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. 2014
  2. Published

    Geschäftsmodelle für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2014, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 23 p. (CSM-Impulse; vol. 02/2014)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueTransfer

  3. Published

    Globale und nationale First-Mover-Vorteile internetbasierter Geschäftsmodelle

    Halberstadt, J., 2014, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag. 326 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    “Great Men’s” work or just an inevitable consequence? An international case study analysis on the origin of Internet start-ups

    Halberstadt, J., Burger, C. & Hölzner, H., 2014, 8th International Business Conference 2014: Proceedings . Bisschoff, C. (ed.). North-West University , p. 697-707 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Grundsätzliches, Konträres und Verspieltes - Gedanken zur Netzwerkarbeit von BBS futur 2.0

    Fischer, A., Freund, E. K. & Schwinge, C., 2014, In: www.bwp-schriften.de. 11, p. 37-52 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  6. Published

    Guest Editorial: Measuring and Managing Sustainability Performance of Supply Chains

    Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R., 2014, In: Supply Chain Management. 19, 3, p. 229-231 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  7. Published

    Günter Altner - großer Kopf und freier Geist

    Michelsen, G., 2014, Vordenker und Vorreiter der Ökobewegung: 40 ausgewählte Porträts. Simonis, U. E. (ed.). 1. ed. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 84-87 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransferpeer-review

  8. Published

    Heidelandschaften: Anpassungsstrategien des Naturschutzes und des Managements

    Meyer-Grünefeldt, M. & Härdtle, W., 2014, Klimawandel in der Lüneburger Heide: Kulturlandschaften zukunftsfähig gestalten. Urban, B., Becker, J., Mersch, I., Meyer, W., Rechid, D. & Rottgardt, E. (eds.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, Vol. 6. p. 57-59 3 p. (Berichte aus den KLIMZUG-NORD Modellgebieten; vol. 6).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Heterogenität, Inklusion und Sachunterricht: Beiträge der Hochschulbildung?

    Offen, S., 2014, In: www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de. 20, 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    (Higher) Education for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G., 2014, Environmental Policy and Landscape Architecture. Fischer, H., Ozacky-Lazar, S. & Wolschke-Bulmahn, J. (eds.). 1. ed. München: Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft , p. 43-50 8 p. (CGL-Studies; vol. 18).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Hochschulbildung auf der Höhe des 21. Jahrhunderts

    Otte, I., Prien-Ribcke, S. & Michelsen, G., 2014, Managementperspektiven für die Zivilgesellschaft des 21. Jahrhunderts: Management als Liberal Art. von Müller, C. & Zinth, C.-P. (eds.). 1. ed. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, p. 183-203 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review