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.

  1. Sustainability controlling and reporting in the public sector

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.0930.09.11

    Project: Research

  2. EQM:Hydraulik: Energie- und Qualitätsmanagement gegen Korrosion und Belagbildung in hydraulischen Systemen; Teilvorhaben: Untersuchung von Schadensbildern

    Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project manager, academic), Otte, T. (Project staff) & Eggerichs, T. (Project staff)

    01.01.1530.11.18

    Project: Research

  3. CLIMASP: Development of an Interdisciplinary Programme on Climate Change and Sustainability Policy

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Mader, M. (Coordination) & Mader, C. (Project staff)

    01.12.1331.03.19

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  4. College Studien in der Praxis- Profilschärfung des Reiseveranstalters FairTrade-Travel

    Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic), Teigeler, M. (Project manager, academic), Seifert, A. (Project manager, academic) & Guerra González, J. (Project staff)

    01.10.1231.03.13

    Project: Practical Project

  5. EXIST-SEED: Management - Outsourcing - Energiecontrollingsoftware

    Langerfeldt, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.0530.09.06

    Project: Research

  6. Lehrforschungsprojekt: Inklusion im Blick des Sachunterrichts

    Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1430.09.14

    Project: Teaching

  7. FRA.ME: Wissenschaftlerinnen Mentoring an der Universität Lüneburg

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Thiem, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.0418.06.07

    Project: Research

  8. TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.2231.05.26

    Project: Research

  9. TM 1.1 KT 05 Gesund: Gesund im Beruf

    Oermann, N. O. (Project manager, academic), Rössler, W. (Project manager, academic), Cacace, M. (Partner), Wiencke, M. (Partner), John, S. M. (Partner), Ekkernkamp, A. (Partner) & Maier, B. (Partner)

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.09.1131.03.16

    Project: Research

  10. Wasser-Ressourcenpreis 2015

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.1531.12.19

    Project: Other

  11. IBA Sloth Bears

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)

    15.04.1515.04.16

    Project: Other

  12. Institutionalisierung von Nachhaltigkeit in der Gesundheitspolitik

    Fischer, M. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    02.12.1304.12.18

    Project: Dissertation project

  13. The future of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Transylvania

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Dorresteijn, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1227.04.15

    Project: Research

  14. EQUIVAL: Nurturing a Shift towards Equitable Valuation of Nature in the Anthropocene

    Pascual, U. (Coordination), Balvanera, P. (Project manager, academic) & Martín-López, B. (Partner)

    11.11.17 → …

    Project: Research

  15. Wölfen auf der Spur

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Rode, H. (Project staff)

    Landesjägerschaft Niedersachsen e.V.

    01.10.1225.03.15

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  16. Minderung der Barrierewirkung von Agrarflächen mittels halboffener Verbundkorridore

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Drees, C. (Partner), Hein, S. (Project staff) & Grabener, S. (Project staff)

    01.09.1630.04.22

    Project: Research

  17. ABIS Doctoral Summer School 2013

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff) & Zvezdov, D. (Project staff)

    European Academy for Business and Society

    01.08.1330.06.14

    Project: Scientific event

  18. Factors controlling plant invasion: community niche, vegetation structure and local adaptation

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Pahl, A. T. (Project manager, academic) & Kollmann, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1131.12.14

    Project: Research

  19. Media, Expertise and Political Decision

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Petersen, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0501.01.07

    Project: Research

  20. Multiple Representations in Science Education

    Niebert, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.13 → …

    Project: Research

  21. Vigoni: Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting in the Banking Sector

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project staff) & Giese, N. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.0831.05.11

    Project: Research

  22. NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätserfordernissen im ländlichen Raum

    Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, A. (Project manager, academic), Köster, F. (Project manager, academic), Taeger, J. (Project manager, academic), Winter, A. J. (Project manager, academic), Woisetschläger, D. M. (Project manager, academic) & Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.03.1628.02.19

    Project: Research

  23. CapaCity: Building Capacity for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Cities

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), John, B. (Project manager, academic), Wiek, A. (Project manager, academic), Keeler, L. W. (Project manager, academic), Beaudoin, F. D. (Project manager, academic), Fink, J. (Project manager, academic), Shandas, V. (Project manager, academic), Lerner, A. (Project manager, academic), Almasan, O. (Project manager, academic) & Tamm, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1815.03.19

    Project: Research

  24. SESyP: Identifying social-ecological System Properties benefiting Biodiversity and Food Security

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Hanspach, J. (Coordination), Schultner, J. (Coordination), Dorresteijn, I. (Coordination), Collier, N. (Coordination), Dugo, G. S. (Project staff), Rodrigues, P. (Project staff), Jiren, T. S. (Project staff) & Manlosa, A. O. (Project staff)

    01.06.1431.05.19

    Project: Research

  25. Bibliographie Nachhaltiger Konsum

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, D. (Coordination) & Timm, J.-M. (Project staff)

    01.05.1310.03.15

    Project: Research

  26. Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.0731.01.08

    Project: Research

  27. Biographical learning processes of sustainability innovators in the private sector

    Timm, J.-M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.10 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  28. Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, X. (Project staff)

    01.06.2301.06.26

    Project: Research

  29. RESI: Kölner Netzwerk „Resozialisierung und Soziale Integration

    Plewig, H.-J. (Project manager, academic) & Kohlschmidt, A. (Partner)

    01.04.0901.09.12

    Project: Research

  30. TraVo: Transformation in Ökonomie und Politik: Teilvorhaben 2: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschafliche Ansätze und Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Transformationsdebatte

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Moths, K. (Project staff), Amri-Henkel, A. (Project staff) & Lenz, C. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.08.1530.10.16

    Project: Research

  31. Altitudinal distribution of non-native plants: the effects of climate, habitat and introduction history

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.0631.12.10

    Project: Dissertation project

  32. Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Muraca, B. (Project staff)

    01.02.0201.10.03

    Project: Research

  33. Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1101.02.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  34. INM: Instruments of Sustainability Management (ISM)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Müller, J. (Project staff)

    01.11.0131.05.02

    Project: Research

  35. College Studien in der Praxis- T.U.N. e.V. - DialogN

    Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Adzersen, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1230.09.12

    Project: Practical Project

  36. Benign by design: Entwicklung von nachhaltigen Inhibitoren der bakteriellen Topoisomerase II und Topoisomerase IV

    Suk, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1731.10.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  37. Circular EURO 2024

    Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Schröder, S. (Project staff), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Abels, S. (Project staff)

    25.10.2230.06.25

    Project: Research

  38. Mental Accounting in Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.07.1730.06.22

    Project: Research

  39. I N&J: Initiative "Nachhaltigkeit und Journalismus" - Durchführung einer Experten-Workshop-Reihe und Entwicklung von Modulen für die Aus- und Weiterbildung

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Humburg, A. (Project staff), Marwege, R. (Project staff) & Achenbach, A. (Project staff)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    19.09.1231.05.15

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  40. Understanding human-carnivore relationships: from social conflicts to ecosystem services

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Lozano Mendoza, J. (Project staff), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Dorresteijn, I. (Partner) & Fischer, J. (Partner)

    01.11.1631.10.17

    Project: Research

  41. ELAN-III: „Einführung in die Nachhaltigkeit“

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0731.12.08

    Project: Research

  42. sTeleBES : Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence

    Schröter, M. (Project manager, academic), Bonn, A. (Coordination), Koellner, T. (Project manager, academic) & Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1601.11.17

    Project: Research

  43. ZIL-Kontakt: Sustainable information logistics for digital contact tracing of infectious diseases

    Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic), Zimmer, M. P. (Coordination), Kortmann, F. (Project staff), Fassmeyer, P. (Project staff) & Usko, N. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    21.05.2131.03.23

    Project: Research

  44. NEWAVE: Next Water Governance

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Bilalova, S. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.11.1930.04.24

    Project: Research

  45. Rural electrification in the Andean countries: analysis of policies that can accelerate off-grid PV adoption

    Feron, S. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    15.11.1321.11.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  46. TreeDi: TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic), Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic), Perles-García, M. D. (Project staff), Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, Y. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1830.09.22

    Project: Research

  47. Towards robust detection of plant diversity & management in grasslands’ spectral signals

    Doktor, D. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Project staff)

    01.01.2231.12.24

    Project: Research

  48. GCEF: Global Change Experimental Facility

    Haider, S. (Project staff) & Auge, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.13 → …

    Project: Research

  49. Potenzial nachhaltig produzierten Camelina-Öls als Grundstoff für die Biokerosin-Produktion

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic) & Averdunk, K. (Project staff)

    30.04.1129.10.12

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  50. Zukünftige Energiepolitik

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.9630.03.98

    Project: Research

  51. Account4GreenEco

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2230.11.25

    Project: Other

  52. SchulStark-Feriencamp

    Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic) & Webersik, J. (Coordination)

    01.01.1615.05.17

    Project: Teaching

  53. Land-use responses of dung beetle communities and their ecosystem services

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Blüthgen, N. (Project manager, academic) & Schmitt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    11.04.1410.08.18

    Project: Research

  54. MECS: DFG-Kolleg-Forschergruppe MECS (Medienkulturen der Computersimulation)

    Pias, C. (Project manager, academic), Warnke, M. (Project manager, academic), Vehlken, S. (Project staff), Schrape, N. (Project staff), Schrickel, I. (Project staff), Stöcklmayr, N. (Project staff), Engemann, C. (Project staff), Winter, F. (Project staff) & Wellmann, J. (Project staff)

    01.01.1331.07.22

    Project: Research

  55. GCSO_Annual Membership Meeting

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1930.09.19

    Project: Other

  56. Forschungs- und Beratungsprojekte der Inkubator Gastprofessur Management der Energiewende

    Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1331.07.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  57. NEu: Nutrient Network Europe

    Harpole, W. S. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Partner)

    01.01.2031.12.24

    Project: Research

  58. Ökonomische Folgen des Freizeitverhaltens im Wald: Grundlagen zur Umsetzung des neuen Waldgesetzes im Kanton Basel-Land

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Jenni, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0031.12.02

    Project: Research

  59. FLOWS: Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0409.11.09

    Project: Research

  60. Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen im Rahmen der europäischen REACH-Verordnung

    Schulze-Rickmann, S. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    17.03.0725.08.09

    Project: Dissertation project

  61. Micropollutants in Greywater: Personal care products (PCPs) as source for micropollutants in Greywater – Identification, quantification and on-site treatment. /

    Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Friedler, E. (Partner), Dubwoski, Y. (Project manager, academic) & Jentzsch, F. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    03.12.1231.07.16

    Project: Research

  62. The lipidome of the pellicle and the role of lipids for the dynamic process of initial biofilm formation in situ.

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Hannig, C. (Project manager, academic), Hannig, M. (Project manager, academic) & Reich, M. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    11.01.1510.01.18

    Project: Research

  63. Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic) & Otte, I. (Project manager, academic)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    01.01.1131.10.12

    Project: Research

  64. HEB: Academic partnership for the conservation of biodiversity

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project staff), Timm, J.-M. (Project staff), Cosio, E. (Coordination) & Timaná, M. (Project staff)

    01.01.1123.11.16

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  65. Nachhaltige Nutzung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen unter Unsicherheit. Ökologisch-ökonomische Modellierung und Evaluierung volkswirtschaftlicher Politikoptionen

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Quaas, M. F. (Project manager, academic), Olbrich, R. (Project staff), Derissen, S. (Project staff), Jakoby, O. (Project staff) & Groth, M. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.02.0731.07.10

    Project: Research

  66. FoLe-Diklusiv: Forschendes Lernen mit digitalen Medien als Beitrag zu erfolgreicher Inklusion

    Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project manager, academic) & Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2228.02.23

    Project: Research

  67. NIREM: Sustainability Innovations in Regional SMEs

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Japsen, A. (Project manager, academic), Weber, U. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.03.1729.02.20

    Project: Other

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