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.
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
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. (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)
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
PREMIER: Prioritisation and Risk Evaluation of Medicines in the EnviRonment
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic) & Puhlmann, N. (Project staff)
01.09.20 → 31.08.26
Project: Research
POEM: PriOrity Effect Mechanisms (POEM): mechanisms of priority effects and their persistence over time in dry acidic grasslands
Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), Delory, B. (Project staff) & Niemeyer, T. (Project staff)
01.04.20 → 31.03.24
Project: Research
Problemstoffe in Oberflächengewässer 3
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.16 → 30.06.17
Project: Research
Problemstoffe in Oberflächengewässern
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.14 → 20.07.15
Project: Research
Problemstoffe in Oberflächengewässern 2
Scheringer, M. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.15 → 31.12.16
Project: Other
PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Partner), Halberstadt, J. (Partner), Schaltegger, S. (Partner), Leventon, J. (Partner), Heinrichs, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Wiek, A. (Partner), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Vilsmaier, U. (Partner), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Project staff), Pöggel, K. (Project staff), Hübel, C. (Project staff), Buhr, M. (Project staff), Beyers, F. (Project staff), Laudan, J. (Project staff), Albrecht, S. (Project staff), Weber, H. (Project staff), Rathgens, J. (Project staff), Keβler, L. (Project staff), Hilser, S. (Project staff) & Juarez Bourke, S. (Project staff)
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Process Gains and Process Losses in Negotiations
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Schulz-Hardt, S. (Project manager, academic), Reichold, J. (Project manager, academic) & Warsitzka, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → 30.09.18
Project: Research
MoDeSt: Produktzirkularität durch modulares Design – Strategien für langlebige Smartphones
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Revellio, F. (Project staff) & Amend, C. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.07.19 → 30.09.22
Project: Research
Professionalisierung von Lehramtsstudierenden für den inklusiven naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht
Brauns, S. (Project manager, academic)
15.08.18 → …
Project: Dissertation project
ALFA: Project “International Master Program Sustainable Development and Management"
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination), Barkin, D. (Partner), Berglund, S. (Partner), Böhmer, K. (Partner), Gonzalez, M. (Partner), Filippini, M. F. (Partner), Medellín Milán, P. (Partner), van Dam-Mieras, R. (Partner) & Vásquez Ríos, A. A. (Partner)
15.08.05 → 15.08.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Project “Soils in the Media: Soil Topics on Youtube”
Lütkemöller, D. (Project manager, academic), Luenststaeden, B. (Project staff), Skubowius, K. M. (Project staff) & Beier, A. (Project staff)
01.03.13 → 01.12.13
Project: Other
ELLA: Projekt „ELLA international – Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung“
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.01 → 06.10.03
Project: Research
ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)
04.04.07 → 30.04.10
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ProBioTIC: Promoting Biodiversity through Transdisciplinary Learning Interventions in the Carpathians
Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic)
24.06.24 → 23.06.26
Project: Research
Promoting Knowledge in Times of Global Change - A Platform on Transdisciplinary Sustainability Sciences
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Ahlers, T. (Partner), Fischer, D. (Coordination), Marwege, R. (Project staff), Richter, S. (Project staff), Hetze, K. (Project staff), Metz, C. (Project staff), Mader, M. (Project staff) & Timm, J.-M. (Project staff)
Bernhard und Ursula Plettner-Stiftung
01.05.11 → 07.08.23
Project: Research
Prospects for sustainable development: The future of plants and butterflies in Transylvania
Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.11 → 15.06.15
Project: Dissertation project
Proyecto de educación ambiental para la conservación del Área Protegida Municipal Bosque de Bolognia
Miranda, O. (Project manager, academic), Benavides Frias, C. (Project manager, academic), Flores, S. (Project manager, academic) & Antezana, N. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → …
Project: Teaching
Prozess-Framing in Verhandlungen: Angebots- versus forderungsbasierte Verhandlungsführung
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → 31.01.14
Project: Research
Publikation eines Forschungsberichtes in Buchform. Erstellung einer druckfertigen Vorlage für einen Verlag für das Projekt mit dem Förderkennzeichen FKZ GTS 0808
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.01.11 → 31.03.11
Project: Research
Qualifizierungsprogramm: Ausstellungsmanagement und Evaluation für erfolgreiche Ausstellungen zur Umweltkommunikation
Marwege, R. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic), Weyer, M. (Partner, non-academic) & Siekierski, E. (Partner, non-academic)
01.04.15 → 30.06.17
Project: Transfer (professional training)
ZZL: Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung: Theorie-Praxis-Verzahnung in der Lehrerbildung - Handlungsfeld: Kompetenzorientierte Unterrichtsgestaltung. Strukturorientierter Schriftspracherwerb (ZZL)
Weinhold, S. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Leiss, D. (Project manager, academic) & Ahlers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.16 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
Qualität von Schüleräußerungen als Prädiktor für Lernerfolg in experimenteller Kleingruppenarbeit
Walpuski, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.11 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
Quantifying nonlinear dynamics in psychological data (Heisenberg-Professur)
Wallot, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.20 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
Raumkonflikte – Konflikträume: Wie beinflussen neue molekularbiologische Züchtungstechniken Diskurse und Praktiken in ländlichen Räumen in Großbritannien und Deutschland?
Friedrich, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.19 → 31.03.20
Project: Research
Reaktionen zur thermochemischen Speicherung in einer Wärmebatterie
Rammelberg, H. U. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.10 → 25.02.15
Project: Dissertation project
ReCab: ReCab - Nachhaltige Schiffskabinen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft im Schiffbau; Vorhaben: Integration von Kreislauffähigkeits- und Rücknahmekonzepten in Gestaltungsgrundsätze für innovative maritime Wohnbereiche der Zukunft
Braungart, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.24 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
