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.
Sustainability Politics Barometer
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Laws, N. (Project staff)
01.03.11 → 22.07.15
Project: Research
EDGE: Evaluating the Delivery of participatory environmenal Governance using an Evidence-based research design
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Jager, N. W. (Project staff) & Challies, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.11 → 31.03.16
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
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 05: Schlüsselfaktor Ressourceneffizienz - ein Prüfsystem für KMU zur Verbesserung der Vollzugsfähigkeit von Umweltgesetzen am Beispiel des neuen Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetzes (KrWG)
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Guerra González, J. (Project staff), Bleuel, I. (Project staff) & Japsen, A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.04.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
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
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)
30.04.11 → 29.10.12
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
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)
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
Ecological valuation of crop pollination in traditional indonesian homegardens
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.11 → 09.09.13
Project: Research
Promoting Knowledge in Times of Global Change - A Platform on Transdisciplinary Sustainability Sciences
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Ahlers, T. (Partner), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Marwege, R. (Project staff), Richter, S. (Project staff), Hetze, K. (Project staff), Metz, C. (Project staff), Mader, M. (Project staff) & Timm, J.-M. (Project staff)
01.05.11 → 07.08.23
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
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
Lernerfahrungen im Kontext von praxisbezogenen Auslandsaufenthalten im Globalen Süden am Beispiel von Freiwilligendiensten und dem entwicklungspolitischen Bildungsprogramm „ASA“. [Arbeitstitel]
Richter, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.11 → 31.07.14
Project: Dissertation project
Archäologisches Forschungsprojekt "Schöninger Speere"
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)
Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege
27.06.11 → 01.01.21
Project: Research
100% EE-Region: 100% erneuerbare-Energie-Region Landkreis und Hansestadt Lüneburg
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
29.06.11 → 20.04.15
Project: Research
Prospects for sustainable development: The future of plants and butterflies in Transylvania
Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.11 → 15.06.15
Project: Dissertation project
CS Barometer: Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2012. State of the art and progress of sustainability management in major German companies
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Harms, D. (Project staff), Hörisch, J. (Project staff) & Windolph, S. E. (Project staff)
01.08.11 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
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
01.09.11 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
4th International Conference »Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Moving the Agenda Forward«
Adomßent, M. (Coordination), Bartsch, C. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Godemann, J. (Coordination), Herzig, C. (Coordination), Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Otte, I. (Coordination) & Timm, J.-M. (Coordination)
14.09.11 → 16.09.11
Project: Scientific event
FSM ILT II: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management: Management - Trainingsmodule II
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Görtz, K. (Project staff) & Ross, S. (Project staff)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
22.09.11 → 30.09.13
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Analyse und Szenarien zur globalen Landnutzung - Teilleistung zum F&E-Vorhaben "Ressourceneffiziente Flächennutzung - Organisation eines Global Sustainable Landuse Standard (GSLS)" des Umweltbundesamts
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.11 → 31.12.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
IP KT8 Thermische Batterie II
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project staff), Osterland, T. (Project manager, academic), Weist, K. (Project staff), Fopah Lele, A. (Project staff), N'Tsoukpoe, K. E. (Project staff), Korhammer, K. (Project staff), Rammelberg, H. U. (Project staff) & Watts, B. A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.10.11 → 31.07.15
Project: Other
TM 1.1 KT 08 - Thermische Batterie: Thermische Batterie - Hochleistungswärmespeicher für Privathaushalte
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic) & Osterland, T. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.10.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
Literaturstudie zu empirischen, ökologischen Wirkungsschwellen (empirische Critical Loads - ClempN) für den Stickstoffeintrag in natürliche und naturnahe Ökosysteme
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.11 → 03.12.12
Project: Research
Experiment zur Ermittlung des Wirkungsschwellenwerts für den Stickstoffeintrag (empirischer Critical Load) in einem eutrophierungsgefährdeten Ökosystem
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)
18.11.11 → 10.03.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Ciência sem Fronteiras Alemanha
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.11 → 30.06.12
Project: Teaching
Etablierung des umu-Tests zur Beurteilung der genotoxischen und zytotoxischen Effekte von Nanopartikeln
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, M. (Project staff)
01.12.11 → 31.03.13
Project: Research
SAUBER+: Innovative Konzepte und Technologien für die separate Behandlung von Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens (Teilprojekt 3)
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project staff), Michelsen, G. (Partner) & Pinnekamp, J. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.12.11 → 31.05.15
Project: Research
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
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 08: Übertragung eines Verfahrens zur Quantifizierung und Bewertung von NSO-Heterocyclen in Umweltproben
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Japsen, A. (Project staff) & Mänz, J. S. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.12.11 → 31.10.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Competencies (SustainCom): Analyse studentischer Kompetenzentwicklung: ein Beitrag der Hochschulbildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Timm, J.-M. (Project staff), Barth, M. (Partner) & Thomas, I. (Partner)
01.01.12 → 06.02.14
Project: Research
Die Auswirkungen des Atomausstiegs in Deutschland auf Strompreise und Klimaschutz in Deutschland und Europa
Kemfert, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schill, W. P. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 30.04.12
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Einführungsphase und Begleitangebot Td Projekte/Master Sustainability Science
Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic) & Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 30.04.15
Project: Teaching
Global Classroom-Liberal Arts Education für das 21. Jahrhundert mit internationaler Perspektive
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Leonie, B. (Project staff), John, B. (Project staff) & Caniglia, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 31.01.17
Project: Research
NaviNatur-Schulpatenschaften: Nachhaltigkeit mit neuen Medien länderübergreifend entdecken und darstellen: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE) im Schüleraustausch per GPS-Bildungsrouten zwischen Schulen aus Rumänien und Deutschland
Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.12 → 31.07.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
REDD+ and the changing politics and economics of forest protection in Indonesia
McGregor, A. (Project manager, academic), Challies, E. (Partner), Gavin, M. (Partner), Weaver, S. (Partner) & Tacconi, L. (Partner)
01.01.12 → …
Project: Research
Sustainability economic analysis of a large-scale ancient infrastructure project for irrigated agriculture: the Habur Canal in Assyria in the 13th century BC.
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Biehler, A. M. (Project staff)
01.01.12 → 30.06.13
Project: Research
Tagung "Theorie und Praxis Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung - Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven"
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination) & Otte, I. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development
01.01.12 → 31.12.12
Project: Scientific event
Welcome to Africa
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Olbrich, R. (Project staff)
01.01.12 → 10.05.12
Project: Teaching
TM 1.1 KT 10 - EnERgioN: EnERgioN - Erzeugung, Speicherung und Vermarktung von erneuerbaren Energien in der Region Nord (Kompetenztandem-Projekt)
Degenhart, H. (Project manager, academic), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Schulz, D. N. (Project manager, academic), Holstenkamp, L. (Coordination), Grumm, F. (Project staff), Maly, C. (Project staff), Meister, M. (Project staff), Storjohann, J. (Project staff), Stecher, M. (Project staff), Obbelode, F. (Project staff), Doliwa, M. (Project staff), Kowallik, J. (Project staff), Storjohann, J. (Project staff), Olsen, B. E. (Project manager, academic), Gaines, S. (Project staff) & Peeters, M. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.02.12 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
„Ermittlung und Sicherstellung der Umweltverträglichkeit von Klimawandel-Anpassungsmaßnahmen“ – Querschnittsaufgabe im Verbundvorhaben KLIMZUG-NORD
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 30.11.12
Project: Research
Wirtschaftsethik – Quo vadis? Symposion der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg am 10./11. Februar 2012
Oermann, N. O. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 10.05.12
Project: Scientific event
B3P: Basisprogramm Praxisphase
Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic), Seifert, A. (Partner), Nietzky, P. (Partner) & Guhl, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 30.09.14
Project: Teaching
College Studien in der Praxis- KLIMAWERK Energieagentur GmbH & Co. KG
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic), Lang, F. J. (Project staff) & Schrader, R. (Project staff)
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
College Studien in der Praxis- T.U.N. e.V. - DialogN
Hellmann, K. (Project manager, academic) & Adzersen, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 30.09.12
Project: Practical Project
Entwicklung von Instrumenten zur Vermeidung von Lebensmittelabfällen
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 31.03.14
Project: Research
Konzept für die Fortentwicklung des deutschen Klimaschutzrechts
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Ekardt, F. (Partner) & Klinski, S. (Partner)
01.04.12 → 31.03.14
Project: Research
The future of brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Transylvania
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Dorresteijn, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.12 → 27.04.15
Project: Research
Analysing sustainability competencies of students
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination) & Timm, J.-M. (Coordination)
01.05.12 → 30.04.13
Project: Research
NaKoV: Development and implementation of an integrated sustainability management system in the local public sector, based on the sub-projects “Accounting System Reform” (Freiburg) and “Administrative Reform in the Case of Energy Management (Lüneburg)”
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Kirst, E. (Project staff) & Plawitzki, J. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.05.12 → 30.04.17
Project: Research