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. EXIST-SEED: Management - Outsourcing - Energiecontrollingsoftware

    Langerfeldt, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.0530.09.06

    Project: Research

  2. Exkursion Energiewende: Wilhelmsburger Energieprojekte mit dem Rad erkunden

    Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Sommereisen, T. (Project staff)

    21.09.14 → …

    Project: Teaching

  3. 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)

    01.10.1801.10.19

    Project: Research

  4. BMU-Fachdialog: Fachdialog "Nachhaltigkeit in der Unternehmensberichterstattung"

    Schaltegger, S. (Project manager, academic) & Herzig, C. (Project staff)

    01.07.0431.12.04

    Project: Research

  5. 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)

    01.01.1131.12.14

    Project: Research

  6. Fallsammlung des Lehrens und Lernens

    Niebert, K. (Project manager, academic), Gropengiesser, H. (Project manager, academic) & Dannemann, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.1201.04.13

    Project: Research

  7. Faunistische und botanische Untersuchungen

    Temperton, V. (Project manager, academic)

    02.09.1930.04.22

    Project: Other

  8. FLOWS: Flood Plain Land Use Optimising Workable Sustainability

    Urban, B. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0409.11.09

    Project: Research

  9. Föderung wissenschaftlicher Nachwuchs - Nachhaltige Chemie

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.2231.03.26

    Project: Research

  10. FoodLabHome

    Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Pleißner, D. (Project manager, academic)

    01.10.1830.09.21

    Project: Research

  11. Food Policy Councils: Levers for Sustainability Transformation?

    Sieveking, A. (Project manager, academic) & Schomerus, T. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1630.04.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  12. FOR 5375 - SP8: Understorey plant assemblages and primary production

    Fichtner, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.06.2330.05.26

    Project: Research

  13. FoLe-Diklusiv: Forschendes Lernen mit digitalen Medien als Beitrag zu erfolgreicher Inklusion

    Stinken-Rösner, L. (Project manager, academic) & Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.2228.02.23

    Project: Research

  14. 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)

    01.01.0931.12.12

    Project: Research

  15. Forschungskostenz. Stipendium Evely Araripe

    Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic)

    Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

    01.11.2131.03.22

    Project: Individual grant

  16. Forschungs- und Beratungsprojekte der Inkubator Gastprofessur Management der Energiewende

    Hansen, E. G. (Project manager, academic) & Revellio, F. (Project manager, academic)

    01.11.1331.07.15

    Project: Transfer (R&D project)

  17. FRA.ME: Wissenschaftlerinnen Mentoring an der Universität Lüneburg

    Hofmeister, S. (Project manager, academic) & Thiem, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.07.0418.06.07

    Project: Research

  18. 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)

    01.12.2230.11.25

    Project: Research

  19. 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)

    01.01.1631.01.20

    Project: Research

  20. Future generations in present-day democracy. The theory and practice of proxy representation.

    Rose, M. (Project manager, academic)

    01.05.1206.12.16

    Project: Dissertation project

  21. GCSO_Annual Membership Meeting

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

    01.03.1930.09.19

    Project: Other

  22. GCSO_Effective sustainability managemenz

    Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic)

    01.09.1830.10.19

    Project: Other

  23. 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)

    01.07.1831.12.19

    Project: Other

  24. 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)

    German Research Foundation

    15.01.2131.12.23

    Project: Research

  25. "Geschlechterreflektierte Arbeit mit Jungen als Prävention rechtsextremer Einstellunge und Handlungsmuster"

    Offen, S. (Project staff), Budde, J. (Project manager, academic) & Schmidt, J. (Project staff)

    01.05.1031.05.12

    Project: Transfer (Scientific Services)

  26. 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

    01.09.1131.03.16

    Project: Research

  27. Gewinnung und Nutzung von Lebenszyklusdaten im betrieblichen Kontext

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.0803.03.11

    Project: Research

  28. Gewinnung und Nutzung von Lebenszyklusdaten im betrieblichen Kontext

    Möller, A. (Project manager, academic)

    01.01.0730.06.07

    Project: Research

  29. 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)

    01.07.1230.11.14

    Project: Teaching

  30. Globalands

    Ruck, W. (Project manager, academic)

    01.08.1231.12.17

    Project: Research

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