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.
FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)
01.03.11 → 04.04.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Sustainability Politics Barometer
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Laws, N. (Project staff)
01.03.11 → 22.07.15
Project: Research
Aboveground multitrophic plant-insect interactions in a Chinese subtropical forest (FOR 891 - Teilprojekt 09)
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Blüthgen, N. (Project manager, academic) & Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.11 → 31.07.13
Project: Research
Conceptual Change by Metaphorical Change
Niebert, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.11 → …
Project: Research
Ecological entomology, plant-insect interactions, herbivore-predator interactions, multitrophic complexity, decomposition, biodiversity research
Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic) & Schuldt, A. (Project staff)
01.02.11 → 24.09.14
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
Training Programme „Sustainable University Development“
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Aguirre, P. (Partner)
01.02.11 → 14.05.11
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.11 → 01.02.16
Project: Dissertation project
HEB: Academic partnership for the conservation of biodiversity
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project staff), Timm, J.-M. (Project staff), Cosio, E. (Coordination) & Timaná, M. (Project staff)
01.01.11 → 23.11.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
PHARMAS: Ecological and human health risk assessments of antibiotics and anti-cancer drugs found in the environment
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Bolek, R. (Project staff)
01.01.11 → 31.03.14
Project: Research
Factors controlling plant invasion: community niche, vegetation structure and local adaptation
Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Pahl, A. T. (Project manager, academic) & Kollmann, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.11 → 31.12.14
Project: Research
Implementation of Sustainability into Research and Teaching of Higher Education Institutions in Eastern Europe
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic) & Otte, I. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.11 → 31.10.12
Project: Research
KT 03 TM 1.1 Biokerosin: Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Averdunk, K. (Coordination), Barua, K. K. (Project staff), Groeneveld, J. H. (Project staff), Hüsing, E. (Project staff), Kügemann, M. (Project staff), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project staff), Moser, C. (Project staff), Wahl, N. (Project staff), Walmsley, D. (Project staff), Wreesmann, J. (Project staff), Bailis, R. (Project staff) & Burritt, R. (Project manager, academic)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.01.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
PhytoRet: Potential der oberrheinischen künstlichen Feuchtgebiete für die Reduzierung der Pflanzenschutzmittel
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project staff), Gutowski, L. (Project staff) & Gaßmann, M. (Project staff)
01.01.11 → 13.09.16
Project: Research
Publikation eines Forschungsberichtes in Buchform. Erstellung einer druckfertigen Vorlage für einen Verlag für das Projekt mit dem Förderkennzeichen FKZ GTS 0808
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.11 → 31.03.11
Project: Research
COMTESS: Sustainable Coastal Land Management: Trade-offs in Ecosystem Services
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Engler, J.-O. (Project staff), Kleyer, M. (Project manager, academic), Giani, L. (Partner), Ahlhorn, F. (Partner), Klenke, T. (Partner), Selck, T. J. (Partner), Stahl, J. (Partner), Oumeraci, H. (Partner), Bronstert, A. (Partner), Jeltsch, F. (Partner), Schröder, B. (Partner), Glatzel, S. (Partner), Miegel, K. (Partner), Ahlheim, M. (Partner) & Stoll-Kleemann, S. (Partner)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.11 → 31.07.16
Project: Research
Importance of Resource Diversity to stingless bees in Australia
Leonhardt, S. (Coordination)
15.12.10 → 31.01.14
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
Klimaanpassungsmaßnahmen und die Eingriffsregelung, Prognose und Bewertung der Anforderungen an die Eingriffsregelung nach dem BNatSchG in der Bauleitplanung (BauGB) durch langfristig zu erwartende Klimaanpassungsmaßnahmen
Rottgardt, E. M. (Project manager, academic) & Runge, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.10 → 17.09.15
Project: Dissertation project
Wie müsste ein „EU-Instrumentenmix“ konzipiert sein, der die Marktdurchdringung der – auch auf internationaler Ebene – leistungsfähigsten Produkte und Technologien bewirkt und dabei höchstmögliche Material- und Ressourceneffizienz garantiert?
Winzer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.10 → 28.02.13
Project: Dissertation project
FSM ILT: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainability Management: Management - Trainingsmodule
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidl, N. (Project staff) & Görtz, K. (Project staff)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
17.11.10 → 19.12.12
Project: Transfer (professional training)
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
Verbundprojekt: Reduktion von Spurenstoffen im Wasserkreislauf durch gezieltes chemisches Design als ein Beitrag der nachhaltigen Chemie zur nachhaltigen Wasserwirtschaft am Beispiel der Textilveredelung, Teilprojekt 1
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Rücker, C. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
16.11.10 → 31.03.13
Project: Research
Lipidprofil: Das Lipidprofil des initialen oralen Biofilms - Charakterisierung und prophylaktische Modifikation
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Reich, M. (Project staff)
01.11.10 → 16.07.13
Project: Research
Fostering sustainable development in Eastern Europe: A case study of ancient agricultural landscapes in Central Romania
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
01.11.10 → 11.03.16
Project: Research
Reaktionen zur thermochemischen Speicherung in einer Wärmebatterie
Rammelberg, H. U. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.10 → 25.02.15
Project: Dissertation project
Verringerung von unerwünschten Effekten beim Einsatz von Desinfektionsmitteln im Krankenhaus durch Chemical Leasing
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Streek, M. (Partner, non-academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.11.10 → 02.04.13
Project: Research
EnOB Leuphana: Energieoptimiertes Bauen: Klimaneutraler Campus Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic) & Keller, H. (Coordination)
01.10.10 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
Master Course Integrated Flood Risk Management
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 31.05.11
Project: Teaching
NANOPHARM: Neue photokatalytisch aktive Verbundmaterialien zur Eliminierung von pharmazeutischen Reststoffen
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.10.10 → 30.09.13
Project: Research
NJ ESD: New Jobs through ESD Competencies
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project staff)
01.10.10 → 31.07.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Politik der Suffizienz: Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer politischen Umsetzung der Suffizienzstrategie (Arbeitstitel)
Spengler, L. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 03.03.17
Project: Dissertation project
SBC Kneipp: Sustainability Branding and Communication: Mit Social Media zu einer glaubwürdigen Nachhaltigkeitsmarke
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Mangold, T. (Project staff)
01.10.10 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
Umweltauswirkungen von Umckaloabo
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 30.09.11
Project: Research
DBU-Sulfonamide: Verringerung des Eintrags an Tierarzneimitteln in die Umwelt mit besser abbaubaren Sulfonamiden
Hamscher, G. (Coordination), Haiß, A. (Project staff), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), Kietzmann, M. (Partner), Höper, H. (Partner), Lattmann, J. (Partner, non-academic) & Jantzen, K. (Partner, non-academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.10.10 → 10.02.14
Project: Research
Biographical learning processes of sustainability innovators in the private sector
Timm, J.-M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Was bewegt die Jugend?
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Grunenberg, H. (Project staff) & Rode, H. (Project staff)
01.09.10 → 30.06.18
Project: Research
Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit zur Vorhersage und Verhinderung von Naturkatastrophen
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.10 → 31.08.15
Project: Research
PIN9: Peers in Netzwerken Klasse 9 (PIN 9): Eine Längsschnittstudie zu den Folgen der Ganztagsbeschulung für die Peerbeziehungen, die Ausbildung der sozialen und emotionalen Kompetenzen, des Problemverhaltens und der Schulzufriedenheit
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.09.10 → 30.06.13
Project: Research
WiN: Wirtschaften in Netzen – Stärkung regionaler Absatzmärkte für KMU als Beitrag zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Region
Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Lang, F. J. (Project staff), Burandt, A. (Project staff), Schrader, R. (Project staff), Thiem, A. (Project staff) & Japsen, A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.08.10 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
EIGEN: Efficient inter- and intragenerationally just use of ecosystem services - Sustainability-economic analysis of trade-offs in biodiversity and fishery policy
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Quaas, M. F. (Project manager, academic), Hoberg, N. (Project staff), Stumpf, K. H. (Project staff), Voss, R. (Project staff), Glotzbach, S. (Project staff), Fünfgelt, J. (Project staff), Döring, R. (Partner), Schmidt, J. (Partner) & Becker, C. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.10 → 31.10.13
Project: Research
Internationale wissenschaftliche Veranstaltung "On the Generalization of Newtons Experimentum Crucis", Berlin, 19.-22.09.2010
Grebe-Ellis, J. (Project manager, academic)
17.06.10 → 27.01.11
Project: Scientific event
WaterScale: WaterScale - Skalenprobleme von Environmental Governance am Beispiel der Institutionalisierung von Flussgebietsmanagement durch die EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Moss, T. (Partner)
15.06.10 → 31.12.13
Project: Research
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in Bezug auf Wasserwirtschaft und Gewässerentwicklung in Rheinland-Pfalz
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic)
08.06.10 → 31.03.12
Project: Research
Eine Systematisierung der Schutzgebietskategorien des Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes nach landschaftsökologischen Kriterien unter Beachtung sowohl des Europa- als auch des Völerrechts
Dietrich, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
04.06.10 → 11.06.10
Project: Dissertation project
Instrumente zur aktiven Verbreitung umweltbezogener Informationen - Qualitative Bewertung und Gegenüberstellung der Informationspflichten nach Energiewirtschafts- und Umweltinformationsrecht
Tolkmitt, U. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
04.06.10 → 09.06.10
Project: Dissertation project
AnSCHub 2010: Social Entrepreneurship Conference
Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Zeyen, A. (Project staff)
European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities
01.05.10 → 02.03.11
Project: Scientific event
Aqua-Agenten
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Lange, M. (Project staff) & Lang, F. (Project staff)
01.05.10 → …
Project: Practical Project
"Geschlechterreflektierte Arbeit mit Jungen als Prävention rechtsextremer Einstellunge und Handlungsmuster"
Offen, S. (Project staff), Budde, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, J. (Project staff)
01.05.10 → 31.05.12
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Plant-insect interactions, flower traits, and pollination along an experimental plant diversity gradient (FOR 1451 - Teilprojekt 03)
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.10 → 05.05.15
Project: Research