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. TRACE: TRACE – TRAit-environment interactions driving elevational range expansions under ClimatE change

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic) & Ratier Backes, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2231.12.23

    Project: Research

  2. Training Programme „Sustainable Consumption and Global Justice – Perspectives for Sustainability through Academic North-South Cooperation“

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Aguirre, P. (Partner)

    20.08.0919.03.10

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  3. Training Programme „Sustainable University Development“

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Rieckmann, M. (Project manager, academic) & Aguirre, P. (Partner)

    01.02.1114.05.11

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  4. TraVo: Transformation in Ökonomie und Politik: Teilvorhaben 2: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschafliche Ansätze und Geschlechterverhältnisse in der Transformationsdebatte

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic), Moths, K. (Project staff), Amri-Henkel, A. (Project staff) & Lenz, C. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.08.1530.10.16

    Project: Research

  5. Transformations:Räume für zukunftsorientiertes Lernen

    Japsen, A. (Coordination), Meier, N. (Coordination), Wenzel, M. (Project manager, academic), Farny, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, T. (Project manager, academic) & Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.2231.12.23

    Project: Other

  6. TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector

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

    01.06.2231.05.26

    Project: Research

  7. TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions: The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P2: Complementarity through trait variation

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Harpole, W. S. (Project manager, academic), Ma, Z. (Project manager, academic) & Yang, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2231.05.27

    Project: Research

  8. TreeDi: TreeDiversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests - International Research Training Group funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic), Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic), Perles-García, M. D. (Project staff), Bruelheide, H. (Project manager, academic) & Wang, Y. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1830.09.22

    Project: Research

  9. TreeDi: Tree Diversity Interactions (TreeDi): The role of tree-tree interactions in local neighbourhoods in Chinese subtropical forests; P1: Spatial above- and belowground complementarity

    von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic), Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic), Liu, X. (Project manager, academic), Ma, K. (Project manager, academic) & Bu, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.2231.05.27

    Project: Research

  10. TR_Experiment Stickstoffeintrag

    Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)

    02.12.1331.12.17

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  11. TrICo Subproject: Community Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

    Hoyer, R. (Project staff), Wenzel, M. (Project manager, academic), Reihlen, M. (Project manager, academic), Farny, S. (Project manager, academic), Cnossen, B. (Project manager, academic), Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Weisenfeld, U. (Project manager, academic), Penz, F. (Project staff), Lommel, L. (Project staff) & von Wulffen, C. (Project staff)

    01.08.2331.12.27

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  12. TrICo Subproject: Community Sustainable Production

    Ben Khalifa, N. (Project manager, academic), Heger, J. (Project manager, academic), Klusemann, B. (Project manager, academic), Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Schmidt, M. (Project manager, academic), Schulz, J. (Project staff), Stöver, E. (Partner), Dieringa, H. (Partner), Zeise, P. (Project staff), Hendriok, L. (Project staff) & Krämer, R. (Project staff)

    01.08.2331.12.27

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  13. TrICo Subprojekt: Community School Improvement and Leadership

    Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Marsch, S. (Project staff), Frentz, J. (Project manager, academic), Schellig, H. (Project staff), Hofmann, L. (Project staff) & List, F. (Project staff)

    01.01.2331.12.27

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  14. TR_Zusatz von Kreide in Kläranlagen

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    15.11.1225.06.13

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  15. TTT: Tundra Trait Team

    Haider, S. (Project staff), Bjorkmann, A. (Project manager, academic) & Myers-Smith, I. H. (Project manager, academic)

    10.05.18 → …

    Project: Research

  16. Umweltauswirkungen von Umckaloabo

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1030.09.11

    Project: Research

  17. Umweltbewusstsein in Deutschland 2002. Eine repräsentative Bevölkerungsumfrage.

    Kuckartz, U. (Project manager, academic) & Grunenberg, H. (Project staff)

    01.10.0128.02.03

    Project: Research

  18. Umweltbildung als Innovation - Evaluation von BLK-Modellversuchen zur Umweltbildung

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.9531.12.96

    Project: Research

  19. Umweltbildung: ein Problem der Lehrerbildung

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Fischer, H. (Project manager, academic) & Schulte, M. (Project staff)

    01.01.9531.12.97

    Project: Research

  20. Umweltbildung in anderen Ländern und Kontinenten

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.9531.03.96

    Project: Scientific event

  21. Umweltbildung unter globalen Perspektiven

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.9531.12.96

    Project: Research

  22. Umwelt- und Klimarekonstruktion Forschungsbohrung Garding2

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.02.1101.02.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  23. Umweltverträgliches Rodentizid

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.1930.11.20

    Project: Research

  24. UCOM: Understanding Communal Orientation in Men

    Block, K. (Coordination), Martiny, S. E. (Partner), Meeussen, L. (Partner), Olsson, M. (Partner), Schmader, T. (Partner), Schuster, C. (Partner), Van Grootel, S. (Partner) & Van Laar, C. (Partner)

    01.11.1731.12.18

    Project: Research

  25. Understanding human-carnivore relationships: from social conflicts to ecosystem services

    Martín-López, B. (Project manager, academic), Lozano Mendoza, J. (Project staff), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Dorresteijn, I. (Partner) & Fischer, J. (Partner)

    01.11.1631.10.17

    Project: Research

  26. BETA-FOR: Understorey plant assemblages and primary production

    von Oheimb, G. (Project manager, academic) & Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.2201.05.26

    Project: Research

  27. Unesco Chair

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

    Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

    01.01.1331.12.19

    Project: Other

  28. UE4SD: University Educators for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Mader, M. (Coordination), Mader, C. (Project staff) & Burandt, S. (Project staff)

    01.10.1319.09.17

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  29. Unraveling patterns of ecosystem services supply: a case study in Southern Chile

    Benra, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1831.08.22

    Project: Dissertation project

  30. VaNaTe: Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling

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

    01.05.2330.04.26

    Project: Research

  31. VaNaTe: Unravelling the relation between Values of Nature and Telecoupling

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.2330.04.26

    Project: Research

  32. Untersuchungen zum Abbau siliziumorganischer Verbindungen mithilfe von Labor-Experimenten

    Grabitz, E. (Project staff), Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic) & Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1630.11.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  33. UFCL: Urban Future Climate Lab

    Kause, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.2430.09.30

    Project: Research

  34. UROC - Living Campus Accelerator Toolkit

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Schäpke, N. (Coordination)

    03.02.1715.03.18

    Project: Research

  35. Using plant functional traits to reveal mechanisms behind species richness patterns along elevation gradients

    Haider, S. (Project manager, academic), Ratier Backes, A. (Project manager, academic), Römermann, C. (Partner), Knight, T. M. (Partner), Keil, P. (Partner), Alexander, J. M. (Partner) & Arévalo, J. R. (Partner)

    01.01.1731.12.21

    Project: Research

  36. Using Self-Affirmation to Reduce Intergroup Hostility and Facilitate Intergroup Contact in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

    Sevincer, T. (Project manager, academic), Halperin, E. (Project manager, academic), Müller, T. (Partner) & Shermann, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.2530.09.28

    Project: Research

  37. Verantwortung für Nachhaltigkeit

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic), John, F. (Project staff), Quaas, M. F. (Partner), Klauer, B. (Partner), Schiller, J. (Partner), Krysiak, F. C. (Partner), Petersen, T. (Partner) & Williams, G. D. (Partner)

    01.07.1330.06.14

    Project: Research

  38. KLIMZUG-NORD: Verbundvorhaben KLIMZUG-NORD: Anpassungsprozessedes Naturschutzes an den Klimawandel (Teilprojekt 3.7)

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic), Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic), Runge, K. (Project manager, academic) & Katz, C. (Project staff)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.04.0930.09.14

    Project: Research

  39. Vereinfachung des Abfallrechts

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Versteyl, L.-A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.0608.09.09

    Project: Other

  40. Vereinfachung und Verschlankung des Naturschutzrechts

    Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.0730.04.08

    Project: Research

  41. Verfassungsrechtliche Schutzpflichten zur Bekämpfung des Bienensterbens

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

    02.03.1630.09.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  42. DBU-Sulfonamide: Verringerung des Eintrags an Tierarzneimitteln in die Umwelt mit besser abbaubaren Sulfonamiden

    Hamscher, G. (Coordination), Haiß, A. (Project staff), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), Kietzmann, M. (Partner), Höper, H. (Partner), Lattmann, J. (Partner, non-academic) & Jantzen, K. (Partner, non-academic)

    German Federal Environmental Foundation

    01.10.1010.02.14

    Project: Research

  43. VerS: VerS - Verfall gesellschafticher Strukturen – Chance für nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Newig, J. (Project manager, academic) & Balsam, R. (Project staff)

    01.07.0931.12.11

    Project: Research

  44. Verwertung evokativer unternehmerischer Ansätze für Umwelt und Gesellschaft

    Halberstadt, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.1630.11.20

    Project: Other

  45. VCSE: Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic), Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Burandt, S. (Project staff)

    01.02.0730.04.10

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  46. VCC: Virtual Copernicus Campus

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    01.03.0531.12.07

    Project: Other

  47. Virtual Copernicus Campus - eLearning for Sustainability in the European Higher Education Area

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic) & Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.03.0528.02.06

    Project: Research

  48. Von Weltbürger_innen und Anderen. Subjektivation im entwicklungspolitischen Freiwilligendienst weltwärts

    Kontzi, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.0905.02.14

    Project: Dissertation project

  49. Wachsende Skulptur: Wachsende Skulptur. Heiligengeistschule Lüneburg - Eine wachsende Skulptur im Horizont nachhaltiger Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Holz, V. (Project staff), Kurt, H. (Partner) & Steinmann, G. (Partner)

    01.04.0930.04.10

    Project: Practical Project

  50. Waldbiodiversitätsexperiment TP SP 6

    Staab, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.2531.10.26

    Project: Research

  51. Wasser-Ressourcenpreis 2015

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.1531.12.19

    Project: Other

  52. BiodiWert: Was sind erfolgreiche Konzepte zur Wiederherstellung artenreichen Grünlandes in Deutschland? Eine multiregionale Bewertung sozial-ökologischer Systeme und pilothafte Umsetzung (Grassworks)

    Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic), Leventon, J. (Project staff), Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic), Martín-López, B. (Project staff), May, F. (Project staff), Tischew, S. (Partner), Kirmer, A. (Partner), Kollmann, J. (Partner), Beckmann, V. (Partner), Dieker, P. (Partner), Thiele, J. (Partner) & Metzner, J. (Partner)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.10.2030.09.21

    Project: Research

  53. Water reuse for green hydrogen production (WtR4GH2)

    Adisorn, T. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    01.10.24 → …

    Project: Dissertation project

  54. Web-Plattformen für eine„Nachhaltige Informationsgesellschaft“Grundlagen und Erfolgsfaktoren

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

    01.10.0030.09.01

    Project: Research

  55. Welcome to Africa

    Baumgärtner, S. (Project manager, academic) & Olbrich, R. (Project staff)

    01.01.1210.05.12

    Project: Teaching

  56. DB: Wertorientierte Ausrichtung des Umweltmanagements. Fallstudie Deutsche Bahn AG

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Jänicke, N. T. (Project staff) & Hellmann, K. (Project staff)

    01.08.0230.04.03

    Project: Practical Project

  57. Wettbewerb Zukunftsstadt - Planungs- und Umsetzungskonzept der Vision 2030+ (2. Phase)

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Weiser, A. (Project staff) & Seidel, A. (Project manager, academic)

    Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    01.01.1730.06.18

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  58. EPISUS: What Epistemology for Sustainability Science? Experiments and Theories for Social Transformation

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Caniglia, G. (Project manager, academic)

    Europäische Union

    01.10.1730.09.19

    Project: Research

  59. Wildlife, Values, Justice: Reconciling Sustainability in African Proteced Areas

    Loos, J. (Project manager, academic), Fust, P. (Project staff), Giliba, R. (Project staff), Kachali, R. (Project staff), Thomsen, S. (Project staff) & Räther, A. (Project staff)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    01.07.1830.06.25

    Project: Research

  60. Wildnis und nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.07 → …

    Project: Research

  61. WiN: Wirtschaften in Netzen – Stärkung regionaler Absatzmärkte für KMU als Beitrag zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung der Region

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

    Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen – NBank

    01.08.1031.12.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  62. Wissenschaftliche Begleitung der Entwicklung von Unterrichtsmaterial zum Thema Handy

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Fischer, D. (Project staff)

    01.10.1403.04.15

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  63. Wissenschaftsraum "Future Trends in Education. Schule transformieren durch Demokratiebildung und Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Future.Ed"

    Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Idel, T.-S. (Project manager, academic), Speck, K. (Project manager, academic), Nonte, S. (Project manager, academic) & Reintjes, C. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2531.12.29

    Project: Research

  64. Wölfen auf der Spur

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Rode, H. (Project staff)

    Landesjägerschaft Niedersachsen e.V.

    01.10.1225.03.15

    Project: Transfer (professional training)

  65. Working group “Consensus network of invasion hypotheses”

    Haider, S. (Partner), Jeschke, J. M. (Project manager, academic), Enders, M. (Project manager, academic), Bernard-Verdier, M. (Project staff), Catford, J. A. (Project staff), Gómez-Aparicio, L. (Project staff), Heger, T. (Project staff), Meyerson, L. A. (Project staff), Novoa, A. (Project staff), Ricciardi, A. (Project staff), Vila, M. (Project staff), Essl, F. (Project staff), Hulme, P. E. (Project staff), van Kleunen, M. (Project staff), Lockwood, J. L. (Project staff), Pyšek, P. (Project staff), Strayer, D. L. (Project staff) & Yannelli, F. A. (Project staff)

    01.01.1831.12.18

    Project: Research

  66. XR2ESILIENCE

    Lehr, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.2431.07.28

    Project: Research

  67. Zertifizierung von Umweltbildungseinrichtungen

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.12.0619.07.10

    Project: Other

  68. ZIM - Kälteabsorptionsanlagen

    Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.1517.11.20

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  69. Zukünftige Energiepolitik

    Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.9630.03.98

    Project: Research

  70. Zukunftscamp - Future Now

    Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic), Bartsch, A. (Project staff) & Wüllner, C. (Project staff)

    01.04.0730.03.09

    Project: Practical Project

  71. Zukunftsfähige Umweltbildung in der Lehrerbildung: Forschungsstand, Defizite und Notwendigkeiten

    Godemann, J. (Project manager, academic), Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.9831.12.03

    Project: Research

  72. 2030+: Zukunftsstadt Lüneburg 2030+

    Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic), Vilsmaier, U. (Project manager, academic), Luthardt, P. (Coordination) & Prien-Ribcke, S. (Partner)

    23.11.1531.03.18

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

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