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.
Science Blog Lüneburg
Rodenhauser, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.19 → …
Project: Practical Project
ÖkoKult: Securing the Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity of Extensively Managed Cultural Landscapes (Ökokult): - Subproject 1: Ecosystem Functioning and Services of Cultural Landscapes
Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Walmsley, D. (Coordination) & Schuldt, A. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.08.16 → 31.01.23
Project: Research
Move'n'Sense: Sense of place and mobility in cross-border contexts – essentialist and progressive perspectives
Gottwald, S. (Project manager, academic) & Kołodyńska, I. (Project manager, academic)
05.11.21 → 02.01.25
Project: Research
Sensorische Ethnographie und künstlerische Intervention
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 30.09.23
Project: Research
PoNa: Shaping nature: Policy, Policies and Polity. Rural Development and Biotechnology in Agriculture between Criticism and Vision
Mölders, T. (Project manager, academic), Gottschlich, D. (Project manager, academic), Paszkowska, J. (Coordination), Friedrich, B. (Project staff), Sulmowski, J. A. (Project staff), Burandt, A. (Project staff), Szumelda, A. U. (Project staff) & Roth, S. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.09 → 31.10.14
Project: Research
Shifting standards for boys and girls in the classroom
Schuster, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.18 → 30.04.19
Project: Research
Single-Quadrupol-Massenspektrometer
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
07.09.15 → 07.07.17
Project: Other
SENet: Social and ecological networks supporting biodiversity and food security
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Bergsten, A. (Project manager, academic)
15.01.16 → 17.03.18
Project: Research
SCHub: Social Change Hub
Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Zeyen, A. (Coordination) & Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)
14.04.09 → 30.09.14
Project: Teaching
SCHub: Social Change Hub
Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.14 → 28.02.17
Project: Teaching
Social Entrepreneurs: Social Entepreneurs as Evolutionary Agents in the German Institutional Landscape
Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Ney, S. (Partner) & Gräbnitz, D. (Project staff)
01.04.10 → 20.12.12
Project: Research
Social Innovation Thinkathon - Innovative teaching and learning concepts: Innovation plus
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic) & Fokuhl, M. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.21 → 31.12.22
Project: Teaching
SInTraA: Social innovative transformation by including work spaces (SinTrA)
Farny, S. (Project manager, academic), Genschow, O. (Project manager, academic), Loschelder, D. (Project manager, academic), Imschloß, M. (Project manager, academic), Striethörster, M. (Project staff), Rehwinkel, S. (Project staff) & Führer, J. (Project staff)
01.05.23 → 30.04.26
Project: Research
Social Marketing and Education for sustainable forestry - Project: Mensch & Wald
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), González, A. (Project manager, academic) & Krebs, O. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.05 → 01.03.08
Project: Research
Mensch & Wald: Social Marketing und Bildung für eine Nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Kleinhückelkotten, S. (Partner) & Wippermann, C. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.05 → 31.07.08
Project: Research
SoCoFarm: SoCoFarm: Soil Communication by Farmers; Study on Farmer´s Perception of and Communication about Soils
Lütkemöller, D. (Project manager, academic) & Tischbierek, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.14 → …
Project: Other
SoilTemp Project
Haider, S. (Project staff), Lembrechts, J. J. (Project manager, academic) & Lenoir, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.18 → …
Project: Research
Solidarity Farming - An Innovative Concept as a Contribution to the Strengthening of Agricultural SMEs and Sustainable Regional Development?
Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Lang, F. J. (Project staff) & Schrader, R. (Project staff)
01.08.12 → 28.04.13
Project: Research
Sozial-ökologische Forschungsperspektiven für eine "Nachhaltige Informationsgesellschaft"
Möller, A. (Project manager, academic), Rolf, A. (Project manager, academic) & Mandel, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.00 → 30.09.01
Project: Research
Sozio-ökonomische Analyse von Pflegemaßnahmen zur Erhaltung von Offenlandschaften unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Wirtschaftlichkeit und sozialen Akzeptanz
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
01.01.01 → 31.12.03
Project: Other
sPlot "Plant trait-environment relationships across the world's biomes"
Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Project staff)
01.01.13 → …
Project: Research
SPONSORs Zertifikats
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmitt, C. (Coordination) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)
01.07.22 → 30.06.24
Project: Transfer (professional training)
SaM: Stadt als Möglichkeitsraum
Kirchberg, V. (Project manager, academic), Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Kagan, S. (Project manager, academic), Holz, V. (Project staff) & Hauerwaas, A. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.02.15 → 31.01.19
Project: Research
Steuerungsmöglichkeiten des Produkt- und Abfallrechts im Hinblick auf die vermeidbare Obsoleszenz von Elektrogeräten
Dickenhorst, C. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
19.03.15 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Storytelling in der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation - Evidenzen und Perspektiven
Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic), Selm, H. (Coordination) & Sundermann, A. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.10.17 → 31.08.22
Project: Research
SAWA: Strategic Alliance for Integrated Water Management Actions
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)
17.03.08 → 28.04.15
Project: Research
Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation towards Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lee, K.-H. (Project manager, academic)
21.09.09 → 29.04.10
Project: Research
Strategische Umweltprüfung und strategisches Umweltmonitoring für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Nehls, G. (Partner) & Runge, K. (Partner)
01.07.04 → 31.08.05
Project: Research
DAS: Studienpfad für den Beruf als kommunale*r Klimamanager*in
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Möller, S. (Project staff) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)
01.10.22 → 31.03.25
Project: Research
s4f: studies4future - Blog für Gesellschaftsgestaltung
Möller, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.21 → 31.12.22
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Sukzessionsforschung und Ableitung waldbaulich nutzbarer Informationen in naturnahen Buchenwäldern mit langjährig ungestörter Walddynamik im Nordostdeutschen Tiefland
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Westphal, C. (Project staff)
01.04.00 → 31.03.03
Project: Research
Sukzessions- und Regenerationsmodelle, vegetationskundliche Referenzsysteme
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Redecker, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.97 → 31.03.01
Project: Research
sUMMITDiv "Europe’s alpine flora: past, present and future"
Wipf, S. (Project manager, academic), Haider, S. (Partner), Rixen, C. (Partner), Steinbauer, M. J. (Partner), Jurasinski, G. (Partner), Grytnes, J. A. (Partner) & Bjorkmann, A. (Partner)
10.11.14 → 31.12.18
Project: Research
VSM: Survey on Values, Sustainability, and Strategic Management
Brieger, S. (Project manager, academic), Seidel, J. (Project manager, academic), Sundermann, A. (Project manager, academic) & Strathoff, P. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.14 → 05.10.18
Project: Research
"Sustainability and Digitalization - a European perspective"
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner) & von Wehrden, H. (Partner)
01.12.19 → 31.08.22
Project: Teaching
Outreach: Sustainability as a challenge for the export economy
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schock, M. (Project staff) & Buttscher, C. (Project staff)
01.01.08 → 19.08.09
Project: Research
Sustainability assessment of municipal climate protection with a focus on urban energy systems based on systemic analysis and stakeholder perspectives
Bickel, M. (Project manager, academic), Schomerus, T. (Project staff) & Lang, D. J. (Project staff)
01.04.14 → 01.04.17
Project: Dissertation project
Hoch-N: Sustainability at universities: develop - network - report - develop a guideline for the implementation of sustainability aspects for the operation of universities - sub-projects: Research field of action
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kirst, E. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.16 → 30.04.21
Project: Research
BSC: Sustainability Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Hahn, T. (Project staff) & Figge, F. (Project staff)
01.10.00 → 31.12.02
Project: Research
SBC Kneipp: Sustainability Branding and Communication: Mit Social Media zu einer glaubwürdigen Nachhaltigkeitsmarke
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Mangold, T. (Project staff)
01.10.10 → 03.04.12
Project: Research
Sustainability Communications (Machbarkeitsstudie)
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Franz-Balsen, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.02 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
Sustainability controlling and reporting in the public sector
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.09 → 30.09.11
Project: Research
Sustainability economic analysis of a large-scale ancient infrastructure project for irrigated agriculture: the Habur Canal in Assyria in the 13th century BC.
Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Biehler, A. M. (Project staff)
01.01.12 → 30.06.13
Project: Research
Sustainability education - capacity building for teachers
Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Redman, A. (Project staff)
14.03.17 → 31.05.19
Project: Research
Sustainability governance and transnational corporations: An analysis of global and national governance instruments affecting TNCs in Germany, USA and India
Wedl, I. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.10 → 04.05.17
Project: Dissertation project
NIREM: Sustainability Innovations in Regional SMEs
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Japsen, A. (Project manager, academic), Weber, U. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)
01.03.17 → 29.02.20
Project: Other
SLF: Sustainability Leadership Forum
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)
10.11.04 → 30.04.19
Project: Other
Sustainability Lectures. Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Denkanstöße aus anderen europäischen Ländern
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project staff)
16.11.10 → 20.04.12
Project: Scientific event
AutoUni: Sustainability Management in the M.Sc. programme "Sustainable Mobility" of the Volkswagen AutoUni
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hasenmüller, P. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Transfer (professional training)