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. 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

  2. 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)

  3. NEWAVE: Next Water Governance

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

    Europäische Union

    01.11.1930.04.24

    Project: Research

  4. NGet: NGet - sustainable building energy technologies

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)

    18.02.0931.12.10

    Project: Research

  5. 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

  6. Nutrient Network

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

    01.01.15 → …

    Project: Research

  7. NEu: Nutrient Network Europe

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

    01.01.2031.12.24

    Project: Research

  8. Nutzerbefragung Klimanavigator

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Sundermann, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.1326.06.15

    Project: Research

  9. Ökologische Ökonomik Modellierung und konzeptionelle Fundierung am Beispiel von Beweidung in semi-ariden Gebieten

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Frank, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0430.09.07

    Project: Research

  10. Ökonomische Folgen des Freizeitverhaltens im Wald: Grundlagen zur Umsetzung des neuen Waldgesetzes im Kanton Basel-Land

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Kleiber, O. (Project staff) & Jenni, L. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0031.12.02

    Project: Research

  11. Ölpflanzen als Zwischenfrüchte; Teilvorhaben 1: Analyse der Stakeholder-Akzeptanz und politische Rahmenbedingungen

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Noboa, E. (Project staff) & Laws, N. (Project staff)

    01.07.1501.01.17

    Project: Research

  12. Online-CSR-Kommunikation börsennotierter Unternehmen in der DACH-Region

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S. (Project manager, academic), Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic), Hetze, K. (Project manager, academic) & Glock, Y. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1531.01.19

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  13. OpenNESS: OPERATIONALISATION OF NATURAL CAPITAL AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1331.05.17

    Project: Research

  14. COUPLED: Operationalising telecouplings for solving sustainability challenges related to land use

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Coenen, J. (Project staff) & Challies, E. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.01.1830.06.22

    Project: Research

  15. Our common future: Biokunststoffe = umweltfreundlich?

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic) & Reichelt, A. (Partner, non-academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    16.10.1731.01.20

    Project: Practical Project

  16. Participation Case Scout

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Rose, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1931.03.22

    Project: Other

  17. Micropollutants in Greywater: Personal care products (PCPs) as source for micropollutants in Greywater – Identification, quantification and on-site treatment. /

    Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Friedler, E. (Partner), Dubwoski, Y. (Project manager, academic) & Jentzsch, F. (Project staff)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    03.12.1231.07.16

    Project: Research

  18. PharmCycle

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Floeter, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1531.08.23

    Project: Other

  19. 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

  20. Planning Land Use Strategies: Meeting biodiversity, climate and social objectives in a changing world

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, X. (Project staff)

    01.06.2301.06.26

    Project: Research

  21. 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

    01.01.1131.12.15

    Project: Research

  22. 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

    01.06.2031.08.23

    Project: Research

  23. Political Leadership as a Key Driver towards Sustainability.

    von Stauffenberg, A.-K. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1912.12.23

    Project: Dissertation project

  24. 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)

    01.10.1003.03.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  25. "Portal Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" (Machbarkeitsstudie)

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.0228.02.03

    Project: Research

  26. Postdoc Academi 2 Kursdurchlauf

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    15.12.1915.08.20

    Project: Other

  27. PostDoc Academy: 3. Kursdurchlauf an der Leuphana

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.08.2031.03.22

    Project: Research

  28. Postdoc Academy - 4. Kursdurchlauf

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    07.12.2107.06.22

    Project: Teaching

  29. Postdoc Academy: Seminar 1st course cycle

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Barth, M. (Project manager, academic)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    15.11.1815.07.19

    Project: Other

  30. PRIME Stipendium: Postdoctoral Researchers International Mobility Experience

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2031.05.22

    Project: Other

  31. 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)

    01.01.1113.09.16

    Project: Research

  32. Potenziale und Grenzen von Crowdfunding für Nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1819.03.19

    Project: Other

  33. 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)

    30.04.1129.10.12

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  34. PREMIER: Prioritisation and Risk Evaluation of Medicines in the EnviRonment

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic) & Puhlmann, N. (Project staff)

    Europäische Union

    01.09.2031.08.26

    Project: Research

  35. 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)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    08.12.1631.12.21

    Project: Research

  36. 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)

    German Research Foundation

    01.04.1630.09.18

    Project: Research

  37. 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)

    15.08.0515.08.07

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  38. 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)

    01.03.1301.12.13

    Project: Other

  39. ELAN: Projekt Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (ELAN III)

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic)

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    04.04.0730.04.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  40. 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)

    01.05.1107.08.23

    Project: Research

  41. Prospects for sustainable development: The future of plants and butterflies in Transylvania

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.1115.06.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  42. 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

  43. 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)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    01.04.1530.06.17

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  44. 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)

    01.04.1630.06.19

    Project: Research

  45. Reaktionen zur thermochemischen Speicherung in einer Wärmebatterie

    Rammelberg, H. U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1025.02.15

    Project: Dissertation project

  46. Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sanden, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.0731.01.08

    Project: Research

  47. REDD+ and the changing politics and economics of forest protection in Indonesia

    McGregor, A. (Project manager, academic), Challies, E. (Partner), Gavin, M. (Partner), Weaver, S. (Partner) & Tacconi, L. (Partner)

    01.01.12 → …

    Project: Research

  48. Regularities in Reading Times

    Wallot, S. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.01.2131.12.22

    Project: Research

  49. I4S: Research and Competence Training Network for Sustainability-Driven Innovation

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hansen, E. G. (Partner) & Wicki, S. (Project staff)

    European Commission

    01.01.1331.12.16

    Project: Research

  50. Go-Chains: Research Consortium ‘Sustainability governance of global value chains’

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic), Lenschow, A. (Project manager, academic), Bülow, F. (Coordination), Ehbauer, B. (Project staff), Makris, J. (Project staff), Bäumler, J. (Project manager, academic), Schüßler, E. (Project manager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Velte, P. (Project manager, academic), Teuteberg, F. (Project manager, academic), Schall, A. (Project manager, academic), Franz, M. (Project manager, academic), Busse, C. (Project manager, academic), Lay, J. (Project manager, academic), Jost, H. (Project staff), Evers, K. (Project staff), Große, N. (Project staff), Bongert, F. J. (Project staff), Pohurskyy, S. (Project staff), Kamphues, F. (Project staff), Verfürth, P. (Project staff), Dahiya, S. (Project staff), Zuo, J. (Project staff), Steglich, F. (Project staff) & Raval, S. S. (Project staff)

    01.08.2431.07.28

    Project: Research

  51. Resonanztheorie in der Nachhaltigkeit

    Gehlen, Y. (Project staff) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    01.01.1931.12.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  52. Responses of plant performance and functional diversity along a climate and land-use gradient in Mongolia

    von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Wesche, K. (Project manager, academic) & Römermann, C. (Project manager, academic)

    German Research Foundation

    01.05.1431.08.19

    Project: Research

  53. Ressourcenpolitik und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in der Globalisierung

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Bauhardt, C. (Partner)

    01.04.1031.03.13

    Project: Research

  54. INNIG: Risk Culture: Communication and Representation of Risks Considering as Example Extreme Floods

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Grunenberg, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.0531.12.06

    Project: Research

  55. Rural electrification in the Andean countries: analysis of policies that can accelerate off-grid PV adoption

    Feron, S. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    15.11.1321.11.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  56. SAFECOAST : SAFECOAST: "The informed society". Analysis and strategy development for risk communication and coastal protection

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Grunenberg, H. (Project staff), Knolle, M. (Project staff) & Lüdecke, G. (Project staff)

    01.10.0631.03.08

    Project: Research

  57. Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Muraca, B. (Project staff)

    01.02.0201.10.03

    Project: Research