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.

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  1. Anwendung des TOP-Runner-Ansatzes auf Konsumgüter

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    05.01.0929.10.12

    Project: Research

  2. 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

  3. Ansätze zur strategischen Langfristpolitikgestaltung am empirischen Beispiel des Ausstiegs aus den fossilen Energieträgern in Deutschland bis 2050

    Schulze, M. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1331.05.18

    Project: Dissertation project

  4. BELOW: Analysis of root traits to test for environmental filtering and niche complementarity in grassland communities

    Haider, S. (Partner), Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic), Jandt, U. (Project manager, academic), Scheel, D. (Project manager, academic) & Herz, K. (Project staff)

    01.01.1431.12.17

    Project: Research

  5. Analysing sustainability competencies of students

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination) & Timm, J.-M. (Coordination)

    01.05.1230.04.13

    Project: Research

  6. iCon: Analysing plant invasions in their environmental context

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Milanović, M. (Project staff) & Kühn, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2131.12.23

    Project: Research

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Publications

  1. Wachstumsdeterminanten junger Unternehmen
  2. Zwischen Weltveränderung und Innerlichkeit
  3. The development of sexuality and love
  4. Gute Arbeit im Mittelstand
  5. Basel II Rahmenwerk
  6. Musikalische Interface-Designs
  7. Hilfen zur Erziehung
  8. Kooperation gestalten
  9. Collaborative energy visioning under conditions of illiberal democracy
  10. Welcome to the (label) jungle? Analyzing how consumers deal with intra-sustainability label trade-offs on food
  11. Weblogs und Wikis, (Teil 2)
  12. Materialexplosion und Avantgardeanspruch
  13. Who is responsible for corruption?
  14. Managing technology in society: The approach of constructive technology assessment. Edited by A. Rip, T.J. Misa and J. Schot, Cassell Academic, 1995, ISBN 1 85567 340 1, 361 pp.
  15. Stakeholder expectations on sustainability performance measurement and assessment
  16. Spring barley performance benefits from simultaneous shallow straw incorporation and top dressing as revealed by rhizotrons with resealable sampling ports
  17. Form ever follows function: Jane Addams Sozialreform und die Architektur Louis Sullivans and Frank Lloyd Wrights
  18. Jahreslosung 2003
  19. Das Phänomen Trump als Effekt von Microtargeting und Psychometrie
  20. Bromide strongly influences the formation of reaction products during the ozonation of diclofenac, metoprolol and isoproturon
  21. Ontologiebasierte Repräsentation von Integrationsprofilen
  22. Eckpunkte zu einem Rahmencurriculum
  23. 10 Jahre Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB) der Universität Lüneburg
  24. Kulturelle Diversität in den Künsten zwischen Tradition und Zeitgenossenschaft