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.
Impacts of plant invasions on the taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional homogeni-zation of mountain ecosystems across a broad latitudinal gradient
Haider, S. (Project staff), Pauchard, A. (Project manager, academic), Cavieres, L. (Project manager, academic), Bustamante, R. (Project manager, academic), García, R. A. (Project manager, academic) & Marticorena, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Pflichten Privater im Informationsfreiheitsrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Richtlinie 2003/4/EG und ihre Umsetzung in Deutschland
Elfeld, F. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.06 → 15.05.13
Project: Dissertation project
Responses of plant performance and functional diversity along a climate and land-use gradient in Mongolia
von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Wesche, K. (Project manager, academic) & Römermann, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.14 → 31.08.19
Project: Research
AnSCHub 2010: Social Entrepreneurship Conference
Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Zeyen, A. (Project staff)
European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities
01.05.10 → 02.03.11
Project: Scientific event
Explorative Messungen zur Konzentration von NSOHeterocyclen (NSO-HET) in Sedimenten der Nordsee 2012
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.12 → 09.09.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
INFERNUM: M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences - Infernum
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wüst, S. (Project staff) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)
27.03.00 → …
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung. Eine vergleichende Untersuchung am Beispiel ausgewählter europäischer Großunternehmen.
Hetze, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.09 → 30.09.16
Project: Dissertation project
Effects of climate and land use on the functional composition of plant communities and their ecosystem services
Haider, S. (Project manager, academic) & Kühn, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.14 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
Eine Trainingsstudie zum sozialen und emotionalen Lernen im Kindergarten
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.08 → 31.05.12
Project: Research
Outreach: Sustainability as a challenge for the export economy
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schock, M. (Project staff) & Buttscher, C. (Project staff)
01.01.08 → 19.08.09
Project: Research
RangeX: Mechanisms underlying the success and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of range-expanding species under climate change
Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Buhaly, M. (Project staff), Alexander, J. M. (Coordination), Clark, V. R. (Partner), Høye, T. T. (Partner), Kardol, P. (Partner) & Vandvik, V. (Partner)
01.04.21 → 31.03.25
Project: Research
Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Politik- und Öffentlichkeitsberatung
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.20 → 28.02.21
Project: Research
Konzentrationen, Quellen und Senken ausgewählter Mikroverunreinigungen im Oberflächengewässer der Wietze
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Palm, W.-U. (Project staff) & Schaffer, M. (Partner)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.17 → 31.01.19
Project: Other
Atempause: Eine tägliche Kurzintervention zur Achtsamkeit bei Grundschulkindern
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic), Bergold, J. (Project manager, academic) & Voltmer, K. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.19 → 30.09.23
Project: Research
ISC3: Internationales Kooperationszentrum Nachhaltige Chemie ISC3 Phase II
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.21 → 31.12.24
Project: Other
Entwicklung, Erprobung und Evaluierung von Pilotmodulen für einen praxisorientierten Fernstudiengang zur Weiterbildung kommunaler Angestellter in Lettland.
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Lütkemöller, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.99 → 31.12.00
Project: Research
Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008
Zick, A. (Project manager, academic), Winands, M. (Project staff) & Scherer, J. (Project staff)
01.06.08 → 30.09.10
Project: Research
CONSUS: CONSUS - Connecting Science-Society Collaborations for Sustainable Innovations
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Mader, M. (Coordination), Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic) & Adomßent, M. (Project staff)
01.12.13 → 31.03.19
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Inventarisierung funktionallisierter Molekülle in hydrolysierten organischen Reststoffen
Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.17 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Umweltbildung unter globalen Perspektiven
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.95 → 31.12.96
Project: Research