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. 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

  2. Die Nutzung ökologischer Potenziale von Buchenwäldern für eine multifunktionale Bewirtschaftung

    Fichtner, A. (Project staff), Dolnik, C. (Project staff), Ellenberg, H. (Project staff), Fähser, L. (Project staff), Hampicke, U. (Project staff), Heeschen, G. (Project staff), Irmler, U. (Project staff), Lüderitz, M. (Project staff), Lütt, S. (Project staff), Rasran, L. (Project staff), Schäfer, A. (Project staff), Schrautzer, J. (Project staff), Sturm, K. (Project staff), Vahder, S. (Project manager, academic), Vogt, K. (Project staff) & Wagner, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0731.12.08

    Project: Research

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

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0731.12.08

    Project: Research

  4. Zukunftscamp - Future Now

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Bartsch, A. (Project staff) & Wüllner, C. (Project staff)

    01.04.0730.03.09

    Project: Practical Project

  5. ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    04.04.0730.04.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  6. Alumninetzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in Lateinamerika

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Klinke, T. (Project staff)

    18.04.0710.08.07

    Project: Other

  7. Konflikttreiber Klimawandel? –Eine Analyse zukünftiger Konfliktpotenziale infolge des Klimawandels in Tourismusdestinationen

    Bartels, C. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0731.10.09

    Project: Dissertation project

  8. Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung

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

    01.06.0731.01.08

    Project: Research

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Researchers

  1. Thomas Kott

Publications

  1. Evaluation der Implementation konzeptuell unterschiedlicher Maßnahmen zur Leseförderung in der Sekundarstufe I
  2. Accounting for Sustainability in Production and Supply Chains
  3. Die Implementierung von Prüfungsausschüssen/Audit Committees des Aufsichts-rats/Board of Directors mit unabhängigen und finanzkompetenten Mitgliedern
  4. §60 Nutzung von Seewasserstraßen
  5. The Provence City Guide: Nice
  6. Investigations on microstructures, mechanical and corrosion properties of Mg-Gd-Zn alloys
  7. Das Treasury lenkt mit
  8. Frömmigkeit der Theologie, zur Logik der offenen Theodizeefrage
  9. T-Shirts auf dem Campus
  10. Die Aufgabe der Fünfziger
  11. Crises and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
  12. Die Rhetorik von Computerspielen
  13. Music Venues in Transition
  14. THE RADICAL ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN POLITICAL IMAGINATION AND PRODUCTION OF COMMON FUTURE IN BELARUSIAN PROTESTS
  15. University-Industry Collaboration to Stimulate Learning in the Context of Sustainability-Oriented Innovations
  16. Recovery from work stress
  17. The Social Productivity of Anonymity
  18. David im November
  19. Die Konstruktion von Authentizität
  20. Das Böse heute
  21. Notting Hill Gate 3
  22. Institutional ownership and firm performance in the global shipping industry
  23. Rotating Barley, Sugar Beet and Wheat under Elevated CO2 Conditions:
  24. Recalcitrant pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment
  25. Minisymposium 16: Mathematik und Sprache
  26. Unternehmerische Desillusionierung nach einer Existenzgründung
  27. Methodische Behandlung interner Materialkreisläufe in der Materialflusskostenrechnung
  28. Kraftquelle: Kleine Erfolge
  29. The assessment of personal work