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.
Nutzerbefragung Klimanavigator
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Sundermann, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.13 → 26.06.15
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)
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit in Bezug auf Wasserwirtschaft und Gewässerentwicklung in Rheinland-Pfalz
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic)
08.06.10 → 31.03.12
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
"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
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
OpenNESS: OPERATIONALISATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.13 → 31.05.17
Project: Research
COUPLED: Operationalising telecouplings for solving sustainability challenges related to land use
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Coenen, J. (Project staff) & Challies, E. (Project staff)
01.01.18 → 30.06.22
Project: Research
Our common future: Biokunststoffe = umweltfreundlich?
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic) & Reichelt, A. (Partner, non-academic)
16.10.17 → 31.01.20
Project: Practical Project
Paläoumwelt und das Alter der Schöninger Speere und der quartären Abfolge im Tagebau Schöningen. Chronometrische und relative Datierung mittels Lumineszenz und Palynologie
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.10.13 → 31.07.17
Project: Research
Participation Case Scout
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Rose, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.19 → 31.03.22
Project: Other
Participation in water management - lessons learnt and challenges for European countries at flood risk
Lange, L. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.10 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Partizipation von Grundschulkindern an der Stadtentwicklung. Kooperation mit Schulen und dem Bezirksamt Hamburg-Bergedorf
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.05 → 31.10.05
Project: Research
PIN9: Peers in Netzwerken Klasse 9 (PIN 9): Eine Längsschnittstudie zu den Folgen der Ganztagsbeschulung für die Peerbeziehungen, die Ausbildung der sozialen und emotionalen Kompetenzen, des Problemverhaltens und der Schulzufriedenheit
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.09.10 → 30.06.13
Project: Research
PIN: Peers in Netzwerken: Welche Auswirkungen hat die Ganztagsbeschulung auf die Einbindung von Jugendlichen in Peer-Netzwerke und Freundschaften und auf die Entwicklung sozialer und emotionaler Kompetenzen?
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.08 → 31.05.10
Project: Research
Micropollutants in Greywater: Personal care products (PCPs) as source for micropollutants in Greywater – Identification, quantification and on-site treatment. /
Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Friedler, E. (Partner), Dubwoski, Y. (Project manager, academic) & Jentzsch, F. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
03.12.12 → 31.07.16
Project: Research
Altes Land: Pestizide und Biozide in Beregnungsteichen im Alten Land
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project staff) & Palm, W.-U. (Project staff)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.04.19 → 30.06.21
Project: Research
Pflichten Privater im Informationsfreiheitsrecht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Richtlinie 2003/4/EG und ihre Umsetzung in Deutschland
Elfeld, F. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
05.03.06 → 15.05.13
Project: Dissertation project
Pharmazeutika und Koffein in der Wietze
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.19 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
PharmCycle
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Floeter, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.15 → 31.08.23
Project: Other
Planerische, technische und ökologische Anforderungen an das Freileitungsrecht
Lauer, J. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
02.11.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, X. (Project staff)
01.06.23 → 01.06.26
Project: Research
Plant-insect interactions, flower traits, and pollination along an experimental plant diversity gradient (FOR 1451 - Teilprojekt 03)
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.10 → 05.05.15
Project: Research
Met-Total: Plant Meta-Metabolomics – Development of an Unbiased Survey of Habitat-Dependent Metabolic Diversity (Met-Total)
Wessjohann, L. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Project staff)
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Plant species coexistence mechanisms: improving the predictability of priority and diversity effects in dry grasslands using modelling and trait-based approaches
Delory, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.19 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
KT 03 TM 1.1 Biokerosin: Platform for Sustainable Aviation Fuels
Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Averdunk, K. (Coordination), Barua, K. K. (Project staff), Groeneveld, J. H. (Project staff), Hüsing, E. (Project staff), Kügemann, M. (Project staff), Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project staff), Moser, C. (Project staff), Wahl, N. (Project staff), Walmsley, D. (Project staff), Wreesmann, J. (Project staff), Bailis, R. (Project staff) & Burritt, R. L. (Project manager, academic)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.01.11 → 31.12.15
Project: Research
tdAcademy: Platform for Transdisciplinary Research and Studies
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Grauer, C. (Project staff) & Lam, D. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.06.20 → 31.08.23
Project: Research
PLUS Change: PLUS Change - Participatory Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a Changing world.
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.23 → 31.05.27
Project: Research
Political Leadership as a Key Driver towards Sustainability.
von Stauffenberg, A.-K. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.19 → 12.12.23
Project: Dissertation project
P4F: Politics4Future: Youth teacher engagement on SDG 4.7 – Building political agency in youth teacher trai-nees for global citizenship learning, sustainability and social transformation
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Joon, D. (Project staff) & Bürgener, L. (Coordination)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.22 → 01.07.24
Project: Research
Politikberatung in der Wissensgesellschaft: Eine Analyse umweltpolitischer Beratungssysteme
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.98 → 31.05.01
Project: Research
Politik der Suffizienz: Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse der Möglichkeiten und Grenzen einer politischen Umsetzung der Suffizienzstrategie (Arbeitstitel)
Spengler, L. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 03.03.17
Project: Dissertation project
PoNa: Politiken der Naturgestaltung. Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision
Mölders, T. (Project manager, academic) & Gottschlich, D. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.08 → 30.04.09
Project: Research
Politiken nachhaltiger Naturgestaltung als Beitrag zur Demokratisierung der Demokratie – Agro-Gentechnik im Mehrebenensystem (Arbeitstitel)
Gottschlich, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.09 → …
Project: Research
"Portal Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" (Machbarkeitsstudie)
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.02 → 28.02.03
Project: Research
Postdoc Academi 2 Kursdurchlauf
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
15.12.19 → 15.08.20
Project: Other
PostDoc Academy: 3. Kursdurchlauf an der Leuphana
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.20 → 31.03.22
Project: Research
Postdoc Academy - 4. Kursdurchlauf
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
07.12.21 → 07.06.22
Project: Teaching
Postdoc Academy: Seminar 1st course cycle
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Barth, M. (Project manager, academic)
15.11.18 → 15.07.19
Project: Other
PRIME Stipendium: Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience
Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.20 → 31.05.22
Project: Other
PhytoRet: Potential der oberrheinischen künstlichen Feuchtgebiete für die Reduzierung der Pflanzenschutzmittel
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project staff), Gutowski, L. (Project staff) & Gaßmann, M. (Project staff)
01.01.11 → 13.09.16
Project: Research
Potenziale und Grenzen von Crowdfunding für Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → 19.03.19
Project: Other
Potenzial nachhaltig produzierten Camelina-Öls als Grundstoff für die Biokerosin-Produktion
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic) & Averdunk, K. (Project staff)
30.04.11 → 29.10.12
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
PragmatiKK: Pragmatische Lösungen für die Implementation von Maßnahmen zur Stressprävention in Kleinst- und Kleinbetrieben; Teilprojekt Implementierung von webbasierten Trainings zur Bewältigung von Stress und stressbedingten Beschwerden
Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic) & Boß, L. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.09.18 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
PRIME - Changing understandings in businesses for the achievement of societal sustainability aims
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Imbrogiano, J.-P. (Project staff)
01.12.21 → 31.05.23
Project: Research