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. BNE Mobilität: Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung - am Bespiel des Themenfelds Mobilität

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Gottmann, T. (Project staff), Rieckmann, M. (Project staff) & Schröter, U. (Project staff)

    30.08.0716.06.09

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  2. MaRess: Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Zvezdov, D. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)

    25.07.0711.03.11

    Project: Research

  3. Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.0731.01.08

    Project: Research

  4. Konflikttreiber Klimawandel? –Eine Analyse zukünftiger Konfliktpotenziale infolge des Klimawandels in Tourismusdestinationen

    Bartels, C. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0731.10.09

    Project: Dissertation project

  5. Alumninetzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften in Lateinamerika

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Klinke, T. (Project staff)

    18.04.0710.08.07

    Project: Other

  6. ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    04.04.0730.04.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

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Publications

  1. A comparison of students' (mis)understanding of female entrepreneurship
  2. »ein Gespräch, an dem wir würgen«. Celan und Heidegger
  3. Partizipation als reflexive Praxis im Hilfeplangespräch?
  4. The role of affect, satisfaction, and internal drive on personal moral norms during COVID-19
  5. Finden und Erfinden
  6. Qualifizierung und Motivation von Studierenden und Hochschulabsolventen für eine Existenzgründung
  7. Verhalten ändern - im Team geht’s besser
  8. Public Value - Gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung als unternehmerische Pflicht
  9. Corporate taxes and multi-product exporters
  10. Socioecological Interactions amid Global Change
  11. Leadership for Learning in Germany and the US: Commonalities and Differences
  12. Gaia's Game
  13. Vorwort
  14. Glen Mills Schools
  15. Pierre Bourdieus ‚Praxistheorie des Rechts‘
  16. The Impact of Participation in Sports on Educational Attainment
  17. Perceived inclusivity and trust in protected area management decisions among stakeholders in Alaska
  18. Einleitung
  19. The regulation of zero-price markets by the competition authorities in the USA and the EU
  20. Crowdfunding
  21. „Die Literatur, das sind wir und unsere Feinde“
  22. Hybrid Regionalism in Africa Towards a Theory of African Union Interventions
  23. In 10 Schritten mit Kindern zum Stab(hoch)springen
  24. To phub or not to phub
  25. Human and veterinary drugs in the environment
  26. Documents in International Economic Law
  27. Social inequalities among inpatients with non-specific chronic low back pain in medical rehabilitation. A secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial
  28. Disentangling ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘nature’s contributions to people’
  29. The global emergence of social protection
  30. § 349 Erklärung des Rücktritts
  31. Driving anger expression in Germany—Validation of the Driving Anger Expression Inventory for German drivers