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.
Koordinatorin des Moduls "Wissenschaft trägt Verantwortung" im Leuphana-Semester am Institut für Umweltkommunikation
Burandt, A. (Coordination)
01.07.07 → 30.04.08
Project: Teaching
KORA, Themenverbund 2: Identifizierung und Quantifizierung toxikologisch relevanter PAK-Metabolite und -Begleitstoffe, Hetero-PAK und substituierter PAK an Altlaststandorten und ihr Verhalten im Aquifer
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.02 → 31.10.06
Project: Research
Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Politik- und Öffentlichkeitsberatung
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.20 → 28.02.21
Project: Research
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)
11.04.14 → 10.08.18
Project: Research
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)
01.07.18 → 30.06.19
Project: Research
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)
01.07.04 → 30.06.07
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Lebenswelt Hochschule und Agends 21: Lebenswelt Hochschule (Teilprojekt des interdisziplinären Vorhabens „Agenda 21 und Universität Lüneburg“)
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Schubert, S. (Project staff)
01.05.99 → 01.07.01
Project: Research
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
01.12.16 → 31.01.18
Project: Research
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
01.12.17 → 31.03.19
Project: Research
LehrerInnenbildung im Kontext von Regionalentwicklung als Projekt nachhaltiger Entwicklung in Polen
Stoltenberg, U. (Project manager, academic) & Nemnich, C. (Project staff)
01.01.05 → 01.01.07
Project: Research
Lehrforschungsprojekt: Bildung im Lebenslauf. Werkstatt Professionalisierung und Weiterbildung in pädagogischen Berufen (Universität Wien)
Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → 30.09.14
Project: Teaching
Lehrforschungsprojekt: Geschlecht und sexuelle Orientierung im Blick politischer Bildung
Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.13 → 30.09.13
Project: Teaching
Lehrforschungsprojekt: Inklusion im Blick des Sachunterrichts
Offen, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.14 → 30.09.14
Project: Teaching
Lenkungsinstrumente zur Kapazitätserweiterung der Grenzkuppelstellen für leistungsgebundene Energie - Eine Analyse des Spannungsfeldes von nationalem und europäischen Energierecht
Barchewitz, P. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)
07.02.08 → 27.06.11
Project: Dissertation project
Lernerfahrungen im Kontext von praxisbezogenen Auslandsaufenthalten im Globalen Süden am Beispiel von Freiwilligendiensten und dem entwicklungspolitischen Bildungsprogramm „ASA“. [Arbeitstitel]
Richter, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.11 → 31.07.14
Project: Dissertation project
Leuphana Law Lab für Nachhaltigkeitstransformation
Bäumler, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.09.24 → 30.11.25
Project: Practical Project
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
01.04.15 → 31.03.21
Project: Research
3-LENSUS: Lifelong Learning Network for Sustainable Development
Michelsen, G. (Project manager, academic) & Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.09 → 31.07.11
Project: Research
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)
01.01.15 → 31.12.19
Project: Research
Linking soil chemical legacies with root economics to improve the predictability of plant-soil feedbacks
Delory, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.22 → 31.12.24
Project: Research
Literaturstudie zu empirischen, ökologischen Wirkungsschwellen (empirische Critical Loads - ClempN) für den Stickstoffeintrag in natürliche und naturnahe Ökosysteme
Härdtle, W. (Project manager, academic)
10.10.11 → 03.12.12
Project: Research
Literaturstudie zur Ursachenanalyse der Kontamination durch dioxinähnliche PCB von Weidegrasaufwuchs von Grundfutter in Niedersachsen
Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)
Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety
01.07.09 → 07.07.10
Project: Research
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)
01.04.15 → 01.04.16
Project: Teaching
Lokale Konflikte um die Gestaltung gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse am Beispiel von Agro-Gentechnik (Arbeitstitel)
Friedrich, B. (Project manager, academic)
01.12.09 → 29.04.15
Project: Dissertation project
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)
01.10.12 → 31.12.16
Project: Research
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
Lüneburg Maps GIZ: Lüneburg Maps: Ein grüner Stadtplan für nachhaltige Mobilität
Lang, D. J. (Project manager, academic) & Seidel, A. (Project staff)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
01.01.19 → 30.07.20
Project: Research
Macauba-Konferenz
Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic) & Averdunk, K. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.11.13 → 30.03.14
Project: Scientific event
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)
01.04.01 → 31.05.02
Project: Research
Machbarkeitsstudie zur Entwicklung eines FKU-Masterprogramms
Adomßent, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.03 → 31.12.03
Project: Research
Machbarkeitsstudie zur Operationalisierung einer interaktiven, virtuell unterstützten Lernumgebung zur Stärkung von Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen
von Wehrden, H. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.11.21 → 28.02.23
Project: Research
Heupelletierung: Machbarkeitsstudie zur Pelletierung von Biomasse
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Müller, J. (Project staff)
01.07.04 → 30.11.04
Project: Practical Project
MaSES: Mainstreaming Social-Ecological Sufficiency: Closing the sustainable consumption gap between societal demand and ecological limits (ERC Consolidator Grant)
Abson, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.23 → 30.04.28
Project: Research
Management von Gehölzen zur Verbesserung der Multifunktionalität in einer Kulturlandschaft Äthiopiens
Fischer, J. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
15.04.20 → 14.04.23
Project: Research
MarBioShell: Marine bio-production and shellfish research: development of sustainable off-shore shellfish mariculture in Denmark (MarBioShell)
Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.09 → 30.06.12
Project: Dissertation project
Master Course Integrated Flood Risk Management
Evers, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.10 → 31.05.11
Project: Teaching
MaRess: Material Efficiency and Resource Conservation
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic), Zvezdov, D. (Project staff) & Viere, T. (Project staff)
25.07.07 → 11.03.11
Project: Research
MUTReWa: Measures for a more sustainable management of pesticides and their transformation products within a regional water management
Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic) & Kümmerer, K. (Coordination)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.04.15 → 31.05.18
Project: Research
ECODRIVE: Measuring ECO-innovation: ecological and economic performance and DeRiVEd indicators
Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Esders, M. (Project staff)
01.01.07 → 06.03.09
Project: Research
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)
19.02.14 → 12.04.19
Project: Research
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)
01.04.21 → 31.03.25
Project: Research
Media, Expertise and Political Decision
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Petersen, I. (Project manager, academic)
01.05.05 → 01.01.07
Project: Research
Mediation im Rahmen von "Good Governance" für Integriertes Küstengebietsmanagement
Striegnitz, M. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.05 → 31.12.06
Project: Research
Medien und klimabewusstes Verhalten. Die Bedeutung des Fernsehens für ein nachhaltiges Alltagshandeln bei Jugendlichen.
Lüdecke, G. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.08 → 31.03.11
Project: Dissertation project
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
01.11.18 → 31.07.22
Project: Research
Mental Accounting in Negotiations
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.07.17 → 30.06.22
Project: Research
Mental Accounting in Negotiations
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic), Zhang, H. (Project manager, academic) & Majer, J. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.18 → …
Project: Research
Mental Accounting in Negotiations with Externalities
Trötschel, R. (Project manager, academic)
01.08.24 → 31.07.27
Project: Research
Methoden zur Anwendbarkeit des Benign by Design Konzepts für die biologische Abbaubarkeit in der Umwelt am Beispiel der ionischen Flüssigkeiten
Amsel, A.-K. (Project staff) & Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.19 → 03.12.24
Project: Dissertation project
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)
01.09.16 → 30.04.22
Project: Research