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. 2009
  2. Social Marketing: ERASMUS guest lecture

    Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)

    24.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie - 2010

    Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    23.09.200925.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. Photochemical timescales in the degradation of pesticides: Direct photolysis of dimethomorph in aqueous solution using polychromatic and monochromatic irradiation

    Palm, W.-U. (Speaker), Vierke, L. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    23.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Social Entrepreneurship - an introduction: ERASMUS guest lecture

    Zeyen, A. (Lecturer)

    22.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  6. 8th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2009

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    20.09.200921.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. 5. Würzburger Gespräche zum Umweltenergierecht, Klimaschutz durch Bioenergie – Das Recht der Biomassenutzung zwischen Klimaschutz und Nachhaltigkeit 2009

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    18.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Aktueller Wissensstand und Ansätze zu einer interkulturellen Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Offen, S. (Lecturer)

    18.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  9. Safety Pharmacology Society - SPS 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    18.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. 39. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie (GfÖ) - 2009

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    14.09.200918.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Weitere Vereinfachung des Abfallrechts – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entsorgungsfachbetriebe

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    14.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Auswirkungen von Lärm und sozialem Stress auf das Beanspruchungserleben bei der Bearbeitung komplexer Mehrfachaufgaben

    Peifer, C. (Coauthor)

    09.09.200911.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  13. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Potential für die Region

    Stoltenberg, U. (Speaker)

    09.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30

    Herzig, C. (Speaker)

    07.09.200909.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Konzepte der Gesellschaftstheorie: Ludwig von Mises’ Praxeologie

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    07.09.200909.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008

    Winands, M. (Lecturer)

    04.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  17. Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA)

    Newig, J. (Speaker)

    03.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Salongespräche zur Nachhaltigkeit zu aktuellen Forschungsthemen der Nachhaltigkeit 2011

    Evers, M. (Speaker)

    03.09.200903.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony (External organisation)

    Fischer, D. (Member)

    09.2009 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  20. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Zeyen, A. (Member)

    09.200910.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  21. 25th annual meeting of the International Society of Chemical Ecology - ISCE 2009

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    23.08.200927.08.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Karlstad University

    Evers, M. (Visiting researcher)

    01.08.200931.08.2009

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  23. Fifth Biennial Conference of the Association for the Study of the World-Wide African Diaspora - 2009

    Golly, N. (Speaker)

    08.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. Joint Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) and the Society for Tropical Ecology (GTÖ) - 2009

    Leonhardt, S. (Opponent)

    26.07.200929.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. Social Entrepreneurship: Status Quo - 2009

    Zeyen, A. (Participant)

    16.07.200917.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  26. Social Entrepreneurship und Ordnungspolitik: Zur Rolle gesellschaftlicher Change Agents für Governance-Innovationen

    Beckmann, M. (Panel participant)

    16.07.200917.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  27. Umweltinformationsrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    16.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  28. BOP aber wie? Neue Partner zur Entwicklung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle für Menschen in Armut - 2009

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    10.07.2009

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

  29. Stolpersteine beim Arbeiten an einer Dissertation, „Methodische Grundlagen der fachdidaktischen Forschung“

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    09.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  30. Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives

    Esders, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.200908.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  31. 1st International Conference on Landscape Economics - 2009

    Klein, A.-M. (Speaker)

    07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  32. 84th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International - WEAI 2009

    Hussain, A. M. T. (presenter)

    29.06.200903.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. Risk preferences under multiple risk conditions – survey evidence from semi-arid rangelands

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

    29.06.200902.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  34. 2. Ethics Education Workshop: Können Hochschulen verantwortungsvolles Wirtschaften lehren?

    Beckmann, M. (Speaker)

    26.06.200927.06.2009

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

  35. Arbeit ist nur das halbe Leben … - Politische Bildung mit jungen Männern zu Lebensentwürfen und Arbeitsleben

    Offen, S. (Lecturer)

    25.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  36. 20th International Society for Professional Innovation Management Conference - ISPIM 2009

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    21.06.200924.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  37. Foresters understanding of forest nature and its gender

    Katz, C. (Lecturer)

    19.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  38. International Symposium: „Access to Environmental Information – Freedom of Information in Favour of Environmental Protection?“ - 2009

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    18.06.200919.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. Kolloquium - Zentrum für Wasserforschung und Institut für Hydrologie - 2009

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    18.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    18.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  41. Nachhaltige Arzneimittel

    Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)

    16.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  42. Critical review of survey based research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Seuring, S. (Speaker), Gold, S. (Speaker) & Morana, R. (Speaker)

    14.06.200917.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  43. International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility - 2009

    Adamczyk, S. (Speaker), Hansen, E. G. (Speaker) & Reichwald, R. (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  44. ISEOR and AoM: International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of CSR

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. First European Conference on Sustainability Transitions - 2009

    Rieckmann, M. (Speaker)

    06.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch