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. 2015
  2. Zur Wirkung von Feuer und anderen Pflegemaßnahmen auf den Nährstoffhaushalt von Heidelandschaften

    Härdtle, W. (Speaker) & Niemeyer, T. (Speaker)

    01.01.201531.12.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. 1st iDiv Annual Conference - 2015

    Ohse, B. (Speaker)

    2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  5. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  6. College (Organisational unit)

    Majer, J. M. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (External organisation)

    Olsson, O. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsTransfer

  8. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Schaltegger, S. (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  9. Network 30 "Environmental and Sustainability Research - ESER" (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  10. The German Educational Research Association (External organisation)

    Bruhn, K. (Member)

    2015

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  11. 2014
  12. Workshop „Biochar goes practice - Biokohle in der Praxis“ 2014

    Urban, B. (Speaker) & Thiem, C. (Speaker)

    09.12.201410.12.2014

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

  13. Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten

    Olsson, O. (Lecturer)

    08.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. Scaffolding diverse chemistry education classes

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    05.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  15. Fostering R&D-cooperations between German and Russian stakeholders in the bioeconomy, especially in the industrial biotech area

    Pleißner, D. (Speaker)

    04.12.201406.12.2014

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

  16. 12. Treffen des Nachwuchsnetzwerk Stadt - Raum - Architektur 2014

    Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

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

  17. Verleihung des Norddeutschen Wissenschaftspreises - NDWP 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    28.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  18. The Congress German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics - DGPPN Congress 2014

    Zhang, K. (Participant)

    26.11.201429.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. 7th International Conference on the Geology of Africa - GOA 2014

    Urban, B. (Participant)

    24.11.201426.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 32. Allergiesymposium der Norddeutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie e.V. - Nappa 2014

    Kümmerer, K. (presenter)

    22.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch