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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  2. Abfallvermeidungs- Dialoge 4/5 - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  3. Die Einbeziehung von ‚stakeholdern’ in den Forschungsprozess - Implikationen und Perspektiven

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    11.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Renewing Sustainability Thinking in Light of the Anthropocene: Exploring the Potentials of STS

    Herberg, J. (presenter)

    11.11.201514.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  5. Falling Walls of Food Waste

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    08.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Diskussion "Gute Arbeit ohne Wachstum? Ansatzpunkte für eine nachhaltige Gestaltung der Arbeit" - 2015

    Hofmeister, S. (presenter)

    06.11.201507.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Qualitätskriterien in der Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    05.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  8. Global Cleaner Production and Sustainable Consumption Conference - 2015

    Fischer, D. (Speaker)

    03.11.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. Inklusion in der außerschulischen politischen Bildung

    Offen, S. (Speaker)

    02.11.201503.11.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Projekt ‚Demokratie leben’ der Hansestadt Lüneburg/Stadtjugendring - 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)

    27.10.2015

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

  11. Association of the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - AASHE 2015

    John, B. (Speaker)

    26.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. 12. NGU Tagung: Wissenschaftliche Praxis und ökopolitischer Aktivismus

    Meyer, E. M. (presenter)

    23.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  13. GDCP Doktorierendenkolloquium 2015

    Hofer, E. (Speaker)

    23.10.201525.10.2015

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

  14. Kick-Off des Projekts "Wohlstands-Transformation Wuppertal (WTW)" des TransZent - 2015

    Vilsmaier, U. (Moderator)

    22.10.2015

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

  15. Agrobiodiversity hotspots, a tool to think about landscape and agroecology in Bogota

    de la Pava, R. (Speaker) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker)

    21.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Das Begleitprogramm Gender und Diversity für Studentische Forschungsteams, die in Lehrveranstaltungen forschend lernen

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. Development of the societies of Lake Kyoga in Uganda

    Elba, E. (Speaker), Farghaly, D. (Coauthor) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Monitoring Phenological phases of the crops using TerraSAR-X Spotlight Images based on Factor Analysis

    Farghaly, D. (Speaker), Elba, E. (Speaker) & Urban, B. (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. Sustainable use of High Aswan Dam Reservoir in view of climate change

    Elba, E. (Speaker), Urban, B. (Coauthor) & Farghaly, D. (Coauthor)

    21.10.201523.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. From Fast to Slow Fashion: Management Challenges for the Sustainability Transformation of Business Models

    Freudenreich, B. (Speaker), Kaspar, U. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    20.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

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