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.
- 2015
Making universities sustainable: UNESCO Chairs join forces
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
04.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Khaleel, N. D. H. (Participant)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Khaleel, N. D. H. (Speaker), Olsson, O. (Coauthor), Kümmerer, K. (Coauthor) & Khaleel, N. D. H. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Artificial sunlight photolysis of the pharmaceuticals doxepin hydrochloride, gabapentin and quetiapine hemifumarate as single compounds and as a mixture
Herrmann, M. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anti-cancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments
Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anticancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments
Lutterbeck, C. A. (Speaker), Baginska, E. (Speaker) & Machado, E. L. (Speaker)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Households as important source of biocidal active substances in influents of sewage treatment plants
Wieck, S. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
PRIORITIZATION OF VETERINARY ANTIBIOTICS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS USING A SIMPLE SCREENING APPROACH
Menz, J. (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Situational predictors of spontaneous mental contrasting
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Thinking about the future
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
8th International Conference on Biobased Materials - 2015
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Auftaktworkshop der EnergyCultures Nachwuchsgruppe - 2015
Meyer, E. M. (Participant)
30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Methoden transformativer Forschung
Vilsmaier, U. (Lecturer)
24.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
What does it take to reroute a tanker? Lessons learned in 25 years of innovative teaching in environmental and sustainability sciences at the University of Lüneburg (Germany)
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
22.04.2015 → 24.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Arbeitstagung Lernortwechsel - 2015
Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)
17.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Green hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
14.04.2015 → 16.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Green Hotels: Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables.
Pleißner, D. (Speaker) & Venus, J. (Speaker)
14.04.2015 → 16.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Tagung "Natürliche Feinde? Umweltschutz und freier Welthandel als rechtliches und politisches Problem" - 2015
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
10.04.2015 → 11.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht
Abels, S. (Lecturer)
09.04.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research