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.
ENAQ: ENaQ Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Fliegerhorst Oldenburg - Teilprojekt: Entwicklung, Implementierung und Analyse nachhaltiger unternehmerischer Innovationen und Imovationen
Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Individual plant growth and branch demography as a function of species richness and composition (FOR 891 - Teilprojekt 02)
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.11 → 26.08.15
Project: Research
Mensch & Wald: Social Marketing und Bildung für eine Nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Kleinhückelkotten, S. (Partner) & Wippermann, C. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.05 → 31.07.08
Project: Research
Tangible Sustainability Policy: Possibilities and constraints of the establishment of biodiversity as a cross-cutting issue on the German federal level
Laws, N. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.11 → 01.03.14
Project: Dissertation project
Erfassung, Analyse und Auswertung der Aktionen und Maßnahmen zur Förderung des nachhaltigen Konsums durch gesellschaftliche Akteure im Rahmen der nationalen Verständigung
Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.03 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
A biodiversity hotspot faces intensification of viticulture: the role of Fynbos remnants for the conservation of plants and butterflies
Loos, J. (Project manager, academic), Topp, E. (Project staff), Burghardt, S. (Project staff), Talanow, K. (Project staff), Martín-López, B. (Partner), Underhill, L. (Partner) & Edge, D. (Partner, non-academic)
01.04.18 → 30.06.20
Project: Research
Our common future: Biokunststoffe = umweltfreundlich?
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic) & Reichelt, A. (Partner, non-academic)
16.10.17 → 31.01.20
Project: Practical Project
Time matters. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use
Weiser, A. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project staff) & Kümmerer, K. (Project staff)
01.01.15 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
Sustainability Lectures. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Denkanstöße aus anderen europäischen Ländern
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project staff)
16.11.10 → 20.04.12
Project: Scientific event
Handwerk: Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum in Handwerksbetrieben und Nachhaltigkeitsnetzwerken zur regionalen Entwicklung
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.10.02 → 30.09.03
Project: Research
Handabdruck: The Handprint: Measuring positive sustainability outcomes of products
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Silva, S. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.06.15 → 30.11.18
Project: Research
"Ökologische und soziale Nachhaltigkeit beim Aufbau neuer Stadtteile" - Eine empirische Untersuchung in den Stadtteilen Freiburg - Rieselfeld und Hannover - Kronsberg
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Danner, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.01 → 30.03.03
Project: Research
ComCoast: Combined Functions in Coastal Defence Zones
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.06 → 14.05.09
Project: Research
HWS-Mobil: Entwicklung von wassergefüllten Schlauchkonstruktionen zum Einsatz im Hochwasserschutz - Wasserbauliche Fragestellungen
Brinkmann, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.09 → 20.09.11
Project: Research
PharmCycle
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Floeter, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.15 → 31.08.23
Project: Other
Climate Conflicts - A Case of International Environmental and Humanitarian Law
Christiansen, S. M. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)
04.06.09 → 12.05.15
Project: Dissertation project
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
Macauba-Konferenz
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Averdunk, K. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.13 → 30.03.14
Project: Scientific event
Symmetric light - Experimentum Crucis 2010. Rauminstallation zum 200. Jubiläum von Goethes Farbenlehre
Grebe-Ellis, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.09 → 16.05.11
Project: Research
The Sufficiency Perspective on Climate Change Mitigation - Policy Measures towards Transformation in Germany
Hartmann, E. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project
LehrerInnenbildung im Kontext von Regionalentwicklung als Projekt nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Polen
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Nemnich, C. (Project staff)
01.01.05 → 01.01.07
Project: Research
Unesco Chair
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.13 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
Mental Accounting in Allocation Negotiations
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Majer, J. (Project staff), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic), Moran, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ritov, I. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.11.18 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
TrICo Subprojekt: Community School Improvement and Leadership
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Marsch, S. (Project staff), Frentz, J. (Project manager, academic), Schellig, H. (Project staff), Hofmann, L. (Project staff) & List, F. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
SCHULE INKLUSIVE AUGENMERKKINDER - Die aktive Beziehungsarbeit der Pädagoginnen und Pädagogen als zentraler Baustein für eine erfolgreiche Lern- und Entwicklungsbegleitung von Augenmerkkindern in einer inklusiven Schule
Abels, S. (Project staff)
01.11.12 → 31.10.14
Project: Practical Project
Transformations:Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen
Japsen, A. (Coordination), Meier, N. (Coordination), Wenzel, M. (Project manager, academic), Farny, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Other
Konkurrenz und Ressourcennutzung der Europäischen Honigbiene und Wildbienen in Bezug zur Lüneburger Heide
Hudewenz, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.11 → 30.11.13
Project: Dissertation project
Wissenschaftsraum "Future Trends in Education. Schule transformieren durch Demokratiebildung und Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Future.Ed"
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Idel, T.-S. (Project manager, academic), Speck, K. (Project manager, academic), Nonte, S. (Project manager, academic) & Reintjes, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.25 → 31.12.29
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 12: Aktivierte Pflanzenkohle aus Elbauen - neue Wertschöpfungen durch die Entwicklung einer neuen Stoffstromstrategie für das Auengrünland der Elbe
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic) & Krüger, F. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.05.13 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Biomass - A renewable energy source? Sustainable biomass (re)production through Landscape Quality Management
Brüll, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 10.06.15
Project: Dissertation project
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
Biodiversity and its role in the ecosystem services and dis-services concept in agricultural landscapes in Israel
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic) & Mandelik, Y. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.12.10 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)
01.05.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Other
Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg 2030+: Ein urbanes Reallabor für die lokale Umsetzung der Sustainable Development Goals - Teilvorhaben: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.20 → 31.03.24
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Ökologische Ökonomik Modellierung und konzeptionelle Fundierung am Beispiel von Beweidung in semi-ariden Gebieten
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Frank, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.04 → 30.09.07
Project: Research
TrICo Subproject: Community Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Hoyer, R. (Project staff), Wenzel, M. (Project manager, academic), Reihlen, M. (Project manager, academic), Farny, S. (Project manager, academic), Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Penz, F. (Project staff), Lommel, L. (Project staff) & von Wulffen, C. (Project staff)
01.08.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
FSM II: Certificate programme in Fellowship Sustainability Management
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Santa Cruz, A. (Project staff)
01.03.10 → 09.06.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
BiodiWert II: Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung von artenreichem Grünland in Deutschland (Grassworks-2) - Koordination, Sozialökologie und Modellregion Nord
Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), Kuhn, L. (Project staff), Cebrián-Piqueras, M. A. (Project staff), Twerski, A. (Project staff) & Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.21 → 30.04.25
Project: Research
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)
Resonanztheorie in der Nachhaltigkeit
Gehlen, Y. (Project staff) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.19 → 31.12.20
Project: Dissertation project
Umweltbildung: ein Problem der Lehrerbildung
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, H. (Project manager, academic) & Schulte, M. (Project staff)
01.01.95 → 31.12.97
Project: Research
VerS: VerS - Verfall gesellschafticher Strukturen – Chance für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Balsam, R. (Project staff)
01.07.09 → 31.12.11
Project: Research
ESuDis: Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services
Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Felipe-Lucia, M. R. (Project manager, academic) & Isaac, R. (Project staff)
13.07.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
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
Wildpark: Feasibility study as part of a qualification campaign in environmental education in a wildlife park
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.09.06 → 26.08.09
Project: Research
Multi-trophic interactions of butterflies along a gradient of management intensity in grasslands and forest (BATMAN)
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
TR_Zusatz von Kreide in Kläranlagen
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
15.11.12 → 25.06.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Diversität willkommen heißen im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.13 → 31.01.16
Project: Research
Exploring the psychology of an energy technology partnership: the case of hydrogen in mobility
Upham, P. (Project manager, academic) & Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 01.10.19
Project: Research