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.
Experiment zur Ermittlung des Wirkungsschwellenwerts für den Stickstoffeintrag (empirischer Critical Load) in einem eutrophierungsgefährdeten Ökosystem
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)
18.11.11 → 10.03.14
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Explorative Messungen zur Konzentration von NSOHeterocyclen (NSO-HET) in Sedimenten der Nordsee 2012
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency
01.07.12 → 09.09.13
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Exploring the interlinkages between specialty coffee farms’ biodiversity and farmers practices in Bolivia
Benavides Frias, C. (Coordination)
01.01.20 → …
Project: Research
Exploring the psychology of an energy technology partnership: the case of hydrogen in mobility
Upham, P. (Project manager, academic) & Bögel, P. M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 01.10.19
Project: Research
BMU-Fachdialog: Fachdialog "Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensberichterstattung"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 31.12.04
Project: Research
Meeting the Future: Fachkonferenz "Meeting the Future - Zehn Jahre Doktoranden-Netzwerk Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften"
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Tschochohei, H. (Project staff)
01.01.06 → 12.03.08
Project: Scientific event
Factors controlling plant invasion: community niche, vegetation structure and local adaptation
Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Pahl, A. T. (Project manager, academic) & Kollmann, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.11 → 31.12.14
Project: Research
Fallsammlung des Lehrens und Lernens
Niebert, K. (Project manager, academic), Gropengiesser, H. (Project manager, academic) & Dannemann, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.12 → 01.04.13
Project: Research
Faunistische und botanische Untersuchungen
Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic)
02.09.19 → 30.04.22
Project: Other
Wildpark: Feasibility study as part of a qualification campaign in environmental education in a wildlife park
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lüdeke-Freund, F. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.09.06 → 26.08.09
Project: Research
TM 1.3 C F&E-Projekt 02 - FeQuan: FeQuan – Sensorsystem zur Früherkennung von Verockerungstendenzen
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic), Opel, O. (Project staff) & Japsen, A. (Project staff)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
19.08.09 → 31.03.16
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
FLOWS: Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability
Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.04 → 09.11.09
Project: Research
Föderung wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs - Nachhaltige Chemie
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.22 → 31.03.26
Project: Research
FoodLabHome
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.18 → 30.09.21
Project: Research
Food Policy Councils: Levers for Sustainability Transformation?
Sieveking, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.16 → 30.04.20
Project: Dissertation project
FOR 5375 - SP8: Understorey plant assemblages and primary production
Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.23 → 30.05.26
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa. Subproject SP1: Biodiversity impacts-local-scale restoration effects in western Rwanda
Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa. Subproject SP1: Biodiversity impacts-local-scale restoration effects in western Rwanda
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa . Subproject SP2: Landscape context - landscape-scale restoration dynamics in western Rwanda
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Kümmerle, T. (Project manager, academic) & Sun, P. (Project staff)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa. Sub Project SP8: Synthesis: Social-ecological restoration in western Rwanda
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR 5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa. Subprojekt SP3: Designing and implementing restoration governance for entvironmental justice
Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR 5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa. Subprojekt SP3: Designing and implementing restoration governance for entvironmental justice
Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
FOR5501: A social-ecological systems approach to inform ecosystem restoration in rural Africa. Subprojekt SP7: A living lab for social-ecological restoration in western Rwanda
Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.27
Project: Research
Förderung der Regelprofessur im Fach Ökosystemfunktionen im Rahmen des Professorinnenprogramms an der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
van Riesen, K. (Coordination) & Klein, A.-M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.10 → 31.05.13
Project: Individual grant
FoLe-Diklusiv: Forschendes Lernen mit digitalen Medien als Beitrag zu erfolgreicher Inklusion
Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project manager, academic) & Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.22 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
F.B.E.Leuchtpol: Forschung.Beratung.Evaluation.Leuchtpol
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Benoist, B. (Project staff), Kosler, T. (Project staff) & Moths, K. (Project staff)
01.01.09 → 31.12.12
Project: Research
Forschungskostenz. Stipendium Evely Araripe
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
01.11.21 → 31.03.22
Project: Individual grant
Forschungs- und Beratungsprojekte der Inkubator Gastprofessur Management der Energiewende
Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project manager, academic)
01.11.13 → 31.07.15
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
SUSCCEED : Fostering sustainability science in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe by developing a meaningful and applicable conceptual framework of indicators
Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.02.17 → 31.08.17
Project: Research
Fostering sustainable development in Eastern Europe: A case study of ancient agricultural landscapes in Central Romania
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
01.11.10 → 11.03.16
Project: Research
FRA.ME: Wissenschaftlerinnen Mentoring an der Universität Lüneburg
Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Thiem, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.04 → 18.06.07
Project: Research
FDS-G: Fühlen Denken Sprechen in der Grundschule - Fortbildung zur durchgängigen inhaltsorientierten Sprachförderung für alle Betreuungspersonen - Teilprojekt Emotionsentwicklung
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic), Voltmer, K. (Project manager, academic), Koch, K. (Partner), Langlotz, M. (Partner) & Hormann, O. (Partner)
01.12.22 → 30.11.25
Project: Research
BISS-FDS: Fühlen Denken Sprechen: Professionalisierung alltagsintegrierter sprachlicher Bildung bei ein- und mehrsprachlich aufwachsenden Kindern
Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic), Mähler, C. (Project manager, academic), Cloos, P. (Project manager, academic) & Koch, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.16 → 31.01.20
Project: Research
Future generations in present-day democracy. The theory and practice of proxy representation.
Rose, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.12 → 06.12.16
Project: Dissertation project
GCSO_Annual Membership Meeting
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.19 → 30.09.19
Project: Other
GCSO_Effective sustainability managemenz
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.18 → 30.10.19
Project: Other
Local Food GCSO: GCSO_Transferring and Scaling Sustainable Local Food Economy Solutions
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Hagenbeck, J. (Project staff) & Hübel, C. (Project staff)
01.07.18 → 31.12.19
Project: Other
Gender Equality in the 21st Century - Country-Level and Individual-Level Factors Related to Women’s and Men’s Intentions to Contribute to Childcare – A Cross-National Comparison across 49 Countries
Schuster, C. (Project manager, academic), Martiny, S. E. (Partner), Schmader, T. (Partner), Block, K. (Partner), Van Laar, C. (Partner) & Meeussen, L. (Partner)
15.01.21 → 31.12.23
Project: Research
Geoinformatics breaking new ground - Development of a study program "Environmental communication and nature protection" for students of Geoinformatics at Czech Technical University in Prague
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Adomßent, M. (Project staff)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.11.07 → 30.06.12
Project: Research
"Geschlechterreflektierte Arbeit mit Jungen als Prävention rechtsextremer Einstellunge und Handlungsmuster"
Offen, S. (Project staff), Budde, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, J. (Project staff)
01.05.10 → 31.05.12
Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)
Geschlecht und sexuelle Orientierung als Achsen adoleszenter Zugehörigkeitsarbeit. Zur Professionalisierung geschlechtersensibler politischer Jugendbildung
Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.02.09 → 01.11.12
Project: Dissertation project
Gestaltung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse in der ländlichen Entwicklung am Beispiel der nachhaltigen Nutzung von Agrobiodiversität
Burandt, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.08 → 07.02.18
Project: Dissertation project
TM 1.1 KT 05 Gesund: Gesund im Beruf
Oermann, N. O. (Project manager, academic), Rössler, W. (Project manager, academic), Cacace, M. (Partner), Wiencke, M. (Partner), John, S. M. (Partner), Ekkernkamp, A. (Partner) & Maier, B. (Partner)
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank
01.09.11 → 31.03.16
Project: Research
Gewinnung und Nutzung von Lebenszyklusdaten im betrieblichen Kontext
Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.08 → 03.03.11
Project: Research
Gewinnung und Nutzung von Lebenszyklusdaten im betrieblichen Kontext
Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.07 → 30.06.07
Project: Research
GHR 300. Entwicklung und Konzeption des 4-semestrigen Masterstudiengangs Lehramt an Grund-, Haupt- und Realschulen.
Dietrich, C. (Project manager, academic), Landwehr, B. (Project manager, academic) & Beckmann, T. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.12 → 30.11.14
Project: Teaching
GCEF: Global Change Experimental Facility
Haider, S. (Project staff) & Auge, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.13 → …
Project: Research
Global Classroom-Liberal Arts Education für das 21. Jahrhundert mit internationaler Perspektive
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Laubichler, M. (Project manager, academic), Leonie, B. (Project staff), John, B. (Project staff) & Caniglia, G. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.12 → 31.01.17
Project: Research