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
