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.
Green Brands: Neue Auszeichnung für ökologisch nachhaltige Marken startet nach Österreich nun auch in Deutschland
21.03.12
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Warum wir essen, wie (und was) wir essen: Esskulturen und die Interkulturalität von Ernährung
Fischer, D. & Junghänel, M.
12.03.12
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Uni-Notizen: Mit einem Rekord startet der Masterstudiengang Sustainability Management
06.03.12
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IM FOKUS: Ressourceneffizienz; Institut für Nachhaltige Chemie und Umweltchemie
01.03.12
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Medikamentenrückstände: Neues bundesweites Forschungsprojekt zu Spurenstoffen im Abwasser
09.02.12
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Ein starkes Team. Zwei Generationen, ein Ziel: Mutter und Tochter Bohlmann aus Hamburg unterstützen Hinz&Kunzt als Mitglieder des Freundeskreises.
01.02.12
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Der Übergang ins Postfossile Zeitalter - Übersehene Knappheiten
01.01.12
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Wie kooperieren Unternehmen und Umweltverbände erfolgreich?
Wuczkowski, M. & Brunschön, C.
01.01.12
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Die Eltern-Kind-Entfremdung wird extern verursacht: Der Beitrag des Familienrechtssystems
Guerra González, J.
01.01.12
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A measured view of community projects: Companies can work out the impacts of partnerships with NGOs (book review)
01.01.12
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Die Besseren. Was wahre grüne Unternehmer von jenen unterscheidet, die sich nur als solche ausgeben.
29.12.11
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Spending on Infrastructure Will Reach €200bn in the Next Decade
01.12.11
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Wie nachhaltig agieren Unternehmen in Deutschland?
01.01.11 → 01.12.11
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International Leadership Training Sustainability Management erhält UNESCO-Auszeichnung
23.11.11
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Artenverlust wie zu Dinosaurierzeiten - VfU empfiehlt dem Finanzsektor „Biodiversitäts-Prinzipien“ einzuführen
22.11.11
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Artenverlust wie zu Dinosaurierzeiten: Biodiversitäts-Prinzipien für den Finanzsektor
22.11.11
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With Only Trace Evidence to Go On, Experts Discuss Drugs in the Water
04.11.11
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Messen, bewerten - und umsetzen. Um Nachhaltigkeit unternehmerisch erfolgreich umzusetzen, braucht es mehr als nur die passende Berichterstattung.
04.11.11
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Viele kleine Schritte: Im Gespräch über Wege zur Nachhaltigkeit: Professor Schaltegger
03.11.11
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Mythos Bankability: Bankfähigkeit als Erfolgsgarant für die Photovoltaik-Projektfinanzierung in Deutschland
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Schaltegger, S.
27.10.11
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Engagement mir Perspektive! Wie Unternehmen ihren Erfolg langfristig sichern und zum Erhalt der biologischen Vielfalt beitragen können
26.10.11
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"Bankability" - Schalgwort oder Erfolgsfaktor der Photovoltaik-Projektfinanzierung?
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Schaltegger, S.
26.10.11
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Biodiversitäts-Prinzipien - Empfehlungen für den Finanzsektor
01.10.11
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Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Lüneburg: Uni vergibt 38 MBAs
20.09.11
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Erfolgreicher Abschluss: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Lüneburg
16.09.11
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