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.
ECOPAG: Environmental consequences of participatory governance – A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Case Studies in Environmental Decision-Making
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Adzersen, A. (Project staff)
01.03.09 → 14.04.15
Project: Research
EMA-SEA: Environmental Management Accounting for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in South-East Asia
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Viere, T. (Project staff) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.11.03 → 31.10.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Erfassung, Analyse und Auswertung der Aktionen und Maßnahmen zur Förderung des nachhaltigen Konsums durch gesellschaftliche Akteure im Rahmen der nationalen Verständigung
Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.03 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
Erfolgsfaktoren der Implementierung digitaler Angebote in der Betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung am Beispiel Digi Exist (Implement dBGF)
Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.19 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Ermittlung der "Critical Loads" von Stickstoffdepositionen in Calluna-dominierten Küstenheiden
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Bähring, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.12 → 01.11.15
Project: Research
„Ermittlung und Sicherstellung der Umweltverträglichkeit von Klimawandel-Anpassungsmaßnahmen“ – Querschnittsaufgabe im Verbundvorhaben KLIMZUG-NORD
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.12 → 30.11.12
Project: Research
Erneuerbare Energien und Energieeffizienz im Wärmemarkt
Ahlbrink, M. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
14.05.14 → 30.09.17
Project: Dissertation project
Erstellung des deutschen Beitrags zum UN DSD Projekt "International Guidance Document on Environmental Management Accounting"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Herzig, C. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)
01.11.03 → 31.07.04
Project: Research
Erstellung eines Teilkonzepts Klimaneutrale Campusentwicklung Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.09 → 30.11.10
Project: Research
Erstellung eines virtuellen Studienmoduls "Projektmanagement" für das Fernstudium "Kommunaler Umweltschutz" (ViLeS-Teilprojekt: Virtuelle Lernräume im Studium)
Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic) & Schwiersch, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.99 → 31.12.01
Project: Research
ESD for 2030: Lernen für und in resiliente(n) und nachhaltige(n) Kommunen
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Bürgener, L. (Coordination) & Drautz, S. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.21 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Etablierung des umu-Tests zur Beurteilung der genotoxischen und zytotoxischen Effekte von Nanopartikeln
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Schneider, M. (Project staff)
01.12.11 → 31.03.13
Project: Research
EU-InnovatE: EU-FP7: Sustainable Lifestyles 2.0: End User Integration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Farny, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.14 → 31.12.17
Project: Research
EBEB: European Business Environmental Barometer
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Dyllick, T. (Partner) & Ytterhus, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.01 → 28.02.02
Project: Research
EDGE: Evaluating the Delivery of participatory environmenal Governance using an Evidence-based research design
Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Jager, N. W. (Project staff) & Challies, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.11 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
KUKA: Evaluation der Kronsberg-Umwelt-Kommunikations-Agentur
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Danner, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.99 → 31.12.01
Project: Research
Evaluation der Sportgerichtsurteile des HFV der Saison 2007/2008
Zick, A. (Project manager, academic), Winands, M. (Project staff) & Scherer, J. (Project staff)
01.06.08 → 30.09.10
Project: Research
Evaluation des Greenteam-Konzepts in Deutschland
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Degenhardt, L. (Project manager, academic), Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Molitor, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.99 → 31.08.00
Project: Research
Evaluation von Maßnahmen des Nationalen Aktionsplanes (NAP) und ausgezeichneten Dekadeprojekten im Rahmen der UN-Dekade Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rode, H. (Coordination) & Wendler, M. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.07 → 31.08.10
Project: Research