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
Qualitative Environmental Risk Assessment of Photolytic Transformation Products (TPs) of Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media (ICM): Diatrizoic acid
Rastogi, T. (presenter)
11.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Bildung und gesellschaftliches Lernen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Regionen
Mader, C. (Lecturer)
08.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Keynote: „Fünf Jahre PoNa: Ergebnisse der Forschungsnachwuchsgruppe“
Mölders, T. (Speaker) & Gottschlich, D. (Speaker)
08.05.2014 → 09.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Leuphana University Lüneburg and the sustainability challenge: a review and a preview
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
08.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vortrag: „Ergebnisse aus dem Teilprojekt Agro-Gentechnik“
Gottschlich, D. (Speaker), Friedrich, B. (Speaker) & Sulmowski, J. A. (Speaker)
08.05.2014 → 09.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Vortrag: „Ergebnisse aus dem Teilprojekt Ländliche Entwicklung“
Burandt, A. (Speaker), Mölders, T. (Speaker) & Szumelda, A. U. (Speaker)
08.05.2014 → 09.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Legitimierung oder Gewinn: Was motiviert große deutsche Unternehmen für Nachhaltigkeit?
Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)
06.05.2014 → 07.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
2nd International Conference on Recycling and Reuse 2014
Wilde, M. L. (presenter)
04.05.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Journal of Environmental Protection (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.05.2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
2nd GlobalFood Symposium 2014 - Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems
Velten, S. (Participant)
25.04.2014 → 26.04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Expert Meeting
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
12.04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Transition Perspectives on Higher Education for Sustainable Development
Mader, C. (Lecturer)
08.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
4. Hofgeismarer Forum für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik 2014
Schomerus, T. (Speaker)
05.04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Workshop Lebensmittelverluste und Lebensmittelrecht 2014
Schomerus, T. (Organiser)
04.04.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Studentisches zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement und akademisches Lernen nachhaltig verbinden: das Komplementärstudium der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Adomßent, M. (Speaker)
03.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Money or Charity?: From (women's) social intention to commercial business models
Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. L. (Speaker)
02.04.2014 → 05.04.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Vilsmaier, U. (Deputy member)
04.2014 → 03.2016Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht
Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)
28.03.2014 → 29.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Enriching Higher Education through community engagement: Networking for Sustainable Development
Mader, C. (Panel participant)
21.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Regional Perspectives on Higher Education and Sustainable Development: European higher education practices for transformative sustainability transitions
Mader, C. (Panel participant)
21.03.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research