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. Workshop, Legal Systems & Wind Energy - A Comparative Perspective - 2015

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    01.10.201503.10.2015

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

  3. 27. Hamburger Kolloquium zur Abwasserwirtschaft

    Olsson, O. (presenter)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  4. Inter- und transdisziplinäre Forschung. Theoretische und methodologische Grundlagen

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Nachhaltigkeit in der Lehre verankern - mit Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung Innovation in die Lehre bringen

    Barth, M. (Speaker)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Zwischen Relevanz und Rigor: Konstruktion eines validen Messinstruments für die Erhebung von nachhaltigem Konsum aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive

    Geiger, S. M. (Speaker), Fischer, D. (Coauthor) & Schrader, U. (Coauthor)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. 20 Years of Performance Measurement in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: What has been achieved?

    Beske-Janssen, P. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Does ISO 14001 Lead the Way? Investigating the Application of relevant Sustainability Management Tools

    Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. EU BIS Meeting (Cost-Action) - 2015

    Pleißner, D. (presenter)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  10. Green Hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch

  11. Management Competencies of Change Agents for Corporate Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptualization

    Buhr, M. (Speaker), Harms, D. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Rigor und Relevanz in der Sozial-ökologischen Forschung (SÖF) – Herausforderungen für die BWL am Beispiel das Projekts BiNKA – Bildung für Nachhaltigen Konsum durch Achtsamkeitstraining

    Schrader, U. (Speaker), Fischer, D. (Coauthor) & Geiger, S. M. (Coauthor)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. Time-Induced Political Inequality: Why Future Generations Need Proxy Representation

    Rose, M. (Speaker)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Chemieunterricht und Inklusion – zwei unvereinbare Kulturen?

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    28.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. 10th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems - SDEWES 2015

    Bickel, M. (Speaker)

    27.09.201502.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 1st International Symposium on Local Knowledge related to Medicinal and Nutritional Plants

    Pérez, D. (Organiser), de la Pava, R. (Organiser), Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser) & Diazgranados, M. (Organiser)

    27.09.201502.10.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Forschen im Ersten Semester?: Zum Anspruch und Potential Forschenden Lernens im Leuphana Semester

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    24.09.201525.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  18. Sustainable Energy Systems - Meta concepts vs. practical suitability? (Workshop)

    Bickel, M. (Speaker)

    23.09.2015

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

  19. Tag der Fachdidkatik - Chemie 2015

    Hofer, E. (Participant)

    22.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  20. 15th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS ICCE 2015

    Wieck, S. (presenter)

    20.09.201524.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. Challenging Methods Stream 1: Tools of Methods

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    20.09.201526.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsResearch