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.
ILT MBA: International Leadership Training Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Grimm, J. (Project staff), Klinke, T. (Project staff) & Prox, M. (Project staff)
01.11.05 → 29.12.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
EXIST-SEED: Management - Outsourcing - Energiecontrollingsoftware
Langerfeldt, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.05 → 30.09.06
Project: Research
Thermische Untergrundspeicher in Energiesystemen: Optimierung der Einbindung der Aquiferspeicher in die Wärme- und Kälteversorgung der Parlamentsbauten im Berliner Spreebogen
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.05 → 05.04.12
Project: Research
ALFA: Project “International Master Program Sustainable Development and Management"
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination), Barkin, D. (Partner), Berglund, S. (Partner), Böhmer, K. (Partner), Gonzalez, M. (Partner), Filippini, M. F. (Partner), Medellín Milán, P. (Partner), van Dam-Mieras, R. (Partner) & Vásquez Ríos, A. A. (Partner)
15.08.05 → 15.08.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Mit dem Bus zur Schule
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Berthold, A. (Project staff), Baum, R. (Project staff) & Röpke, S. (Project staff)
01.07.05 → 31.12.05
Project: Other
Media, Expertise and Political Decision
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Petersen, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.05 → 01.01.07
Project: Research
Waldwissen; wa'gen: Waldwissen und Naturerfahrungen auf dem Prüfstand: Reflexion von Natur- und Tätigkeitsverständnissen zur Entwicklung einer gendersensiblen forstlichen Waldbildungskompetenz
Katz, C. (Project manager, academic) & Mayer, M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.05 → 30.11.08
Project: Research
Social Marketing and Education for sustainable forestry - Project: Mensch & Wald
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), González, A. (Project manager, academic) & Krebs, O. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.05 → 01.03.08
Project: Research
Mensch & Wald: Social Marketing und Bildung für eine Nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Kleinhückelkotten, S. (Partner) & Wippermann, C. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.05 → 31.07.08
Project: Research
Klimawandel und seine Folgen: Ein Netzwerk von Kooperationen zwischen Schulen und Forschungseinrichtungen
Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.05 → 14.07.09
Project: Practical Project
Partizipation von Grundschulkindern an der Stadtentwicklung. Kooperation mit Schulen und dem Bezirksamt Hamburg-Bergedorf
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.05 → 31.10.05
Project: Research
VCC: Virtual Copernicus Campus
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.05 → 31.12.07
Project: Other
Virtual Copernicus Campus - eLearning for Sustainability in the European Higher Education Area
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.05 → 28.02.06
Project: Research
INNIG: Risk Culture: Communication and Representation of Risks Considering as Example Extreme Floods
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Grunenberg, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.05 → 31.12.06
Project: Research
Die Haftung des Grundstückeigentümers für die Sanierung von Altlasten
Andres, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
25.01.05 → 18.12.07
Project: Dissertation project
Development of a pilot module for a practice-oriented further education offering for municipal employees “Environmental protection and sustainable regional development in Slovakia”
Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.05 → 30.06.07
Project: Research
International evaluation off interpretation training options at all levels in the BSR.
Wohlers, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.05 → 30.12.05
Project: Research
LehrerInnenbildung im Kontext von Regionalentwicklung als Projekt nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Polen
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Nemnich, C. (Project staff)
01.01.05 → 01.01.07
Project: Research
Mediation im Rahmen von "Good Governance" für Integriertes Küstengebietsmanagement
Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.05 → 31.12.06
Project: Research
SLF: Sustainability Leadership Forum
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)
10.11.04 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
ABG_CSCT
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.04 → 19.05.10
Project: Other
Bericht zur Bildung für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung 2005
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Nemnich, C. (Project staff) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)
01.09.04 → 31.12.05
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Schaffleisch: Aufbau eines Netzwerkes zur Förderung der Vermarktung von Schaffleisch aus dem Gebiet des NSG Lüneburger Heide
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
29.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Practical Project
BMU-Fachdialog: Fachdialog "Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensberichterstattung"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Research
FRA.ME: Wissenschaftlerinnen Mentoring an der Universität Lüneburg
Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Thiem, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.04 → 18.06.07
Project: Research
Lebenswelt Hochschule (als Teilprojekt des interdisziplinären Gesamtprojekts „Nachhaltige Entwicklung im Kontext universitärer Aufgabenstellungen“)
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 30.06.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Heupelletierung: Machbarkeitsstudie zur Pelletierung von Biomasse
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 30.11.04
Project: Practical Project
Strategische Umweltprüfung und strategisches Umweltmonitoring für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Nehls, G. (Partner) & Runge, K. (Partner)
01.07.04 → 31.08.05
Project: Research
AutoUni: Sustainability Management in the M.Sc. programme "Sustainable Mobility" of the Volkswagen AutoUni
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hasenmüller, P. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Sustainable University: Sustainable University
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Coordination), Godemann, J. (Coordination), Burandt, S. (Project staff), Barth, M. (Project staff) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Internetgestützte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung der DAX 30-Unternehmen in Kooperation mit dem Centre for Sustainability Management, CSM
Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project manager, academic) & Blanke, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.04 → 01.12.04
Project: Research
Monitoring gentechnisch veränderter Organismen. Supranationale und deutsche Rechtsfragen des Monitorings transgener Pflanzen zur Erforschung hypothetischer Risiken
Regenbrecht, G. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
25.04.04 → 17.01.05
Project: Dissertation project
Ökologische Ökonomik Modellierung und konzeptionelle Fundierung am Beispiel von Beweidung in semi-ariden Gebieten
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Frank, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.04 → 30.09.07
Project: Research
Die Wassergesetzgebung im Herzogtum Braunschweig nach Bauernbefreiung und industrieller Revolution
Behrens, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
10.03.04 → 29.01.09
Project: Dissertation project
„Beratung bei der Planung, Realisation und Evaluation von kleineren Umweltausstellungsvorhaben in Niedersachsen“
Siekierski, E. (Project manager, academic) & Wohlers, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.04 → 30.11.04
Project: Research
FLOWS: Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.04 → 09.11.09
Project: Research
Nachhaltigkeit in Bildungsinstitutionen in Schleswig-Holstein (NaBiSch): Recherche, Entwicklung eines Bildungskonzepts, Begleitung einer Zielgruppe und Evaluation
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project staff) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)
01.12.03 → 31.12.04
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
EMA-SEA: Environmental Management Accounting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in South-East Asia
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Viere, T. (Project staff) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.11.03 → 31.10.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Erstellung des deutschen Beitrags zum UN DSD Projekt "International Guidance Document on Environmental Management Accounting"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)
01.11.03 → 31.07.04
Project: Research
Blockierter Wandel? Die Überwindung von Dichotomien in den Raumbeziehungen als Element sozial-ökologischer Transformation. Teilprojekt 4: Naturkulturräume
Mölders, T. (Partner) & Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.03 → 28.02.06
Project: Research
Erfassung, Analyse und Auswertung der Aktionen und Maßnahmen zur Förderung des nachhaltigen Konsums durch gesellschaftliche Akteure im Rahmen der nationalen Verständigung
Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.03 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
Machbarkeitsstudie zur Entwicklung eines FKU-Masterprogramms
Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.03 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
Handwerk: Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum in Handwerksbetrieben und Nachhaltigkeitsnetzwerken zur regionalen Entwicklung
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.10.02 → 30.09.03
Project: Research
KORA, Themenverbund 2: Identifizierung und Quantifizierung toxikologisch relevanter PAK-Metabolite und -Begleitstoffe, Hetero-PAK und substituierter PAK an Altlaststandorten und ihr Verhalten im Aquifer
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.02 → 31.10.06
Project: Research
"Portal Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" (Machbarkeitsstudie)
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.02 → 28.02.03
Project: Research
DB: Wertorientierte Ausrichtung des Umweltmanagements. Fallstudie Deutsche Bahn AG
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Jänicke, N. T. (Project staff) & Hellmann, K. (Project staff)
01.08.02 → 30.04.03
Project: Practical Project
Der anthropogene Klimawandel und seine Resonanz in der Bevölkerung - Eine theoretische und empirische Untersuchung des Klimabewusstseins in Deutschland
Weber-Moritz, M. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.02 → 30.04.07
Project: Dissertation project
Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship Education für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung von Unternehmen und Umwelt
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
30.04.02 → 31.03.05
Project: Teaching
Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Muraca, B. (Project staff)
01.02.02 → 01.10.03
Project: Research
Sustainability Communications (Machbarkeitsstudie)
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Franz-Balsen, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.02 → 31.12.03
Project: Research