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.
- 2014
Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014
Kümmerer, K. (presenter)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung "Von der Verschwendung zur Wertschätzung der Lebensmittel" 2014
Schomerus, T. (Moderator)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Productive Functions of Failure and Destruction for Societal Transitions towards Sustainability – A Systems Approach
Newig, J. (Speaker)
19.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Die Bedeutung von Eco und Social Entrepreneurship für Studierende: Eine vergleichende Studie an Universitäten in Deutschland und Südafrika
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Tegtmeier, S. (Speaker)
13.11.2014 → 14.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Die Nachhaltigkeitsdimension einer multivariaten Verknüpfung von Social und Cultural Entrepreneurship: am Beispiel interkultureller Kulturförderung
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Hölzner, H. (Speaker)
13.11.2014 → 14.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
G-Forum, 18. Forum Gründungsforschung - Interdisziplinäre Entrepreneurship Jahreskonferenz
Hansen, E. G. (Speaker), Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Mirkovic, S. (Speaker)
13.11.2014 → 14.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Was Hänschen nicht lernt, lernt Hans nimmermehr - Entwicklung eines Tools zur systematischen Berücksichtigung von Nachhaltigkeitsaspekten in der Gründungs- und Frühentwicklungsphase von Unternehmen
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker), Johnson, M. (Speaker) & Marx Gómez, J. (Speaker)
13.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Konferenz Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Frage der richtigen Chemie?
Kümmerer, K. (Participant)
12.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The revolution will not be liked. On the systemic limits of protests and political campaigns on commercial social media platforms
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
12.11.2014 → 15.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
1st Agroecological Encounter of Bogota 2014
de la Pava, R. (Organiser) & Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)
11.11.2014 → 12.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Adaptive Modeling
Schrickel, I. (Speaker)
11.11.2014 → 22.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Teaching, assessing and promoting 21st century competencies
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
10.11.2014 → 12.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
35th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America
Herrmann, M. (presenter)
09.11.2014 → 13.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Research Priorities in Light of the Future Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development
Adomßent, M. (Lecturer)
08.11.2014 → 09.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Towards the sustainable university: approaches, indicators, good practice
Fischer, D. (Lecturer)
07.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Strengthening the connections between educational and sustainability science
Fischer, D. (Lecturer)
06.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Education for Sustainable Development: Initiatives at Leuphana University Lüneburg
Fischer, D. (Oral presentation)
05.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Trajectories of assessing sustainability in consumption
Fischer, D. (Lecturer)
03.11.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
4th World Sustainability Forum - WSF 2014
Velten, S. (presenter)
01.11.2014 → 30.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Molecules: a journal of synthetic organic and natural product chemistry (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.11.2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research