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. Transition Perspectives on Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Mader, C. (Lecturer)

    08.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. 4. Hofgeismarer Forum für Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    05.04.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  4. Workshop Lebensmittelverluste und Lebensmittelrecht 2014

    Schomerus, T. (Organiser)

    04.04.2014

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

  5. Money or Charity?: From (women's) social intention to commercial business models

    Halberstadt, J. (Speaker) & Schuster, C. L. (Speaker)

    02.04.201405.04.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Vilsmaier, U. (Deputy member)

    04.201403.2016

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  7. Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverwaltungsrecht

    Schomerus, T. (Lecturer)

    28.03.201429.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  8. Enriching Higher Education through community engagement: Networking for Sustainable Development

    Mader, C. (Panel participant)

    21.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Bodenschutz im Spannungsfeld von Umwelt- und Naturschutz: Flächenrecycling und Naturschutzrecht

    Sanden, J. (Speaker)

    20.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Nachhaltigkeit und Gender – politische Strategien und wissenschaftliche Konzepte

    Mölders, T. (Speaker)

    13.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  11. Globales Lernen - Von der Praxis in die Wissenschaft: Zum Forschungsstand eines interdisziplinären Bildungskonzeptes.

    Richter, S. (Lecturer)

    10.03.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  12. Die Farbe der Forschung II

    Gottschlich, D. (Participant) & Szumelda, A. U. (Participant)

    07.03.201408.03.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. Parks as societal mirrors of the 21st century

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    26.02.201427.02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  14. Parks of the Future – Protected Areas in Europe Challenging Issues of Societal Transformation

    Vilsmaier, U. (Speaker)

    26.02.201427.02.2014

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

  15. Schöns "reflective practitioner" als Leitfigur einer reflexiven LehrerInnenbildung? Ein Streitgespräch

    Abels, S. (Lecturer)

    25.02.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. AUROe Young Researcher's Workshop, Association of German-speaking economists

    Engler, J.-O. (Speaker)

    10.02.201411.02.2014

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