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. 2011
  2. 25th Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observations and Information - EnviroInfo 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    05.10.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. 5th International Research Workshop for PhD - 2011

    Hörisch, J. (Participant)

    02.10.201107.10.2011

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

  4. Biodiversity Principles: Recommendations for the Financial Sector

    Beständig, U. (Reviewer)

    01.10.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  5. Guidelines for Assessing Biodiversity-Related Risks and Opportunities in the Financial Sector: An Aid for Implementing the VfU Biodiversity Principles

    Beständig, U. (Reviewer), Detlefsen, I. (Reviewer) & Jahn, K. (Reviewer)

    01.10.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantResearch

  6. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Thiem, A. (Member)

    10.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. 41st West European Fish Technologists Association Meeting - WEFTA 2011

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    27.09.201130.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Potential for line-mussel production in the Great Belt (Denmark)

    Pleissner, D. (Speaker)

    27.09.201130.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Postfossile Revolution! Abschied vom fossilen Kapitalismus 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    23.09.201125.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. HBSC Earthwatch Workshop - 2011

    Staab, M. (Speaker)

    21.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  11. Untersuchendes Lernen mit allen SchülerInnen

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    20.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. 2. Hochschultagung: Sichere gesunde Hochschule - 2011

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    19.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. World Resources Forum - WRF 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    19.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. Fungizidwirkungen auf Ectomykorrhiza-Pilze

    Zunker, I. (Speaker), Ruck, W. (Speaker), Palm, W.-U. (Speaker) & Feldmann, F. (Speaker)

    18.09.201120.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Summer School “Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe” - 2011

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    16.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Richter, S. (Speaker) & Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  19. Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Herausforderung für Bildung und Wissenschaft

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. Social Business and Social Entrepreneurship

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    15.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  21. 4th International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - UNESCO Chair Conference 2011

    Stoltenberg, U. (Participant)

    14.09.201116.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Education for Sustainable Development - 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Participant)

    14.09.201116.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesEducation

  23. European Conference on Educational Research - ECER 2011

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    14.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Understanding Teacher Engagement with Sustainable Consumption: Results of an Empirical Study

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    13.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Sustainability and internal supply chain management – A conceptual approach to intra-organisational knowledge transfer

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. Sustainability and Internal Supply Chain Management: A Conceptual Approach to Intra-Organisational Knowledge Transfer

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    12.09.201114.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Different Coastal Adaptation Strategies: Integrating Regional Perceptions of Scientists, Practitioners and the Public

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    12.09.201115.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  28. Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Different Coastal Adaptation Strategies: Integrating Regional Perceptions of Scientists, Practitioners and the Public

    Schmidt, A. (presenter)

    12.09.201115.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  29. Personal norms of sustainability and their consequences in ecological-economic systems under uncertainty – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker), Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker) & Quaas, M. F. (Speaker)

    11.09.201113.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  30. Resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies

    Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker), Quaas, M. F. (Speaker) & van Soest, D. P. (Speaker)

    11.09.201113.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Risk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk

    Olbrich, R. (Speaker), Quaas, M. F. (Speaker), Hänsler, A. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)

    11.09.201113.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  32. Agrobiodiversity between Protection and Use – the Example of Rural Development in Germany

    Burandt, A. (Speaker) & Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    10.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  33. 43rd European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting - 2011

    Peifer, C. (presenter)

    09.09.201112.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. Responses of herbivory and pollinators to grassland management and plant diversity

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker) & Hudewenz, A. (Speaker)

    09.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  35. Seed dispersal and predation: Interactions, ecosystem functions and services

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    08.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  36. Why is the rare dispersal mechanism hygrochasy so common around the world?

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    08.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  37. Young LOICZ Forum 2011

    Schmidt, A. (presenter)

    08.09.201115.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2011

    Burandt, A. (Participant)

    07.09.201110.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association - ESA 2011

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant)

    07.09.201110.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. 23rd International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research - CSEAR 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    07.09.201109.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. 41st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland - 2011

    Brandt, P. (Coauthor)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. Landscape factors affecting Parakeet damage to sunflower fields in Israel.

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  43. The climate niche of a mountain carabid: consequences under climate change

    Brandt, P. (Speaker) & von Wehrden, H. (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  44. The role of networked publics for participatory sustainability communication

    Schulz, D. (Speaker)

    07.09.201110.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  45. Trap-nesting insects' interactions in an urban-rural gradient

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  46. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie - GFÖ-Tagung 2011

    Klein, A.-M. (presenter)

    07.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  47. Zwischen Groß- und Kleingruppenlogik: Social Franchising aus einer Hayekianischen Perspektive

    Zeyen, A. (Speaker) & Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    07.09.201109.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  48. Comunicación de Sostenibilidad

    Rieckmann, M. (Panel participant)

    06.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  49. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall Landesverbandstagung Nord DWA 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    06.09.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch