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.

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  1. Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Politik- und Öffentlichkeitsberatung

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.2028.02.21

    Project: Research

  2. Land-use responses of dung beetle communities and their ecosystem services

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Blüthgen, N. (Project manager, academic) & Schmitt, T. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    11.04.1410.08.18

    Project: Research

  3. Language for Sustainability: Sustaining Biodiversity and Biocultures

    Manuel-Navarrete, D. (Project manager, academic), Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Lam, D. (Project staff), Dillon-Swanson, T. (Project manager, academic), Gerber, L. (Project staff), Mwampamba, T. H. (Project manager, academic), Escalante, A. E. (Project staff) & Camou Guerreroe, A. (Project staff)

    01.07.1830.06.19

    Project: Research

  4. Lebenswelt Hochschule (als Teilprojekt des interdisziplinären Gesamtprojekts „Nachhaltige Entwicklung im Kontext universitärer Aufgabenstellungen“)

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Paulus, P. (Project manager, academic) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)

    01.07.0430.06.07

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  5. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Erste Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Ahlers, M. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff), Leiss, D. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1631.01.18

    Project: Research

  6. Lehreinheiten Basiskompetenzen Inklusion in den Fachdidaktiken (Zweite Förderphase)

    Besser, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Partner), Leiss, D. (Partner), Schmidt, T. (Partner), Süßenbach, J. (Partner), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Troll, B. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.12.1731.03.19

    Project: Research

  7. LehrerInnenbildung im Kontext von Regionalentwicklung als Projekt nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Polen

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Nemnich, C. (Project staff)

    01.01.0501.01.07

    Project: Research

  8. Lehrforschungsprojekt: Geschlecht und sexuelle Orientierung im Blick politischer Bildung

    Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1330.09.13

    Project: Teaching

  9. Lehrforschungsprojekt: Inklusion im Blick des Sachunterrichts

    Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.1430.09.14

    Project: Teaching

  10. Leuphana Law Lab für Nachhaltigkeitstransformation

    Bäumler, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.2430.11.25

    Project: Practical Project

  11. Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation: Institutions, People and Knowledge

    Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Sieveking, A. (Project staff), Klaniecki, K. T. (Project staff), Dorninger, C. (Project staff), Clarke, E. A. (Project staff), Horcea-Milcu, A. I. (Project staff), Lam, D. (Project staff), Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff), Jager, N. W. (Project staff), Derwort, P. (Project staff), Patru-Duse, I. A. (Project staff), Apetrei, C.-I. (Project staff), Freeth, R. C. (Project staff), Engbers, M. (Project staff), Peukert, D. (Project staff), Berkau, A. J. (Project staff), Lutz, L. M. (Coordination), Leventon, J. (Project manager, academic) & Abson, D. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.04.1531.03.21

    Project: Research

  12. 3-LENSUS: Lifelong Learning Network for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0931.07.11

    Project: Research

  13. Linkages between plant diversity, microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning in subtropical forest

    Haider, S. (Partner), Bruelheide, H. (Partner), Ma, K. (Partner), Erfmeier, A. (Partner), Liang, Y. (Partner), Liu, X. (Partner), Trogisch, S. (Project manager, academic), Wubet, T. (Partner) & Zhang, N. (Partner)

    01.01.1531.12.19

    Project: Research

  14. LLE: Local Living Economies - Buy Local Initiativen und nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Keeler, L. W. (Project manager, academic), Luthardt, P. (Project manager, academic), Al-Badri, A. (Project staff), Blauth, C. (Project staff), Bohr, K. (Project staff), Brodersen, L. (Project staff), Cammann, J. (Project staff), Haas, J. (Project staff), Johannsen, L. (Project staff), Klemmer, E.-M. (Project staff), Koltzau, J. (Project staff), Kurwan, J. (Project staff), Livonius, M. (Project staff), Nicklas, H. (Project staff), Rathgens, J. (Project staff), Schmidt, N. (Project staff), Seufert, J. (Project staff), Thiede, C. (Project staff), Vonnahme, M. (Project staff) & Weiss, F. (Project staff)

    01.04.1501.04.16

    Project: Teaching

  15. Longitudinal Study on Learning and Affective Attributes for Sustainable Development

    Burandt, S. (Project staff), Sundermann, A. (Project staff), Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1231.12.16

    Project: Research

  16. BIOTA Maroc: Long term vegetation monitoring in Southern Morocco

    Jürgens, N. (Project manager, academic), Finckh, M. (Project manager, academic), Oldeland, J. (Partner) & Grabener, S. (Partner)

    01.01.01 → …

    Project: Research

  17. Macauba-Konferenz

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Averdunk, K. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.11.1330.03.14

    Project: Scientific event

  18. Machbarkeitsstudie für das Projekt Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle und Wissensnetzwerke - Entwicklung des Wissensnetzwerks Sustainability durch Informationstechnik auf der Grundlage softwaregestützter nachhaltiger Geschäftsmodelle

    Rolf, A. (Project manager, academic), Möller, A. (Project manager, academic), Fritzsche, A. (Project manager, academic) & Mandel, R. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0131.05.02

    Project: Research

  19. Machbarkeitsstudie zur Entwicklung eines FKU-Masterprogramms

    Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0331.12.03

    Project: Research

  20. Heupelletierung: Machbarkeitsstudie zur Pelletierung von Biomasse

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)

    01.07.0430.11.04

    Project: Practical Project

  21. Master Course Integrated Flood Risk Management

    Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1031.05.11

    Project: Teaching

  22. MaRess: Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Zvezdov, D. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)

    25.07.0711.03.11

    Project: Research

  23. Mechanisms of soil erosion, soil properties and Ecoscape analysis as a function of species richness and species composition in subtropical forests

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Kühn, P. (Project manager, academic), Scholten, T. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, K. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    19.02.1412.04.19

    Project: Research

  24. RangeX: Mechanisms underlying the success and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning of range-expanding species under climate change

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Buhaly, M. (Project staff), Alexander, J. M. (Coordination), Clark, V. R. (Partner), Høye, T. T. (Partner), Kardol, P. (Partner) & Vandvik, V. (Partner)

    01.04.2131.03.25

    Project: Research

  25. Media, Expertise and Political Decision

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Petersen, I. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.0501.01.07

    Project: Research

  26. Mediation im Rahmen von "Good Governance" für Integriertes Küstengebietsmanagement

    Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0531.12.06

    Project: Research

  27. Medien und klimabewusstes Verhalten. Die Bedeutung des Fernsehens für ein nachhaltiges Alltagshandeln bei Jugendlichen.

    Lüdecke, G. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0831.03.11

    Project: Dissertation project

  28. Mental Accounting in Allocation Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Majer, J. (Project staff), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic), Moran, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ritov, I. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.11.1831.07.22

    Project: Research

  29. Mental Accounting in Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.07.1730.06.22

    Project: Research

  30. Mental Accounting in Negotiations

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic) & Majer, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.18 → …

    Project: Research

  31. Mental Accounting in Negotiations with Externalities

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.2431.07.27

    Project: Research

  32. Minderung der Barrierewirkung von Agrarflächen mittels halboffener Verbundkorridore

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic), Drees, C. (Partner), Hein, S. (Project staff) & Grabener, S. (Project staff)

    01.09.1630.04.22

    Project: Research

  33. Mindsets in value-driven conflicts

    Schuster, C. (Project manager, academic) & Harinck, F. (Partner)

    01.08.2031.07.21

    Project: Research

  34. Mit dem Bus zur Schule

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Berthold, A. (Project staff), Baum, R. (Project staff) & Röpke, S. (Project staff)

    01.07.0531.12.05

    Project: Other

  35. Green Fashion Challenge: Modekultur, Textilien und Nachhaltigkeit

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic) & Hampe, L. (Project staff)

    01.01.2001.03.21

    Project: Other

  36. Model adaptation and study site determination for environmental fate research of veterinary antibiotics in Lüneburg

    Gaßmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1430.04.15

    Project: Research

  37. MonViA: Monitoring der biologischen Vielfalt in Agrarlandschaften

    Dauber, J. (Project manager, academic), Dieker, P. (Coordination) & Grabener, S. (Project staff)

    01.03.19 → …

    Project: Research

  38. Monitoring gentechnisch veränderter Organismen. Supranationale und deutsche Rechtsfragen des Monitorings transgener Pflanzen zur Erforschung hypothetischer Risiken

    Regenbrecht, G. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    25.04.0417.01.05

    Project: Dissertation project

  39. MIREN: Mountain Invasion Research Network

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Seipel, T. (Partner), Alexander, J. M. (Partner), Arévalo, J. R. (Partner), Küffer, C. (Partner), Lembrechts, J. J. (Partner), McDougall, K. (Partner), Pauchard, A. (Partner) & Rew, L. J. (Partner)

    01.01.06 → …

    Project: Research

  40. Moving to the real world: Testing biodiversity and priority effects for restoring multifunctional grasslands

    Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic) & Ernst, L. M. (Project staff)

    01.10.2030.09.23

    Project: Research

  41. INFERNUM: M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences - Infernum

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wüst, S. (Project staff) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)

    27.03.00 → …

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  42. Multiple Representations in Science Education

    Niebert, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.13 → …

    Project: Research

  43. Mycorrhizae in tree diversity effects on ecosystem functioning

    Eisenhauer, N. (Project manager, academic), Ferlian, O. (Project manager, academic), Haider, S. (Partner), Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic) & Heklau, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.17 → …

    Project: Research

  44. Nachhaltige Nutzung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen unter Unsicherheit. Ökologisch-ökonomische Modellierung und Evaluierung volkswirtschaftlicher Politikoptionen

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Quaas, M. F. (Project manager, academic), Olbrich, R. (Project staff), Derissen, S. (Project staff), Jakoby, O. (Project staff) & Groth, M. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.02.0731.07.10

    Project: Research

  45. Nachhaltige Raumentwicklung - Wirtschaften in Netzen: Regionalvermarktung und Akteursnetzwerke von der Elbe bis zur Heide

    Schrader, R. (Project staff), Lang, F. J. (Project staff), Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Burandt, A. (Project staff)

    15.10.1228.02.13

    Project: Teaching

  46. Nachhaltige Raum- und Regionalentwicklung in der "Energiewende"

    Heilmann, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1330.09.18

    Project: Dissertation project

  47. NIKT: Nachhaltiger Konsum von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie in der digitalen Gesellschaft - Dialog und Transformation durch offene Innovation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic), Silva, S. (Project staff), Weber, U. (Project staff), Hagenbeck, J. (Project staff), Norris, S. (Project staff), Eggers, A.-C. (Project staff), Revellio, F. (Project staff), Teuteberg, F. (Project manager, academic), Lenschow, A. (Project manager, academic), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Müller, K. (Project manager, academic) & Raabe, T. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    15.02.1514.05.18

    Project: Research

  48. Phos4Sustain: Nachhaltiger Umgang mit Phosphor

    Pacholski, A. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Luthardt, P. (Partner)

    01.04.1401.04.15

    Project: Teaching

  49. Nachhaltige Unternehmensführung durch integratives Controlling

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Wenzig, J. (Project staff)

    01.10.1814.10.20

    Project: Research

  50. Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen von Führungspersonen in Kommunalverwaltungen

    Plawitzki, J. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1431.03.18

    Project: Dissertation project

  51. RNE: Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in der öffentlichen Verwaltung. Konzepte und Instrumente

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Müller, A. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Harms, D. (Project staff)

    01.12.0830.04.10

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  52. Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie Niedersachsen

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Hartmann, E. (Project staff) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.01.2231.12.25

    Project: Research

  53. Nawi-In: Naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht inklusiv gestalten - Kompetenzentwicklung von Lehramtsstudierenden für und mit der Praxis

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Egger, D. (Project staff), Brauns, S. (Project staff) & Sellin, K. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.04.1830.09.21

    Project: Research

  54. Near-infrared spectra of leaves as predictors for forest ecosystem functions

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Proß, T. (Project manager, academic), Bruelheide, H. (Partner), Potvin, C. (Project manager, academic) & Auge, H. (Partner)

    01.01.17 → …

    Project: Research

  55. NEMo: NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätsbedürfnissen im ländlichen Raum

    Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic), Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), Samland, U. (Project staff), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, A. (Project manager, academic), Köster, F. (Project manager, academic), Taeger, J. (Project manager, academic), Winter, A. J. (Project manager, academic) & Woisetschläger, D. M. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.10.1630.04.19

    Project: Research

  56. NEMo - Nachhaltige Erfüllung von Mobilitätserfordernissen im ländlichen Raum

    Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic), Marx Gómez, J. (Project manager, academic), Hahn, A. (Project manager, academic), Köster, F. (Project manager, academic), Taeger, J. (Project manager, academic), Winter, A. J. (Project manager, academic), Woisetschläger, D. M. (Project manager, academic) & Henkel, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.03.1628.02.19

    Project: Research

  57. Neue Medien in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - GPS-Bildungsrouten im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic), Pez, P. (Project manager, academic) & Corleis, F. (Coordination)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    03.03.0917.10.11

    Project: Research

  58. NJ ESD: New Jobs through ESD Competencies

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Holz, V. (Project staff)

    01.10.1031.07.14

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  59. NEWAVE: Next Water Governance

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Bilalova, S. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.11.1930.04.24

    Project: Research

  60. NGet: NGet - sustainable building energy technologies

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)

    18.02.0931.12.10

    Project: Research

  61. EQUIVAL: Nurturing a Shift towards Equitable Valuation of Nature in the Anthropocene

    Pascual, U. (Coordination), Balvanera, P. (Project manager, academic) & Martín-López, B. (Partner)

    11.11.17 → …

    Project: Research

  62. Nutrient Network

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic) & Eisenhauer, N. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.15 → …

    Project: Research

  63. NEu: Nutrient Network Europe

    Harpole, W. S. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Partner)

    01.01.2031.12.24

    Project: Research