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.
- 2017
Challenges and pitfalls of designing, conducting, and evaluating web-based interventions
Reis, D. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Freund, H. (Speaker) & Lischetzke, T. (Speaker)
17.05.2017 → 20.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Holidaily”: Development Of A Smartphone Application For Better Recovery From Stressful Work Before, During And After A Vacation
de Bloom, J. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Syrek, C. (Speaker) & Reins, J. A. (Speaker)
17.05.2017 → 20.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
2nd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2017
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
14.05.2017 → 17.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
2nd Green and Sustainable Conference
Grabitz, E. (Participant) & Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
14.05.2017 → 17.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Efficient utilization of biogenic waste
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
14.05.2017 → 17.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
The concept of a sustainable use of biocidal active substances – applied to rodenticides
Wieck, S. (presenter)
14.05.2017 → 17.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)
Abels, S. (Member)
10.05.2017Activity: Membership › Leuphana academic councils and committees › Leuphana Academic Committees
Begutachtung eines Antrags für ein Georg Forster-Forschungsstipendium
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
08.05.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Peer review of project proposals › Research
Elsevier B.V. (External organisation)
Pleißner, D. (Member)
08.05.2017 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Leverage Points in collaboration with artecology_network
Engbers, M. (presenter)
07.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe Annual Meeting 2017
Wieck, S. (presenter)
07.05.2017 → 11.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Future Earth Knowledge-Action Network on Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production 2017
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
03.05.2017 → 05.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
‘Interconnections between the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Climate Agreement.
Meyer, E. M. (Speaker)
03.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Designmethoden in transdisziplinären Teams
Peukert, D. (Speaker)
05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Eliciting energization by mentally contrasting future and reality
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Nekane Castillo-Eguskitza
Martín-López, B. (Host)
05.2017 → 08.2017Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
sneep Frühjahrstagung 2017
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
28.04.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
2nd International Conference on Forests 2017
Ohse, B. (Speaker)
27.04.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Aus Alt mach Neu - Umgestaltung von Versuchsanleitungen im Sinne des Forschenden Lernens
Hofer, E. (Lecturer) & Reiter, K. (Lecturer)
21.04.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
14. Europäischer Chemielehrer-/innenkongress 2017
Hofer, E. (Participant)
19.04.2017 → 22.04.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
18.04.2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Bundeskongress des Verbandes zur Förderung des MINT-Unterrichts 2017
Hüfner, S. (Participant)
07.04.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Education
Agroecology and Ethnobotany in rural Bogota
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Speaker) & Pérez, D. (Speaker)
06.04.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Tagung frauen-landwirtschaft.de 2017
Mölders, T. (Speaker)
04.04.2017 → 06.04.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forschendes Lernen im Chemieunterricht: Einfache Experimente mit Tiefgang
Hofer, E. (Lecturer)
03.04.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Harvard University
Schrickel, I. (Visiting researcher)
04.2017 → 10.2017Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Travelling Codes
Schrickel, I. (Organiser)
30.03.2017 → 31.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Politics of Reproduction
Friedrich, B. (Organiser)
27.03.2017 → 29.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
23.03.2017 → 24.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Bildung und Forschung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Barth, M. (Speaker)
22.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutscher Kongress für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie 2017
Hiller, A. (Speaker), Bäcker, K. (Speaker), Weiß, S. (Speaker) & Lehr, D. (Speaker)
22.03.2017 → 24.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutscher Kongress für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie 2017
Lehr, D. (Speaker)
22.03.2017 → 24.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Deutscher Kongress für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie 2017
Koch, S. (Speaker), Lehr, D. (Speaker), Lüdtke, K. (Speaker), Köhne, M. (Speaker), Weiß, S. (Speaker), Kiel, E. (Speaker) & Hiller, A. (Speaker)
22.03.2017 → 24.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Key competencies in sustainability- Application in sustainable entrepreneurship
Lang, D. J. (Reviewer)
15.03.2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Education
Überzeugungen (beliefs) von Lehrkräften zum Philosophieren mit Kindern im inklusiven Sachunterricht: Chancen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für die Professionalisierung von Lehrkräften
Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Michalik, K. (Coauthor)
10.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
26. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts - GDSU 2017
Bruhn, K. (Speaker)
09.03.2017 → 11.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachlichkeit als antiquierter Anspruch? Unterricht gedacht als Bewältigung von Herausforderung im Sinne einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung "Sache - Dinge - Aufgaben?"
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
07.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Frühjahrstagung der Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie - DECHEMA 2017
Pleißner, D. (Participant)
06.03.2017 → 07.03.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sustainable use of biomass
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
02.03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Co-creating transformative processes - a designerly approach
Peukert, D. (Speaker)
03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Design based knowledge production in transdisciplinary Sustainability Science
Peukert, D. (Speaker)
03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Reducing ongoing slot machine gambling under the influence of alcohol
Wagner, G. (Speaker), Sevincer, T. (Coauthor) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
03.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
71. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2017
Hofer, E. (Participant)
22.02.2017 → 24.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Flucht in Aktionismus: Unterrichtsmaterialien als aktionistische Implementationsstrategie des Themas "Flucht und Flüchtlinge"?
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
22.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Flucht in Aktionismus: Unterrichtsmaterialien als aktionistische Implementierungsstrategie des Themas "Flucht und Flüchtlinge"?
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Speaker)
21.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Kongress BIO-raffiniert 2017
Pleißner, D. (Participant)
13.02.2017 → 14.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Transformative Wissenschaft – autonom, nützlich oder transversal? Ein feldtheoretischer Öffnungsversuch der Gaia-Debatte
Herberg, J. (Speaker)
08.02.2017 → 10.02.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
15 Years of the Jena Experiment: The Past, the Present, and the Future
Weidlich, E. W. A. (presenter)
07.02.2017 → 08.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
"Love your Ocean"
Fischer, D. (Speaker)
27.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › trade fairs and exhibitions › Transfer
Vorstellung der Doktorarbeit bei Buchholzer "Verdieck Stiftung"
Herberg, J. (Oral presentation)
27.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Relationen der Auflösung sind Relationen der Konstituierung: Überlegungen zur Ontogenese im Anschluss an Gilbert Simondon
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
25.01.2017 → 27.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Educating Future Change Agens - Higher Education as a Motor for the Sustainability Transformation
Barth, M. (Speaker)
24.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
‘Statussymposium Wissenschaft für Nachhaltige Entwicklung‘
Herberg, J. (presenter), Leistert, O. (Coauthor), Meyer, E. M. (Coauthor), Schmieg, G. (Coauthor), Schrickel, I. (Coauthor), Caniglia, G. (Coauthor), Laubichler, M. (Coauthor), Hörl, E. (Coauthor), Lang, D. J. (Coauthor) & Vilsmaier, U. (Coauthor)
23.01.2017 → 24.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
"‚Raum‘ in der sozial-ökologischen Forschung
Friedrich, B. (Lecturer)
17.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
World Economic Forum 2017
John, B. (Speaker), Caniglia, G. (Speaker), Leonie, B. (Speaker), Lang, D. J. (Speaker) & Laubichler, M. D. (Speaker)
17.01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Philosophieren mit Kindern im inklusiven Sachunterricht: Chancen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für die Professionalisierung von Lehrkräften
Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Kerstin, M. (Coauthor)
13.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Wann, warum und wie effektiv wird um Nachhaltigkeit verhandelt?: Eine psychologische Perspektive
Schuster, C. (Lecturer)
10.01.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Scientifica (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Editor)
01.01.2017 → 31.12.2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
‘Nachhaltige Entwicklung: ein diskursives System und seine normative Dynamik‘
Meyer, E. M. (Coauthor)
01.2017 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Wie kann sich der Landkreis Oldenburg zu einem (Bio)Diversitätskorridor entwickeln?
Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Engbers, M. (Speaker)
01.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Acta Psychologica (Journal)
Majer, J. M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Amplifying the Impact of Local Inititatives in Sustainability Transformations - A pragmatic Typology
Lam, D. (Speaker), Martín-López, B. (Coauthor), Wiek, A. (Coauthor), Bennett, E. M. (Coauthor), Frantzeskaki, N. (Coauthor) & Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Coauthor)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Transfer
Berufliche Anforderungen im inklusiven Chemieunterricht
Abels, S. (Speaker), Plotz, T. (Speaker), Koliander, B. (Speaker) & Heidinger, C. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Berufliche Anforderungen im inklusiven Chemieunterricht, mit Christine Heidinger, Universität Wien und Brigitte Koliander, Pädagogische Hochschule Niederösterreich
Abels, S. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Bewertung innovativer 380 kV-Freileitungsmastsysteme: bezüglich deren rechtlicher Zulässigkeit sowie Landschaftsbildauswirkungen in unterschiedlichen Einsatzgebieten
Schomerus, C.-T. (Reviewer), Runge, K. (Reviewer), Marthen, W. (Reviewer), Pohlmann, H. (Reviewer), Butzeck, C. (Reviewer), Lauer, J. J. (Reviewer), Griem, M. (Reviewer) & Lutz, L. M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Research
Creating pathways for transformation through amplifying approaches: a case-study from Southern Transylvania
Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Speaker), Lam, D. (Speaker), Peukert, D. (Speaker) & Lang, D. J. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie e.V. (External organisation)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
European Association for Social Psychology (External organisation)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Fachgruppe für Sozialpsychologie (FGSP) (External organisation)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Future Earth Knowledge Action Network "Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production" (External organisation)
Fischer, D. (Chair)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Research
Group Decision & Negotiation (Journal)
Majer, J. M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Inklusiven Chemieunterricht entwickeln und erforschen
Abels, S. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Inkusiven Chemieunterricht entwickeln und erforschen, mit Christine Heidinger, Universität Wien und Brigitte Koliander, Pädagogische Hochschule Niederösterreich
Abels, S. (Speaker)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
In-Mind Magazin (Journal)
Majer, J. M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
International Association for Conflict Management (External organisation)
Majer, J. M. (Member)
2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)
Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Editorial Board)
2017 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Economic Psychology (Journal)
Majer, J. M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Judgment and Decision Making (Journal)
Majer, J. M. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Multi-stakeholder working group on Peasant Reserve Zones
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S. (Organiser)
2017 → 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Natural Resources Forum (Journal)
Engler, J.-O. (Reviewer)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Regulating alcohol use and its concequences
Sevincer, T. (Speaker) & Oettingen, G. (Coauthor)
2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Society for Empirical Educational Research e.V. (External organisation)
Bruhn, K. (Member)
2017Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- 2016
Partizipationschancen zwischen Individuum und Kollektiv – eine ethnographische Studie in heterogenen Klassenräten
Meyn, J. (Speaker)
16.12.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Hochschulstudium und Nachhaltigkeit – wie geht das zusammen?
Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)
08.12.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Auf der Suche nach dem Post-Medialen in einer Welt der Algorithmen
Leistert, O. (Speaker)
07.12.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Meta analysis as a strategy of evidence-based participation research: The example of the project ‘EDGE’
Newig, J. (Speaker)
28.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Achtsamkeit und nachhaltiger Konsum: Ergebnisse einer Interventionsstudie mit randomisiertem Wartegruppendesign
Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
24.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Evaluation einer konsumspezifischen Achtsamkeitsintervention mit Mixed-Methods als Antwort auf Defizite psychometrischer Skalen
Fischer, D. (Coauthor)
24.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
GET.ON PANIK: Ergebnisse zur Wirksamkeit eines hybriden Online-Trainings für Panikstörung und Agoraphobie
Ebenfeld, L. (Speaker), Ebert, D. D. (Speaker), Funk, B. (Speaker), Berking, M. (Speaker), Riper, H. (Speaker) & Lehr, D. (Speaker)
23.11.2016 → 26.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Corporate Responsibility Reporting
Lam, D. (Lecturer)
18.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Hochschulbildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung – Herausforderungen und Chancen
Michelsen, G. (Lecturer)
16.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Wege in eine systematische Verankerung von BNE: wie wir miteinander und voneinander lernen
Barth, M. (Speaker)
16.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Biosensors (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
11.11.2016 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Philosophieren mit Kindern im inklusiven Sachunterricht: Chancen, Herausforderungen und Perspektiven für die Professionalisierung von Lehrkräften
Sellin, K. (Speaker) & Kerstin, M. (Speaker)
11.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Constitutions, Democratic Self-Determination and the Institutional Empowerment of Future Generations: Mitigating an Aporia
Rose, M. (Speaker)
08.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Utilization of food waste
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
07.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
The Water Framework Directive: Policy Implementation Through Multi-Level Governance
Newig, J. (Speaker)
02.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Gender und Diversity: Welche Rolle spielt Vielfalt in der transdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitsforschung?
Kahle, J. (Speaker) & Jahn, S. V. (Speaker)
01.11.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Bioconversion of coffee residues into lactic acid
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
27.10.2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research