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. Shaping societal relations to nature in rural development - the example of sustainable use of agrobiodiversity

    Burandt, A. (Speaker)

    18.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. Workshop “Socio-ecological research: The cases of rural development and agro-biotechnology” 2011

    Mölders, T. (Organiser), Paszkowska, J. (Organiser), Gottschlich, D. (Organiser), Sulmowski, J. A. (Organiser), Friedrich, B. (Organiser), Szumelda, A. U. (Organiser) & Burandt, A. (Organiser)

    17.03.201118.03.2011

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

  4. FishBanks und Social Entrepreneurship

    Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)

    16.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  5. Social Entrepreneurship and social dilemmas

    Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)

    16.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  6. Sustainable Supply Chains im globalen Kontext - Lieferantenmanagement in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)

    15.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Educating responsible consumers for a sustainable world

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    14.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Sustainable Consumption - Mapping the terrain

    Fischer, D. (presenter)

    14.03.201115.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  9. Education for Sustainable Development as Societal Potential

    Holz, V. (presenter)

    11.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  10. Experiences on the theme of actions for sustainable development in the field of educational systems, together with Ute Stoltenberg

    Holz, V. (presenter)

    11.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  11. Management of ecosystem resilience as optimal investment in self-protection. A simple, but often non-convex problem

    Strunz, S. (Speaker)

    11.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability: Navigating the Complexities of Global Change - Resilience 2011

    Baumgärtner, S. (Moderator)

    11.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. The economic insurance value of ecosystem resilience

    Strunz, S. (presenter)

    11.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  14. Education for Sustainable Development – Experiences from Theory and Practice

    Holz, V. (presenter)

    10.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  15. UNIWIND-Workshop "Graduiertenkarrieren: Master - Promotion - Postdoc" 2011

    Thiem, A. (Participant)

    09.03.2011

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

  16. Fachtagung Kosmopolitische Bibliothek Eisenstadt 2011

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    07.03.201109.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Leuphana Konferenz für nachhaltiges Handeln 2011

    Burandt, A. (Participant)

    01.03.201103.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. Annual African Disapora Studies Symposium 2011

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Biotropica (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    03.2011

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

  20. ‘Black Is…Black Ain’t.” Reconceptualizing the African Diaspora 2011

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. New York University

    Sevincer, T. (Visiting researcher)

    03.201104.2011

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  22. Internationale Konferenz zur "Kompetenzmodellierung und -messung im Hochschulsektor" 2011

    Thiem, A. (Speaker)

    24.02.201125.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  23. Thermochemical storage materials research - TGA/DSC-hydration studies

    Opel, O. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Gérard, M. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    21.02.201124.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. GIS program – Geographischer Informationssyteme

    Pereira Peixoto, M. H. (Participant)

    18.02.2011

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

  25. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    17.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  26. Degrowth als Chance - auch für Natur und Landschaft? 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    16.02.201118.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. 8. Assembly of the Biodiversity Exploratories

    Aßmann, T. (Speaker)

    14.02.201118.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. Audits, Siegel, Zertifikate - Glaubwürdige Nachhaltigkeit? - 2011

    Klewitz, J. (Participant)

    10.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. Convegno internazionale WWW.World Wide Women. - 2011

    Katz, C. (Speaker)

    10.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. Does Gender matter in gaining advantage in scientific fields of sustainability?

    Thiem, A. (Speaker) & Katz, C. (Speaker)

    10.02.201112.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. Leuphana Tagungsmanagement mit Bettina Jansen Schulz 2011

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    09.02.2011

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

  32. Landwirtschaftstagung Loccum: "Die Reform der Agrarpolitik: Neues Spiel und neues Glück? Der Fahrplan ab 2014" 2011

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant) & Burandt, A. (Participant)

    04.02.201106.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Regulatory Choices towards Climate Protection: Opportunities and Challenges in European Union Member States 2011

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    03.02.201104.02.2011

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

  34. ERIM Research Seminar of the Business-Society Management 2011

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    02.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Beckmann, M. (Member)

    02.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  36. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Beckmann, M. (Member)

    02.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  37. 9. Tagung "Grenzenlose Verfügbarkeit strategischer Metalle?" - 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    31.01.201101.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. Exploring the Corporate Practice of Sustainability Accounting

    Zvezdov, D. (Speaker)

    22.01.201124.01.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  39. Rolling Out Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A New Set of Challenges for Sustainability Accounting 2011

    Zvezdov, D. (Organiser)

    22.01.201124.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Systemwissenschaftliches Kolloquium am Institut der Umweltsystemforschung der Uni Osnabrück - 2011

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    19.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  41. Case Study als Lehr- und Lernmethode - 2011

    Burandt, S. (Participant)

    18.01.2011

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

  42. Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse zwischen Krise und Vision. Eine Fallstudie im Biosphärenreservat Mittelelbe

    Mölders, T. (Oral presentation)

    13.01.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  43. Natur nutzen - Natur schützen

    Mölders, T. (Lecturer)

    03.01.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  44. Academy of Management (External organisation)

    Zeyen, A. (Member)

    01.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  45. Apidologie (Journal)

    Leonhardt, S. (Reviewer)

    01.2011

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

  46. EC FP7: Begutachtung des Projektfortschritts des Projekts Thesus

    Brinkmann, B. (Reviewer)

    01.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  47. Pellston workshop: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC 2011

    Brittain, C. (Speaker)

    01.2011

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

  48. Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie (External organisation)

    Szumelda, A. U. (Member)

    01.2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  49. 12th Annual Congress of the European Ecological Federation - EEF 2011

    Brittain, C. (Speaker)

    2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. 73. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung/Pfingsttagung des Verbands für Hochschullehrer - VHB 2011 (Event)

    Beckmann, M. (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

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

  51. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch