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.
Biobased Future: Vom Reststoff zum Biokunststoff
Pleissner, D. & Venus, J.
01.02.16
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Deutschland hinkt hinterher
03.01.16 → 30.01.16
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Gut ist nicht genug - Praxisworkshop mit Nachhaltigkeitsexperten bei Werkhaus
09.12.15
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Kohleausstieg verunsichert die Finanzwelt
Kemfert, C., Fratzscher, M. & Neuhoff, K.
05.12.15
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A.T. Kearney: Erstmals Auszeichnung für grüne Startups durch Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis
25.11.15
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"Global climate targets achievable without nuclear power": Seven questions to Claudia Kemfert
Kemfert, C. & Wittenberg, E.
18.11.15
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Wir brauchen die Atomkraft nicht, um die globalen Klimaziele zu erreichen: Sieben Fragen an Claudia Kemfert
Kemfert, C. & Wittenberg, E.
05.11.15
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Leuphana forscht zu Bildung für Nachhaltigkeit und Mobilität - neue Millionenförderung
05.11.15
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Leuphana forscht zu Bildung für die Nachhaltigkeit und Mobilität - neue Millionenförderung
05.11.15
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"Public service fund could ensure access to the provisions of nuclear power plant operators": Six questions to Claudia Kemfert
Kemfert, C. & Wittenberg, E.
01.11.15
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EuG-Urteil zur Ukraine: Scheitert die europäische Außenpolitik an den eigenen Ansprüchen?
20.10.15
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Turning Point: Decoupling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Economic Growth
Handrich, L., Kemfert, C., Mattes, A., Pavel, F. & Traber, T.
15.09.15
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Um Geld verhandelt die Welt: Die Macht des Monetären in Verhandlungen
Trötschel, R., Loschelder, D. D., Höhne, B., Majer, J. M. & Peifer, C.
01.09.15
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"Sustainability Management" studieren an der Leuphana Universität
27.07.15
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Bewerbungsstart: Studium verbindet Business und Nachhaltigkeit
01.07.15
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Ökonomische Potentiale: die Situation des Strommarktes und die wirtschaftlichen Chancen der Energiewende
30.06.15
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Infotag Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement & CSR berufsbegleitend studieren
14.06.15
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"Öffentlich-rechtlicher Fonds könnte Zugriff auf Rückstellungen der Atomkraftwerksbetreiber sicherstellen": Sechs Fragen an Claudia Kemfert
Kemfert, C. & Wittenberg, E.
28.05.15
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Global Classroom: Studierende der Arizona State University zu Gast an der Leuphana
27.05.15
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AmCham/Frankfurt Business Media: 10 Jahre CR-Praxis der amerikanischen und deutschen Wirtschaft
12.05.15
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Green hotels - Use of food waste derived from hotels and restaurants for the production of sustainable and biodegradable consumables
21.04.15
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Global Classroom für transatlantisches Nachhaltigkeitsstudium
20.03.15
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Verbinden statt sich winden. Warum wir starke Kooperationen brauchen
18.03.15
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