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. Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung

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

    01.06.0731.01.08

    Project: Research

  2. 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

  3. Regularities in Reading Times

    Wallot, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2131.12.22

    Project: Research

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Resonanztheorie in der Nachhaltigkeit

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

    01.01.1931.12.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  7. 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)

    01.05.1431.08.19

    Project: Research

  8. Ressourcenpolitik und Geschlechtergerechtigkeit in der Globalisierung

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

    01.04.1031.03.13

    Project: Research

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

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

    01.02.0201.10.03

    Project: Research

  13. SchulStark-Feriencamp

    Salisch, M. (Project manager, academic) & Webersik, J. (Coordination)

    Niedersächsische Lotto-Sport Stiftung

    01.01.1615.05.17

    Project: Teaching

  14. Schutz von Buchenwäldern in einem System von Prozessschutzgebieten

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.0830.11.11

    Project: Research

  15. Science Blog der Schreibwerkstatt MINT der Uni Bremen

    Rodenhauser, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.1701.10.18

    Project: Practical Project

  16. Science Blog Lüneburg

    Rodenhauser, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.19 → …

    Project: Practical Project

  17. 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)

    05.11.2102.01.25

    Project: Research

  18. Sensorische Ethnographie und künstlerische Intervention

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

    01.01.2330.09.23

    Project: Research

  19. 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

    01.11.0931.10.14

    Project: Research

  20. Shifting standards for boys and girls in the classroom

    Schuster, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.1830.04.19

    Project: Research

  21. Single-Quadrupol-Massenspektrometer

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    07.09.1507.07.17

    Project: Other

  22. SENet: Social and ecological networks supporting biodiversity and food security

    Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic) & Bergsten, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    15.01.1617.03.18

    Project: Research

  23. SCHub: Social Change Hub

    Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Zeyen, A. (Coordination) & Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)

    14.04.0930.09.14

    Project: Teaching

  24. SCHub: Social Change Hub

    Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1428.02.17

    Project: Teaching

  25. Social Entrepreneurs: Social Entepreneurs as Evolutionary Agents in the German Institutional Landscape

    Beckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Ney, S. (Partner) & Gräbnitz, D. (Project staff)

    01.04.1020.12.12

    Project: Research

  26. Social Innovation Thinkathon - Innovative teaching and learning concepts: Innovation plus

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic) & Fokuhl, M. (Project staff)

    01.01.2131.12.22

    Project: Teaching

  27. 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)

    01.05.2330.04.26

    Project: Research

  28. 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)

    01.04.0501.03.08

    Project: Research

  29. 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

    01.04.0531.07.08

    Project: Research

  30. 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

  31. SoilTemp Project

    Haider, S. (Project staff), Lembrechts, J. J. (Project manager, academic) & Lenoir, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.18 → …

    Project: Research

  32. Sozial-ökologische Forschungsperspektiven für eine "Nachhaltige Informationsgesellschaft"

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

    01.01.0030.09.01

    Project: Research

  33. Sozio-politische Partizipation: Kollektive Identität als Ziel (DFG SI-428/14-1)

    Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic) & Simon, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0431.03.07

    Project: Research

  34. sPlot "Plant trait-environment relationships across the world's biomes"

    Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic) & Haider, S. (Project staff)

    01.01.13 → …

    Project: Research

  35. SPONSORs Zertifikats

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmitt, C. (Coordination) & Sachs, B. (Project staff)

    01.07.2230.06.24

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  36. 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)

    01.02.1531.01.19

    Project: Research

  37. 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

  38. Storytelling in der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation - Evidenzen und Perspektiven

    Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic), Selm, H. (Coordination) & Sundermann, A. (Project staff)

    01.10.1731.08.22

    Project: Research

  39. SAWA: Strategic Alliance for Integrated Water Management Actions

    Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    17.03.0828.04.15

    Project: Research

  40. Strategic Marketing and Corporate Reputation towards Corporate Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Lee, K.-H. (Project manager, academic)

    Alliance Mark Co. Ltd, Korea

    21.09.0929.04.10

    Project: Research

  41. Strategische Umweltprüfung und strategisches Umweltmonitoring für Offshore-Windenergieanlagen

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic), Nehls, G. (Partner) & Runge, K. (Partner)

    01.07.0431.08.05

    Project: Research

  42. DAS: Studienpfad für den Beruf als kommunale*r Klimamanager*in

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Möller, S. (Project staff) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)

    01.10.2231.03.25

    Project: Research

  43. Studienreise Israel

    Aßmann, T. (Project manager, academic)

    03.02.0923.06.09

    Project: Research

  44. s4f: studies4future - Blog für Gesellschaftsgestaltung

    Möller, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.2131.12.22

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  45. SSATL-ESD: Sub-Saharan Africa Teacher Leadership for ESD

    Fischer, D. (Project manager, academic), Joon, D. (Coordination) & Grauer, C. (Project staff)

    01.11.2431.10.27

    Project: Research

  46. Sukzessions- und Regenerationsmodelle, vegetationskundliche Referenzsysteme

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic) & Redecker, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.9731.03.01

    Project: Research

  47. 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)

    10.11.1431.12.18

    Project: Research

  48. 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)

    01.09.1405.10.18

    Project: Research

  49. "Sustainability and Digitalization - a European perspective"

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Trittin-Ulbrich, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner) & von Wehrden, H. (Partner)

    01.12.1931.08.22

    Project: Teaching

  50. Outreach: Sustainability as a challenge for the export economy

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schock, M. (Project staff) & Buttscher, C. (Project staff)

    01.01.0819.08.09

    Project: Research

  51. BSC: Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Wagner, M. (Project staff), Hahn, T. (Project staff) & Figge, F. (Project staff)

    01.10.0031.12.02

    Project: Research

  52. Sustainability Communications (Machbarkeitsstudie)

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic) & Franz-Balsen, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0231.12.03

    Project: Research

  53. Sustainability controlling and reporting in the public sector

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.0930.09.11

    Project: Research

  54. Sustainability education - capacity building for teachers

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Redman, A. (Project staff)

    14.03.1731.05.19

    Project: Research

  55. 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)

    Europäische Union

    01.03.1729.02.20

    Project: Other

  56. SLF: Sustainability Leadership Forum

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Petersen, H. (Project staff), Klewitz, J. (Project staff) & Rudolph, N. S. (Project staff)

    Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management ( B.A.U.M.) e.V.

    10.11.0430.04.19

    Project: Other

  57. AutoUni: Sustainability Management in the M.Sc. programme "Sustainable Mobility" of the Volkswagen AutoUni

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hasenmüller, P. (Project staff)

    01.07.0431.12.04

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  58. Sustainability Politics Barometer

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

    WWF Deutschland

    01.03.1122.07.15

    Project: Research

  59. SusChemTunisia: Sustainable Chemistry for a Sustainable Agriculture

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Coordination) & Mahjoub, B. (Partner)

    01.10.1831.01.19

    Project: Research

  60. COMTESS: Sustainable Coastal Land Management: Trade-offs in Ecosystem Services

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), Engler, J.-O. (Project staff), Kleyer, M. (Project manager, academic), Giani, L. (Partner), Ahlhorn, F. (Partner), Klenke, T. (Partner), Selck, T. J. (Partner), Stahl, J. (Partner), Oumeraci, H. (Partner), Bronstert, A. (Partner), Jeltsch, F. (Partner), Schröder, B. (Partner), Glatzel, S. (Partner), Miegel, K. (Partner), Ahlheim, M. (Partner) & Stoll-Kleemann, S. (Partner)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.1131.07.16

    Project: Research

  61. ZIL-Kontakt: Sustainable information logistics for digital contact tracing of infectious diseases

    Drews, P. (Project manager, academic), Funk, B. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic), Zimmer, M. P. (Coordination), Kortmann, F. (Project staff), Fassmeyer, P. (Project staff) & Usko, N. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    21.05.2131.03.23

    Project: Research

  62. Sustainable Solutions in Intergenerational Conflicts

    Majer, J. (Project manager, academic), Schütte, C. (Project staff) & Trötschel, R. (Partner)

    01.05.1930.04.21

    Project: Research

  63. SSCM: Sustainable Supply Chain Management. State of Practice in German Companies

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Harms, D. (Project staff)

    15.06.0809.09.10

    Project: Research

  64. Sustainable University: Sustainable University

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Adomßent, M. (Coordination), Godemann, J. (Coordination), Burandt, S. (Project staff), Barth, M. (Project staff) & Rieckmann, M. (Project staff)

    01.07.0431.12.07

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  65. SUSTIL: Szenarien zur Umsetzung der UN-Nachhaltigkeitsziele in Stadt und Landkreis Lüneburg: Implikationen für die Steuerung von Landnutzung

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic), Ackerschott, A. (Project staff), Kohlhase, E. (Project staff) & Schmidt, A. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.02.2031.01.25

    Project: Research

  66. Tackling Climate Change - Compulsory Licensing as an Instrument?

    Behrmann, V. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    22.01.0908.08.12

    Project: Dissertation project

  67. Tagung "Methoden in der Umweltbildungsforschung" (Jagdschloß Göhrde, 2.-5.12.1997)

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.9730.11.98

    Project: Scientific event

  68. Tagung "Theorie und Praxis Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung - Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven"

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Coordination) & Otte, I. (Coordination)

    01.01.1231.12.12

    Project: Scientific event

  69. tdAcademy: Modul Gäste und Fellows

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Grauer, C. (Project staff) & Lam, D. (Project staff)

    01.05.2031.05.25

    Project: Research

  70. Teach about US: Educational Outreach Project - Bridging the American Studies and Science Classrooms: Going Green Meets STEM

    Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic), Kaliampos, J. (Project staff), Abels, S. (Partner) & Hüfner, S. K. (Project staff)

    24.02.1730.09.18

    Project: Practical Project

  71. TEMI: Teaching Enquriy with Mysteries Incorporated

    Lembens, A. (Project manager, academic) & Abels, S. (Project staff)

    01.02.1331.07.16

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  72. ENSU: „Teaching Sustainability in Higher Education“

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic), Burandt, S. (Project staff) & Aguirre, P. (Coordination)

    30.01.0915.07.13

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  73. sTeleBES : Telecoupled use of biodiversity and ecosystem services: synthesis of concepts, methods and evidence

    Schröter, M. (Project manager, academic), Bonn, A. (Coordination), Koellner, T. (Project manager, academic) & Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1601.11.17

    Project: Research

  74. Textile-Transformation

    Beyers, F. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    01.11.1731.10.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  75. The future of biodiversity conservation in farming landscapes in south-eastern Australia

    Hanspach, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schaal, T. (Project staff)

    01.04.1931.08.22

    Project: Research

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