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.
Online-CSR-Kommunikation börsennotierter Unternehmen in der DACH-Region
Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic), Hetze, K. (Project manager, academic) & Glock, Y. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.15 → 31.01.19
Project: Transfer (professional training)
Web Tools KMU: Online-Ansätze des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Johnson, M. (Project staff)
01.09.13 → 24.02.17
Project: Other
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 10: One Lüneburg - Entwicklung eines nachhaltigen Quartiers in der Hansestadt Lüneburg
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Japsen, A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
31.12.12 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Ölpflanzen als Zwischenfrüchte; Teilvorhaben 1: Analyse der Stakeholder-Akzeptanz und politische Rahmenbedingungen
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Noboa, E. (Project staff) & Laws, N. (Project staff)
01.07.15 → 01.01.17
Project: Research
Ökonomische Folgen des Freizeitverhaltens im Wald: Grundlagen zur Umsetzung des neuen Waldgesetzes im Kanton Basel-Land
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Jenni, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
ECCUITY: "Ökonomie des Klimawandels - Verbundvorhaben: Verteilung, Effizienz und Politik unter Unsicherheit - Distribution, Efficiency and Policy under Uncertainty (ECCUITY) - Teilvorhaben 1: Risikoexternalitäten, externes moralisches Risiko und Versicherung - WP2"
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.12 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
"Ökologische und soziale Nachhaltigkeit beim Aufbau neuer Stadtteile" - Eine empirische Untersuchung in den Stadtteilen Freiburg - Rieselfeld und Hannover - Kronsberg
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Danner, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.01 → 30.03.03
Project: Research
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
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in Bezug auf Wasserwirtschaft und Gewässerentwicklung in Rheinland-Pfalz
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic)
08.06.10 → 31.03.12
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C FuE-Projekt 14: Nutzung von Chemieinformatikmodellen zur Entwicklung und Optimierung chemischer Produkte
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.07.13 → 31.12.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)