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.

  1. 1999
  2. Published

    Baseflow recession and recharge as nonlinear storage processes

    Wittenberg, H., 15.04.1999, In: Hydrological Processes. 13, 5, p. 715-726 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Watershed groundwater balance estimation using streamflow recession analysis and baseflow separation

    Wittenberg, H. & Sivapalan, M., 01.06.1999, In: Journal of Hydrology. 219, 1-2, p. 20-33 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Ein Kriterium unter vielen: Öko-Effizienz als Element des sozio-ökonomisch vernünftigen Umweltmanagements

    Schaltegger, S., 01.07.1999, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 14, 3, p. 12-14 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Die nächste industrielle Revolution: Die Cradle to Cradle Community

    Braungart, M. & McDonough, W., 01.10.1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 62, 5, p. 18-22 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. 2000
  7. Published

    Anmerkung zum Urteil des EuGH v. 9. September 1999 zur Richtlinienkonformität des Umweltinformationsgesetzes

    Schomerus, T., 2000, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 11, 4, p. 219 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsNotes on court decisionsResearch

  8. Published

    Ausgewählte Suchtpräventionsprojekte für Kinder und Jugendliche in Deutschland seit 1985: Dokumentation und qualitative Bewertung

    Kohlschmidt, A. & Lazardzig, T., 2000, Lüneburg: Zentrum für Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Lüneburg, 69 p. (Bearbeiten ZAG-Forschungs- und Arbeitsberichte).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Betriebliches Umweltmanagement

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2000, Einführung in die Umweltwissenschaften. Althaus, W. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). Hagen [u.a.]: FernUniversität in Hagen, p. 209-229 20 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Buche oder Eiche

    Twenhöven, L. & Härdtle, W., 2000, In: Unterricht Biologie. 253, p. 4-13 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  11. Published

    Bürgschaftsbank für Sozialwirtschaft

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2000, Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften: Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des guten Lebens. Biesecker, A., Mathes, M., Schön, S. & Scurrell, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 86-93 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    Citizen relationship management

    Bonin, H. E. G., 2000, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Final).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers