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.
FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)
01.03.11 → 04.04.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
SCHub: Social Change Hub
Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Zeyen, A. (Coordination) & Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)
14.04.09 → 30.09.14
Project: Teaching
NJ ESD: New Jobs through ESD Competencies
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project staff)
01.10.10 → 31.07.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Umweltauswirkungen von Umckaloabo
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 30.09.11
Project: Research
Schools’ contributions to mastering the Global Consumption Challenges. Conceptual Clarifications and Empirical Potentials within the framework of Educational Science and Sustainability Science
Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic)
29.09.08 → 26.03.14
Project: Dissertation project
Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit zur Vorhersage und Verhinderung von Naturkatastrophen
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → 31.08.15
Project: Research
NSO-Heterocyclen: Bedeutung von Punktquellen auf die Konzentration der NSO-Heterocyclen in Oberflächengewässern - Untersuchungen in der Fuhse am ehemaligen Hüttenwerk in Groß Ilsede
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Mänz, J. S. (Project staff), Palm, W.-U. (Project staff) & Steffen, D. (Partner, non-academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.05.11 → 20.12.12
Project: Research
Master Course Integrated Flood Risk Management
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 31.05.11
Project: Teaching
Sustainable University: Sustainable University
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Coordination), Godemann, J. (Coordination), Burandt, S. (Project staff), Barth, M. (Project staff) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
BNE im Elementarbereich in Tschechien: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich in der Tschechischen Republik - Fortbildung für PädagogInnen und Eltern
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Vošahlíková, T. (Project staff) & Lichtenstein, K. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.06.11 → 31.07.14
Project: Research
Qualität von Schüleräußerungen als Prädiktor für Lernerfolg in experimenteller Kleingruppenarbeit
Walpuski, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.11 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
Klimafolgenanpassung: Klimafolgenanpassung - Analyse der Entwicklung einer Klimaanpassungsstrategie für Niedersachsen
Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic), Saretzki, T. (Project manager, academic) & Ebermann, V. (Project staff)
Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie und Klimaschutz
01.04.11 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Aufbau eines nationalen Weiterbildungszentrums für Fach- und Führungskräfte in Schutzgebieten Bulgariens im geplanten Umweltbildungszentrum "Kloster Rila"
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic), Lütkemöller, D. (Project manager, academic) & Pashova, R. (Partner)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.05.11 → 01.12.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Intergenerationelle Gerechtigkeit und ökonomische Effizienz in der Nutzung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen unter Unsicherheit
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Glotzbach, S. (Project staff), Hoberg, N. (Project staff), Fünfgelt, J. (Project staff) & Stumpf, K. H. (Project staff)
22.07.09 → 31.03.11
Project: Research
Intercultural CityLandscapes - Analysis and Design of Spatial Social-Ecological Transformations for Sustainable Regional Development
Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Katz, C. (Project staff)
18.02.09 → 18.08.10
Project: Research
NGet: NGet - sustainable building energy technologies
Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)
18.02.09 → 31.12.10
Project: Research
Klimaschutz und Verwirklichung eines globalen Nachhaltigkeitsideals
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Guerra González, J. (Project staff)
11.03.09 → 30.08.11
Project: Research
Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.11 → 01.02.16
Project: Dissertation project
Sustainability controlling and reporting in the public sector
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.09 → 30.09.11
Project: Research
Competence profiles, success criteria, and qualification requirements for scientists of environmental and sustainability sciences.
Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Katz, C. (Project staff) & Thiem, A. (Project staff)
01.11.09 → 31.05.11
Project: Research