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.
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