School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Faculty
- 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.
Topics
Als Träger der universitätsweiten Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeitsforschung fragt die Fakultät nach Bedingungen und Chancen einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Die Fakultät verbindet dazu Human- und Naturwissenschaften mit derzeit etwa 25 Professuren aus den Disziplinen Chemie, Informatik, Kommunikation, Management, Ökologie, Philosophie, Planung, Politik, Psychologie, Recht, Technik und VWL. Die transdisziplinären Arbeitsweisen in Forschung, Studium und Dienstleistungen zielen insbesondere darauf, zukünftige Entwicklungschancen für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts zu schaffen und zu erhalten.
Sustainable Solutions in Intergenerational Conflicts
Majer, J., Schütte, C. & Trötschel, R.
01.05.19 → …
Project: Research
SSCM: Sustainable Supply Chain Management. State of Practice in German Companies
15.06.08 → 09.09.10
Project: Research
Sustainable University: Sustainable University
Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M., Godemann, J., Burandt, S., Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M.
01.07.04 → 31.12.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Symmetric light - Experimentum Crucis 2010. Rauminstallation zum 200. Jubiläum von Goethes Farbenlehre
01.08.09 → 16.05.11
Project: Research
Systemdienstleistungen und Erneuerbare Energien – Über das Recht der Versorgungssicherheit im engeren Sinne und die Entwicklung des Regulierungsrechts
01.04.13 → …
Project: Dissertation project
SUSTIL: Szenarien zur Umsetzung der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele in Stadt und Landkreis Lüneburg: Implikationen für die Steuerung von Landnutzung
Hörisch, J., Lang, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Ackerschott, A., Kohlhase, E. & Schmidt, A.
01.02.20 → 31.01.25
Project: Research
Tackling Climate Change - Compulsory Licensing as an Instrument?
22.01.09 → 08.08.12
Project: Dissertation project
Tagung "Methoden in der Umweltbildungsforschung" (Jagdschloß Göhrde, 2.-5.12.1997)
01.10.97 → 30.11.98
Project: Scientific event
Tagung "Theorie und Praxis Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung - Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven"
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Otte, I.
01.01.12 → 31.12.12
Project: Scientific event
Tangible Sustainability Policy: Possibilities and constraints of the establishment of biodiversity as a cross-cutting issue on the German federal level
01.04.11 → 01.03.14
Project: Dissertation project
tdAcademy: Modul Gäste und Fellows
Lang, D. J., Grauer, C. & Lam, D.
01.05.20 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
Teach about US: Educational Outreach Project - Bridging the American Studies and Science Classrooms: Going Green Meets STEM
Schmidt, T., Kaliampos, J., Abels, S. & Hüfner, S. K.
24.02.17 → 30.09.18
Project: Practical Project
TEMI: Teaching Enquriy with Mysteries Incorporated
Lembens, A. & Abels, S.
01.02.13 → 31.07.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
ENSU: „Teaching Sustainability in Higher Education“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M., Burandt, S. & Aguirre, P.
30.01.09 → 15.07.13
Project: Transfer (professional training)
sTeleBES : Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence
Schröter, M., Bonn, A., Koellner, T. & Martín-López, B.
01.11.16 → 01.11.17
Project: Research
The future of biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes in south-eastern Australia
01.04.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Research
The future of the European brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Transylvania II: How to maintain coexistence in a rapidly changing system
01.02.13 → 20.04.15
Project: Research
Handabdruck: The Handprint: Measuring positive sustainability outcomes of products
01.06.15 → 30.11.18
Project: Research
IRISS: The InteRnatIonal ecosystem for accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-design materials, products and processes
Kümmerer, K., Olsson, O. & Apel, C.
01.06.22 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
The Interplay of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Conflicts as a Barrier to Sustainable Solutions
01.01.21 → 31.03.24
Project: Research
The lipidome of the pellicle and the role of lipids for the dynamic process of initial biofilm formation in situ.
Kümmerer, K., Hannig, C., Hannig, M. & Reich, M.
11.01.15 → 10.01.18
Project: Research
The Mountain TransPlant Network
Haider, S., Chisholm, C., Walker, T. W. N. & Alexander, J. M.
01.01.17 → …
Project: Research
ZZL-Netzwerk 2.0: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung in den Handlungsfeldern „Kompetenzorientierter Unterricht“, „Inklusion“, „Coaching & Mentoring“ und „Lehrkräftegesundheit“
Ehmke, T., Leiss, D., Schmidt, T., Weinhold, S., Straub, R. P., Schilling, L., Besser, M., Fischer-Schöneborn, S., Bormann, F., Kuchenbuch, F., Ahlers, M., Verbücheln, E., Barth, M., Jastrow, F., Süßenbach, J., Anders, D., Kleinknecht, M., Hohensee, E., Schiemann, S., Paulus, P., Claußen, J. T., Poschkamp, A., Köllner, G., Hüfner, S. K., Schürmann, H. & Abels, S.
01.07.19 → 31.12.23
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
The potential spread of collaborative consumption practices in France and Germany
Huber, A., Heinrichs, H., Wilhite, H. & Douzou, S.
01.03.14 → …
Project: Dissertation project
TM 1.1 KT 08 - Thermische Batterie: Thermische Batterie - Hochleistungswärmespeicher für Privathaushalte
01.10.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
THSH: Thermochemical heat storage for households: thermal management and chemical reaction
15.05.12 → 31.12.15
Project: Dissertation project
The role of herbivory in mediating ecosystem functions in species-rich forests
18.02.14 → 25.04.19
Project: Research
The role of herbivory in mediating ecosystem functions in species-rich forests
01.08.14 → 31.07.16
Project: Research
A-SYM: The role of (non-)synchronous coordination and its quantification in joint action
Wallot, S., Mønster, D., Leonardi, G. & Gordon, I.
01.07.21 → 30.06.25
Project: Research
The Sufficiency Perspective on Climate Change Mitigation - Policy Measures towards Transformation in Germany
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Time matters. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use
Weiser, A., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K.
01.01.15 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
ETH-Coffee: Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: A Scenario Analysis for the Jimma Coffee Landscape in Ethiopia
Fischer, J., Schultner, J., Abson, D., Duguma, D. W., Jiren, T. S. & Brück, M.
01.11.19 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
Towards robust detection of plant diversity & management in grasslands’ spectral signals
Doktor, D. & Haider, S.
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
TRACE: TRACE – TRAit-environment interactions driving elevational range expansions under ClimatE change
Haider, S. & Ratier Backes, A.
01.01.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Training Programme „Sustainable Consumption and Global Justice – Perspectives for Sustainability through Academic North-South Cooperation“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
20.08.09 → 19.03.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Training Programme „Sustainable University Development“
Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Aguirre, P.
01.02.11 → 14.05.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Global TraPs: Transdisciplinary Processes for Sustainable Phosphorus Management
01.01.10 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
TraVo: Transformation in Ökonomie und Politik: Teilvorhaben 2: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschafliche Ansätze und Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Transformationsdebatte
Hofmeister, S., Moths, K., Amri-Henkel, A. & Lenz, C.
01.08.15 → 30.10.16
Project: Research
„Transformations: Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen"
Japsen, A., Meier, N., Wenzel, M., Farny, S., Schmidt, T. & Cnossen, B.
01.07.22 → 31.12.23
Project: Other
TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector
01.06.22 → 31.05.26
Project: Research
Transversale Bildungsfelder. (Ent-)Kopplung von Bildungsorganisation und Wirtschaftsregion in der Bucht von San Francisco und in der Zukunftswerkstatt Buchholz
01.08.12 → 19.01.17
Project: Dissertation project
TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P2: Complementarity through trait variation
Haider, S., Harpole, W. S., Ma, Z. & Yang, B.
01.12.22 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
TreeDi: TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)
Härdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Fichtner, A., Perles-García, M. D., Bruelheide, H. & Wang, Y.
01.04.18 → 30.09.22
Project: Research