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.
- 2001
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Ecopreneurship - Konzept und Typologie
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2001, Lüneburg / Luzern: Centre for Sustainability Management, 65 p. (R.I.O Management Forum 2000).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Effects of forest management on species diversity of vascular plants in northern Germany
Oheimb, G., Ellenberg, H. & Kriebitzsch, W.-U., 2001, Funktionelle Bedeutung von Biodiversität: Kurzfassungen der Beiträge zur 31. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Ökologie in Basel vom 27.-31.8.2001. Zotz, G. & Körner, C. (eds.). Berlin: Parey Verlag , Vol. 31. p. 101 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; vol. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Eigentumsschutz für Gewerbebetriebe als Begrenzung umweltrechtlicher Standardverschärfungen? Ein grundrechtsdogmatisches Postulat auf dem Prüfstand der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zu Art. 14 GG
Schmidt, R., 2001, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 233 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; vol. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Ein Beitrag durch wertorientiertes Umweltmanagement: Aufbau des Lehrstuhls für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Umweltmanagement für die nachhaltig unternehmerische Produktion von Erkenntnissen
Schaltegger, S., Bastenhorst, K.-O., Figge, F., Hahn, T., Hroch, N., Kleiber, O., Müller, J., Petersen, H. & Wagner, M., 2001, Kompetenz und Kreativität: eine Universität in Entwicklung ; Hartwig Donner zum 60. Geburtstag. Heilmann, J. (ed.). Lüneburg: UNIBUCH Verlag, p. 185-195 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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EMA-Links: Government, Management and Stakeholders
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 133 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Entwicklung der Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: ein Beitrag vom Centrum für Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement (CNM) e.V.
Figge, F., 2001, B.A.U.M. Jahrbuch 2001/2002. Hamburg: Henkel Kommunikation, p. 48-54 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entwicklung und Erprobung des Fernstudienganges "Kommunaler Umweltschutz" (FKU). Abschlussbericht für den Zeitraum von 01.09.1997 bis 31.12.1999.
Adomßent, M., Lütkemöller, D. & Schwiersch, A., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; vol. 11).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Environmental Value Added: ein neues Maß zur Messung der Öko-Effizienz
Figge, F., 2001, In: Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung. 14, 1/4, p. 184-197 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Environment-Induced Systematisation of Economic Risks
Figge, F., 2001, Sustainable banking: the greening of finance. Bouma, J. J., Jeucken, M. & Klinkers, L. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 268-279 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Evaluation des Greenteamkonzeptes
Degenhardt, L., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G. & Molitor, H., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge).Research output: Working paper › Working papers