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
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
Biotropica (Journal)
Staab, M. (Editorial Board)
2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Co-Supervisor for the dissertation "Biodiversity and functional genetic connectivity of ground-dwelling insects"
Staab, M. (Reviewer)
2019 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Other
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)
2019Activity: 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
2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
KBC Days 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
06.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Earth System Governance 2018
Friedrich, B. (Participant)
05.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Grundwassergefährdung durch biozide Wirkstoffe und ihrer Transformationsprodukte im urbanen Niederschlagsabfluss?
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
05.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Methods of boundary work for inter- and transdisciplinary research.
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
05.11.2018 → 06.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
3. CeLeB Tagung zur Bildungsforschung
Bruhn, K. (Speaker)
02.11.2018 → 03.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Ecosystems and People (Journal)
Martín-López, B. (Editor-in-Chief)
11.2018 → 11.2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Gerechtigkeit und Transformation. Eine Tagung in Tutzing
Baier, A. (Coauthor), Biesecker, A. (Speaker) & Hofmeister, S. (Speaker)
11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Stories of a journey: tracing traditional knowledge associated to orphan crops across agrifood circuits in Bogota
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)
26.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Blockchains, Economy, Anonymity
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
25.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tailor-made bio-based ingredients for a competitive bioeconomy 2
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
24.10.2018Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Webinar Pharmaceuticals in the environment - A new strategic approach is needed
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
17.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
XENOWAC II - 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Herbsttagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement des Verbands für Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - VHB 2018
Hörisch, J. (Participant)
04.10.2018 → 05.10.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Leveraging a sustainable future through relationships II
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Organiser), Apetrei, C. (Organiser), Fischer, J. (Organiser), Lam, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
27.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
IMST-Fachdidaktiktag 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Universities as Transformative Locations for Sustainable Approaches to Science: Network of Early-Career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers’
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
26.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Institutionen für zukünftige Generationen und ihre Institutionalisierung unter den Bedingungen einer gegenwartsfixierten Demokratie
Rose, M. (Speaker)
25.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen in der Lehrerbildung
Barth, M. (Speaker) & Bürgener, L. (Speaker)
25.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
6. Symposium der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
24.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht der Sekundarstufe
Hofer, E. (presenter), Koliander, B. (Coauthor), Puddu, S. (Coauthor), Spitzer, P. (Coauthor) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
24.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry in Construction Materials and Habitation 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Organiser)
24.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Administration 2.0
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
19.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd STS Austria Conference 2018
Friedrich, B. (Speaker), Boyer, M. (Speaker), Gottschlich, D. (Speaker) & Hackfort, S. K. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Narciss, S. (Speaker)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie - DGPS 2018
Martiny, S. E. (Chair) & Schuster, C. (Chair)
18.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
How stereotypes affect grading and tutorial feedback: Shifting evaluations or shifting standards?
Martiny, S. E. (Speaker), Schuster, C. (Speaker) & Narciss, S. (Coauthor)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Veränderung von Vor- und Einstellungen zu Forschendem Lernen
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
18.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
GDCP Jahrestagung - GDCP 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
17.09.2018 → 20.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Schätzen – Aber wie?
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Speaker)
17.09.2018 → 20.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Learning for sustainability in the higher education sector: Challenges and ways forward
Barth, M. (Speaker)
14.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Consumer engagement and behavioral response management, presentation, invited panel session (InteGrid – Insight a Horizon 2020-project)
Bögel, P. M. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Sustainable Textile School - SusTex 2018
Buhr, M. (Speaker), Keßler, L. (Speaker), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Speaker) & Beyers, F. (Speaker)
10.09.2018 → 12.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten (Nawi-In)
Brauns, S. (Speaker)
09.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Expert workshop ‘Sustainability: platforms to facilitate deliberative policy learning’, MCC Berlin
Newig, J. (Speaker)
05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Becoming a competent teacher in education for sustainable development
Barth, M. (Speaker), Bürgener, L. (Speaker) & Brandt, J.-O. (Speaker)
04.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Changes of teachers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes regarding inquiry-based learning in the framework of a professional development programme
Hofer, E. (Speaker) & Lembens, A. (Coauthor)
04.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
14th European Conference on Research in Chemical Education - ECRICE2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
03.09.2018 → 06.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
An axiomatic foundation of entropic preferences under Knightian uncertainty
Engler, J.-O. (Speaker) & Baumgärtner, S. (Speaker)
02.09.2018 → 05.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Road verges facilitate exotic species expansion into undisturbed natural montane grasslands
Turner, S. (Speaker)
01.09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Stockholm University
Lam, D. (Visiting researcher)
01.09.2018 → 30.11.2018Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Alkohol und Glückspiel [Alcohol and Gambling]
Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
09.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
