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.
Abels, Simone
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Natural Science Education - Professor
- School of Education - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Aigner, Ernest
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Resource Use - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Amsel, Ann-Kathrin
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Apel, Christina
Dr.
- Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bammel, Moritz
- Professorship of Psychology, in particular Methodology and Evaluation Research - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bartmann, Emma
- Junior professorship of Public Law and European Law with Focus on Sustainability - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bäumler, Jelena
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship of Public and International Law with a Focus on Sustainability - Professor
- Center for European and International Law
Person: Academic staff
Benkert, Julia
Dr.
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bertram, Alice
Ph.D.
- Junior professorship of Public Law and European Law with Focus on Sustainability - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Boß, Leif
Dr.
- Professorship for Health Psychology and Applied Biological Psychology - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Brack, Franziska
- Professorship for Sustainability Economics and Management - Doctoral candidate
Person: Other
Brückner, Hanna Amira
- Professorship for Health Psychology and Applied Biological Psychology - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Buhr, Maike
- Professorship for Sustainability Economics and Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Bülow, Franca
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Governance and Sustainability - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Chauhan, Neha
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Cieslewicz, Kira
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Díaz Reviriego, Isabel
Dr.
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI) - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Duguma, Dula Wakassa
- Professorship for Sustainable Landscapes - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Ehbauer, Barbara
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Evers, Kathleen
- Professorship of Public and International Law with a Focus on Sustainability - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Freund, Eva
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute - Teacher for Special Tasks
Person: Academic staff
Frietsch, Marina
- Professorship for Sustainable Landscapes - Research associate
- Professorship for International Sustainable Development and Planning - Doctoral candidate
Person: Academic staff, Other
Fuchte, Hanna
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Gardiner, Senan
- Professorship of Sustainability Education and Communication - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Gladisch, Götz
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Godoy León, María Fernanda
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Resource Use - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Grabener, Swantje
- Professorship for Ecology, especially Animal Ecology - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Grauer, Claire
Dr.
- Professorship of Sustainability Education and Communication - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Groß, Milena
- Professorship for International Sustainable Development and Planning - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Hannibal, Sandy
- Professorship for Health Psychology and Applied Biological Psychology - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Hanspach, Jan
Dr.
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI) - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Hantke, Harald
Prof. Dr.
- Junior professorship for Social Science Education, in particular Economic Didactics - Junior Professor
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Hartmann, Eric
- Professorship for Sustainability and Politics - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Heinrichs, Harald
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Sustainability and Politics - Professor
Person: Academic staff
Heydenbluth, Caroline
- Professorship for Social-, Organizational and Political Psychology, especially empirical Negotiation Research - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Hofer, Elisabeth
Dr.
- Professorship for Natural Science Education - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Hohrenk-Danzouma, Lotta
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry of Renewable Organic Resources - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Holstenkamp, Lars
Dr.
- Institute of Sustainability Governance - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Isaac, Roman
- Professorship for International Sustainable Development and Planning - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Janßen, Nina
- Professorship for Natural Science Education - Teacher for Special Tasks
Person: Academic staff
Joon, Deepika
- Professorship of Sustainability Education and Communication - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Kalon, Lina
- Professorship for Health Psychology and Applied Biological Psychology - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Kause, Astrid
Prof. Dr.
- Junior professorship for Sustainability Science and Psychology - Junior Professor
Person: Academic staff
Klipel, Joice
Ph.D.
- Professorship for Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Krebs, Ann-Katrin
Dr.
- Professorship for Natural Science Education - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Kuhn, Lukas
- Professorship for International Sustainable Development and Planning - Doctoral candidate
Person: Other
Lüdtke, Thies
Dr.
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology - Teacher for Special Tasks
Person: Academic staff
Mayer, Anna
- Professorship for International Sustainable Development and Planning - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Meyn, Jessica
- Professorship of Sustainability Education and Communication - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Newig, Jens
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Governance and Sustainability - Professor
- Center for the Study of Democracy - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Niekamp, Clara
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Nyiramvuyekure, Verene
- Professorship for Ecosystem Functioning and Services - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Ortiz-Przychodzka, Stefan
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI) - Research associate
Person: Other
Pacheco Romero, Manuel
Dr.
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI) - Guest scientist
Person: Academic staff
Rau, Anna-Lena
Ph.D.
- Professorship of Normativity of Methods - Research associate
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Redenius, Pia
- Professorship for Sustainability and Politics - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Richter, Sabine
Dr.
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute - Teacher for Special Tasks
Person: Academic staff
Rose, Michael
Dr.
- Professorship for Governance and Sustainability - Administrative Professor
Person: Academic staff
Schaltegger, Stefan
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Professor
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) - Head of Unit
Person: Academic staff
Schatz, Valentin
Prof. Dr.
- Junior professorship of Public Law and European Law with Focus on Sustainability - Junior Professor
- Center for European and International Law
Person: Academic staff
Schauer, Marco
- Professorship for Social-, Organizational and Political Psychology, especially empirical Negotiation Research - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Scheiding, Christian
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Scheller, Friederike
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry - Teacher for Special Tasks
Person: Academic staff
Schomerus, Thomas
Prof. Dr.
- Professorship for Public Law, in particular Energy and Environmental Law - Professor
- Center for European and International Law - Associated member
- Leuphana Law School (LLS) - Associated member
Person: Academic staff
Schroll, Tim
- Professorship for Sustainability Economics and Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Schröter-Vinke, Matthias
Dr.
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI) - Guest scientist
Person: Academic staff, Visiting Scholar
Schulze, Maureen
Prof. Dr.
- Junior professorship for Sustainable Consumer Behaviour - Junior Professor
Person: Academic staff
Sevincer, Timur
Dr.
- Professorship of Psychology, especially sustainable behaviour - Administrative Professor
Person: Academic staff
Sowinski, Ronja
- Professorship for Natural Science Education - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Strobel, Jakob
- Professorship for Sustainability Management - Research associate
Person: Academic staff
Thapa, Pramila
- Professorship for International Sustainable Development and Planning - Research associate
Person: Academic staff