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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Wie gut berücksichtigen Umwelterklärungen und -berichte zentrale umweltpolitische Themen? vergleichende Untersuchung am Beispiel von Angaben über CO2-Emissionen und Energieverbrauch für 1995/96 und 1998/99
Hroch, N. & Schaltegger, S., 01.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 32 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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NGOs: Promoters of Sustainable Entrepreneurship?
Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2001, Proceddings of the International Transdisciplinarity 2000 Conference: 'Transdisciplinarity: joint problem-solving among science, technology and society', Zurich, February 27 - March 1, 2000: Workbook 1: Dialogue sessions and idea market. Häberli, R. (ed.). Basel: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, p. 523-527 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Typisierung des Umweltmanagements von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Greenteams mittels der Methode der Clusteranalyse
Degenhardt, L., Godemann, J. & Molitor, H., 01.01.2001, Typenbildung in der sozialwissenschaftlichen Umweltforschung. Haan, G., Lantermann, E.-D., Linneweber, V. & Reusswig, F. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 293-309 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Uneven distribution of phytodiversity in NE German dry grassland communities
Dengler, J., 01.01.2001, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft fur Okologie. 31, p. 28 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Zur Bestandesentwicklung von Crassula helmsii in den Holmer Teichen (Lüneburger Heide)
Härdtle, W. & Wedi-Pumpe, S., 03.2001, In: Floristische Notizen aus der Lüneburger Heide aus der Regionalstelle 8 für die Floristische Kartierung Niedersachsens. 9, p. 30-33 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: Wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit der Balanced Scorecard
Figge, F., Hahn, T., Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 04.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 67 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Probabilistic approach to modelling of recession curves
Aksoy, H., Bayazit, M. & Wittenberg, H., 01.04.2001, In: Hydrological Sciences Journal. 46, 2, p. 269-285 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Eco-Efficiency in Corporate Budgeting
Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 01.05.2001, In: Environmental Management and Health. 12, 2, p. 158-174 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Relationship between the Environmental and Economic Performance of Firms: What Does Theory Propose and What Does Empirical Evidence Tell Us?
Wagner, M., Schaltegger, S. & Wehrmeyer, W., 06.2001, In: Greener Management International. 34, p. 95-108 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Realisierungspotenziale kooperativen Lernens mit Hilfe virtueller Kommunikation
Adomßent, M., 01.06.2001, In: Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie. 32, 2, p. 161-175 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review