricht
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
26.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Vom Alltagsphänomen zur Maturaaufgabe
Puddu, S. (Lecturer) & Hofer, E. (Lecturer)
25.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
15. Europäischer Chemielehrer/-innenkongress 2019
Hofer, E. (Participant)
24.04.2019 → 27.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
4th Open Science Meeting of the Global Land Programme - OSM 2019
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
24.04.2019 → 26.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Brille, Schublade, Maßstab - wie wirken Stereotype?
Schuster, C. (Speaker)
24.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Governance induces telecoupling: The case of the Belt and Road Initiative
Coenen, J. (Speaker)
24.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Waldgarten Reallabor: nachhaltige und multi-funktionale Flächennutzung im urbanen Raum
Albrecht, S. (Speaker) & Friedel, A. (Speaker)
09.04.2019 → 09.07.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Abfälle als Rohstoffquelle – Prozesslösungen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft mit regionalem Bezug
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
04.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
The Documentary Method - an Introduction
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
01.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Examining the spatiotemporal patterns of exotic species along the Sani Pass: Mechanisms and Management
Turner, S. (Speaker)
04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Transdisciplinary Science Workshop at the Future Africa Campus - 2019
Barth, M. (Speaker), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Participant), Buhr, M. (Participant), Juarez Bourke, S. (Participant), Pöggel, K. (Participant), Rathgens, J. (Participant) & Hilser, S. (Participant)
27.03.2019 → 29.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Wie kommen wir zu noch saubereren Wasser?
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
22.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
International Application of Intensive, Project-Based Sustainability Professional Development for In-Service Primary School Teachers
Barth, M. (Speaker) & Redman, E. (Speaker)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Umgang mit Pestiziden und deren Transformationsprodukten bei der Regenwasserbewirtschaftung
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
German Annual IPCC Meeting - 2019
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
20.03.2019 → 21.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bestimmung von Diuron, Terbutryn, OIT sowie deren Transformationsprodukte in urbanen Oberflächengewässern und Grundwasser
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
18.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
DPG-Frühjahrstagungen – Fachverband Didaktik der Physik – DPG 2019
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant)
10.03.2019 → 05.04.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Brückenkinder - eine Peerstruktur zur Integration von geflüchteten Kindern in der Grundschule?
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
08.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gelingensbedinungen inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts in der Primar- und Sekundarstufe I: Erfahrungen, Potenziale und Herausforderungen im Umgang mit unterschiedlichen Lernvoraussetzungen
Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Barth, M. (Speaker)
08.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Object-oriented scarcity as a technology of governmentality
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
08.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
African Journal of Ecology (Journal)
Engler, J.-O. (Editorial Board)
07.03.2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Ausgewählte qualitative Zugänge
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
07.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The 28th anniversary of the GDSU
Bruhn, K. (Organiser)
07.03.2019 → 09.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Qualitative Forschung - zwei Pole einer Forschungstradition
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
06.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung für Lehrende und MultiplikatorInnen - 2019
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
05.03.2019 → 06.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Implementing sustainability related key competencies into teacher education - Learning processes and outcomes
Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Lüneburg Workshop in Economics 2019
Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Pfeifer, C. (Organiser), Hirsch, B. (Organiser) & Mechtel, M. (Organiser)
28.02.2019 → 01.03.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
“Gebäudeaußenhaut als Schadstoffquelle” Erkenntnisse aus dem BMBF-ReWaM Projekt MUTReWa
Kümmerer, K. (presenter) & Olsson, O. (Coauthor)
27.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
73. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Zeitdimensionen der Nachhaltigkeit - 2019
Schrickel, I. (Organiser) & Schmieg, G. (Organiser)
26.02.2019 → 27.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Frühjahrstagung der Biotechnologen - 2019
Lindner, A. (Participant)
25.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
About diversity, freedom, the open society and its enemies
Oermann, N. O. (Speaker)
08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
A shift of mindset? Rethinking our (learning) objectives
Barth, M. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
From pushing levers to dancing with the system: Rethinking transformation for sustainability through metaphor
Clarke, E. A. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Abson, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Levels of Individual Change Agency for Sustainability Transformation in the Clothing Industry – Exploring the Role of Individual Beliefs for Corporate Sustainability Transformations
Buhr, M. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Navigating cognition biases in the search of sustainability
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)
06.02.2019 → 08.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainability through Institutional Failure & Decline? Archetypes of Productive Functions
Derwort, P. (Speaker)
06.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Methoden einer nomadischen Wissenschaft I - 2019
Vilsmaier, U. (Organiser), Schmitt, K. (Organiser), Michel, J. (Organiser) & Rillich, K. (Organiser)
01.02.2019 → 03.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Ecosystem Services Partnership (ESP) (External organisation)
Benra, F. (Chair)
31.01.2019 → 26.10.2022Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
27. Onkologisch-Pharmazeutischer Fachkongress NZW
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
25.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Lernprozesse in Reallaboren & Co. verstehen und gestalten
Barth, M. (Speaker)
22.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
12th North German Biophysics Meeting - 2019
Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor), Floeter, C. (Coauthor), Andrä, J. (presenter), Heseding, J. (Coauthor), Cornelissen, G. (Coauthor), Einfeldt, J. (Coauthor) & Oelkers, K.-K. (Coauthor)
18.01.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Begutachtung von Anträgen auf DAAD-PRIME-Stipendien
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.01.2019Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Renewable & Sustainble Energy Reviews (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.01.2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Die Deutsche Schulakademie gGmbH (External organisation)
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
Die Kompetenzentwicklung von Lehramtsstudierenden im inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht videobasiert erforschen
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Facetten inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterrichts - Von der Primar- zur Sekundarstufe I
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology (Journal)
Schmieg, G. (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Institute of Sustainability Governance (Organisational unit)
Newig, J. (Chair)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Intergenerational Justice Review (Journal)
Rose, M. (Editor)
2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Norris, S. (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Konrad Lorenz Institute. An Institute for the Advanced Study of Natural Complex Systems
Schmieg, G. (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Lemonaid and ChariTea foundation (External organisation)
Martín-López, B. (Member)
2019 → 2020Activity: Membership › Bodies of private companies and organisations › Transfer
One Earth (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editorial Board)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Projekt 'Lehrpläne 2020' - Mitglied der Kommission zur Erarbeitung eines Fachlehrplans Chemie für die Sekundarstufe 1
Hofer, E. (Other)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)
Abels, S. (Coordinator)
2019 → …Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Talk on false memories
Sevincer, T. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Thinking about the future and taking responsibility for oneself, others, and society
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Videobasierte Kompetenzforschung im inklusiven Naturwissenschaftsunterricht
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
- 2018
3rd International Conference of Biological Waste as Resource - BWR 2018
Pleißner, D. (Keynote Speaker)
19.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The COP24 Rulebook
Schmieg, G. (Organiser)
17.12.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Klimaschutz und die rechtliche Zulässigkeit der Stilllegung von Braun- und Steinkohlekraftwerken
Schomerus, C.-T. (Reviewer) & Franßen, G. (Reviewer)
13.12.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Begutachtung von Anträgen auf DAAD-Jahresstipendien
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
12.12.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Performance Monitoring for the Management of Heathland Ecosystems in times of Global Change - Novel Research Results for an Ancient Cultural Landscape
Walmsley, D. (Speaker)
04.12.2018 → 07.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Mitgliedschaft im Fachbeirat "Algenbiotechnologie"
Pleißner, D. (Consultant)
01.12.2018 → 30.11.2023Activity: Consultancy
Nature Sustainability (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.12.2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Implizite, normative und ergebnisbezogene psychologische Aspekte sozialer Angemessenheit
Schuster, C. (Keynote Speaker)
28.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
DAAD Workshop Tunesien
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
27.11.2018 → 29.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Once upon a time … – About effects of stories in environmental communication
Sundermann, A. (Keynote Speaker)
25.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Lebensmitteltagung
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
22.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7th Asia Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry - AOC7-GSC 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)
19.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Consumers versus prosumers: using a storytelling approach to understand consumers’ attitudes towards business models in energy storage
Bögel, P. M. (Speaker), Shahrokni, H. (Speaker), Upham, P. J. (Speaker) & Kordas, O. (Speaker)
08.11.2018 → 09.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research