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.
ESuDis: Effects of land management on the Supply and Distribution of ecosystem services
Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Felipe-Lucia, M. R. (Project manager, academic) & Isaac, R. (Project staff)
13.07.20 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Effects of woody species diversity and composition on individual plant growth and demography
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)
19.02.14 → 12.04.19
Project: Research
EIGEN: Efficient inter- and intragenerationally just use of ecosystem services - Sustainability-economic analysis of trade-offs in biodiversity and fishery policy
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Quaas, M. F. (Project manager, academic), Hoberg, N. (Project staff), Stumpf, K. H. (Project staff), Voss, R. (Project staff), Glotzbach, S. (Project staff), Fünfgelt, J. (Project staff), Döring, R. (Partner), Schmidt, J. (Partner) & Becker, C. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.10 → 31.10.13
Project: Research
DYNAMIK 4.0: Ein dynamisches System zur Erfassung und Prävention psychischer Arbeitsbelastungen in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen der Industrie 4.0; Teilvorhaben Usability engineering und technische Implementierung des Web-Tools zur Erfassung psychischer Arbeitsbelastungen
Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Coordination) & Bürckner, D. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.16 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
NAVEBGO: Eine Strategie zur NAchhaltigen VErringerung des Biozideintrags in das Grundwasser am Oberrhein
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Olsson, O. (Project staff)
01.01.19 → 30.09.22
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Eine Systematisierung der Schutzgebietskategorien des Bundesnaturschutzgesetzes nach landschaftsökologischen Kriterien unter Beachtung sowohl des Europa- als auch des Völerrechts
Dietrich, B. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
04.06.10 → 11.06.10
Project: Dissertation project
Eine Trainingsstudie zum sozialen und emotionalen Lernen im Kindergarten
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.08 → 31.05.12
Project: Research
Eine Trainingsstudie zum sozialen und emotionalen Lernen im Kindergarten
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.08 → 31.05.12
Project: Research
Einfluss partizipativer Organisationsstrkturen auf die Implementierung und Einhaltung von Sozialstandards. Eine empirische Analyse chinesischer Zulieferbetribe in der Textilindustrie.
Knolle, M. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.08 → 31.12.10
Project: Dissertation project
Einfluss von Kläranlagen II
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.06.14 → 30.06.15
Project: Research
ELAN-III: „Einführung in die Nachhaltigkeit“
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.07 → 31.12.08
Project: Research
Einführungsphase und Begleitangebot Td Projekte/Master Sustainability Science
Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic) & Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 30.04.15
Project: Teaching
Ein Management-Cockpit für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit - Einbezug ökologischer und sozialer Aspekte in die Methodik der Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
Einsatz von Gamification am Beispiel von Artenschutzsensibilisierung
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Krebs, A.-K. (Project staff)
01.10.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
E-Learning basierte Einführungskurse in das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und die Betriebswirtschaftslehre (sowie inhaltsbezogen studienrelevante Englisch-Kompetenzen)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff) & Blume, C. (Project staff)
01.05.17 → 30.09.17
Project: Other
Elektro- und Elektronik-Altgeräte (EAG): Juristisches Gutachten über die Förderung der Vorbereitung zur Wiederverwendung von Elektro-Altgeräten im Sinne der zweiten Stufe der Abfallhierarchie - Projektnummer 22119
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Fabian, M. (Project staff)
01.08.12 → 05.02.13
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
EMA Links - Environmental Management Accounting and the Links between Different Levels of Decision-Making
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, T. (Project staff) & Burritt, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.00 → 31.03.02
Project: Research
Empowering Ethiopian Colleges of Teacher Education to Address Environmental and Sustainability Issues - Research Group Linkage
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
01.06.13 → 14.09.21
Project: Research
ENAQ: ENaQ Energetisches Nachbarschaftsquartier Fliegerhorst Oldenburg - Teilprojekt: Entwicklung, Implementierung und Analyse nachhaltiger unternehmerischer Innovationen und Imovationen
Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.18 → 31.12.22
Project: Research
Energieeinsparung in Schulen durch Änderung des Nutzerverhaltens
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Ebert, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.95 → 31.12.97
Project: Research