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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Publications

  1. Evaluation der Implementation konzeptuell unterschiedlicher Maßnahmen zur Leseförderung in der Sekundarstufe I
  2. Neighbourhood‐mediated shifts in tree biomass allocation drive overyielding in tropical species mixtures
  3. What Do We Know about Antibiotics in the Environment?
  4. Der europäische Weg
  5. Zeugen in der Kunst
  6. Versuch einer Phänomenologie des Buchstabens
  7. The influence of laser shock peening on fatigue properties of AA2024-T3 alloy with a fastener hole
  8. §60 Nutzung von Seewasserstraßen
  9. Determinants of executive board remuneration new insights from Germany
  10. The Provence City Guide: Nice
  11. ADS-, ADHS-Maßnahmen
  12. Evaluation and authorisation of plant protection products within the European Union
  13. Landscape effects on bird and rodent communities and seed predation to agriculture in Israel.
  14. Beyond Tolerance
  15. Fremdsprachliche Textkompetenz entwickeln
  16. Openness in Cross-Cultural Work Settings
  17. Investigations on microstructures, mechanical and corrosion properties of Mg-Gd-Zn alloys
  18. Project-Mentoring
  19. What difference a "pre" makes: University business preincubators in Germany
  20. Psychological interventions to prevent the onset of major depression in adults
  21. The Limits to Voluntary Private Social Standards in Global Agri-food System Governance
  22. T-Shirts auf dem Campus
  23. Die Aufgabe der Fünfziger
  24. Video
  25. Crises and Entrepreneurial Opportunities
  26. Blockierter Wandel?
  27. Eco-pharma dilemma
  28. Repatriate knowledge transfer
  29. Künstliche Tiere
  30. Die Rhetorik von Computerspielen
  31. Board Ancestral Diversity and Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Disclosure
  32. Emotional intelligence
  33. The fantasy of the organizational One
  34. Music Venues in Transition
  35. Forschung für die Nachhaltigkeit
  36. University-Industry Collaboration to Stimulate Learning in the Context of Sustainability-Oriented Innovations
  37. Recovery from work stress