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. FSM III: International Leadership Training (ILT) Sustainibility Management - Onlinephase Jahrgang III

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Grimm, J. (Project staff)

    01.03.1104.04.12

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  2. Sustainability Politics Barometer

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Laws, N. (Project staff)

    01.03.1122.07.15

    Project: Research

  3. 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)

    German Research Foundation

    01.02.1131.07.13

    Project: Research

  4. Conceptual Change by Metaphorical Change

    Niebert, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.11 → …

    Project: Research

  5. Training Programme „Sustainable University Development“

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Aguirre, P. (Partner)

    01.02.1114.05.11

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  6. Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1101.02.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  7. 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)

    01.01.1123.11.16

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  8. 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)

    01.01.1131.12.14

    Project: Research

  9. 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

    01.01.1131.10.12

    Project: Research

  10. 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

    01.01.1131.12.15

    Project: Research

  11. 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)

    01.01.1113.09.16

    Project: Research

  12. 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

    01.01.1131.07.16

    Project: Research

  13. Reaktionen zur thermochemischen Speicherung in einer Wärmebatterie

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1025.02.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  14. EnOB Leuphana: Energieoptimiertes Bauen: Klimaneutraler Campus Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

    Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic) & Keller, H. (Coordination)

    01.10.1031.12.17

    Project: Research

  15. Master Course Integrated Flood Risk Management

    Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1031.05.11

    Project: Teaching

  16. NJ ESD: New Jobs through ESD Competencies

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project staff)

    01.10.1031.07.14

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  17. 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)

    01.10.1003.03.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  18. Umweltauswirkungen von Umckaloabo

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1030.09.11

    Project: Research

  19. 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

    01.10.1010.02.14

    Project: Research

  20. Biographical learning processes of sustainability innovators in the private sector

    Timm, J.-M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.10 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  21. Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Greenpeace Nachhaltigkeitsbarometer: Was bewegt die Jugend?

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Grunenberg, H. (Project staff) & Rode, H. (Project staff)

    01.09.1030.06.18

    Project: Research

  22. Interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit zur Vorhersage und Verhinderung von Naturkatastrophen

    Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1031.08.15

    Project: Research

  23. 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

    01.08.1031.12.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  24. 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

    01.07.1031.10.13

    Project: Research

  25. AnSCHub 2010: Social Entrepreneurship Conference

    Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Zeyen, A. (Project staff)

    European Haniel Program on Entrepreneurship and the Humanities

    01.05.1002.03.11

    Project: Scientific event

  26. Aqua-Agenten

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Lange, M. (Project staff) & Lang, F. (Project staff)

    01.05.10 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  27. "Geschlechterreflektierte Arbeit mit Jungen als Prävention rechtsextremer Einstellunge und Handlungsmuster"

    Offen, S. (Project staff), Budde, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, J. (Project staff)

    01.05.1031.05.12

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

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