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. 2012
  2. El Cambio Climatico y el Agua: Situación, Actuación y Educación

    Otte, I. (Speaker)

    27.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  3. 13. Lüneburger Umweltfilmtage 2012

    Hofmeister, S. (Opponent)

    26.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventtrade fairs and exhibitionsTransfer

  4. Responsible Supply Chains and Networks: Challenges for Governance and Sustainability 2012

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    24.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Die Multikriterielle Evaluationsstudie – Ein transdisziplinäres Instrument zur integrativen Entscheidungsfindung

    Schmidt, A. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Experts Meeting “European Renewable Energy Regions from a Legal Perspective” 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. Networkers, Grazers, and Explorers: how sustainability-oriented innovation in SMEs unfolds through a regional network setting.

    Klewitz, J. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  8. Sustainable entrepreneurship and the transformation of industries: The case of the apparel industry

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    22.11.201223.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Bildungslandschaften im Konzept von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)

    21.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand 2012

    Klewitz, J. (Moderator)

    21.11.2012

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

  11. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2012

    Logunova, E. (presenter)

    19.11.201220.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  12. Advances in large scale production of mircoalgae and mussels (Mytilus edulis)

    Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)

    19.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  13. Educación para el Desarollo Sostenible– Enfoques Teóricos y Prácticos

    Richter, S. (Speaker) & Otte, I. (Speaker)

    19.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  14. Tagung „Umweltinformation – Durch transparentes Verwaltungshandeln auf dem Weg zur Bürgergesellschaft“ 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    19.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als Orientierung für Bildungspraxis und Institution

    Stoltenberg, U. (Lecturer)

    15.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Conception of a heat storage system for household applications

    Osterland, T. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Rönnebeck, T. (Speaker), N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Speaker), Fopah Lele, A. (Speaker), Weist, K. (Speaker), Rohde, C. (Speaker), Korhammer, K. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    12.11.201214.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Mixed salts in thermochemical heat storage applications

    Druske, M.-M. (Speaker), Neumann, K. (Speaker), Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker), Opel, O. (Speaker) & Ruck, W. (Speaker)

    12.11.201214.11.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. Simposio Internacional Conservacion de la Biodiversidad y Educacion Ambiental - 2012

    Pufal, G. (Speaker)

    12.11.201216.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  19. Annual conference of the German Geographical Society 2012

    Challies, E. (presenter)

    10.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Tagung „Bei weiterem Ausbau nicht mehr kompatibel?“ 2012

    Schomerus, T. (Speaker)

    10.11.201211.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch