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. 2015
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    §50 Windenergie auf See

    Schomerus, C.-T. & Meister, M., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1154-1186 32 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

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    §51 Solare Strahlungsenergie

    Schomerus, C.-T. & Stecher, M., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1212-1280 69 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  4. Published

    §84 Nutzung von Seewasserstraßen

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1727-1733 7 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  5. Published

    §86 Bußgeldvorschriften

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1760-1771 12 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  6. Published

    §91 Verordnungsermächtigung zum Ausgleichsmechanismus

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1816-1823 8 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  7. Published

    §95 Weitere Verordnungsermächtigungen

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1845-1857 13 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  8. Published

    §96 Gemeinsame Bestimmungen

    Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1857-1860 4 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  9. Published

    §97 Erfahrungsbericht

    Schomerus, C.-T. & Reins, L., 2015, Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz: Kommentar. Frenz, W., Müggenborg, H.-J., Cosack, T. & Ekardt, F. (eds.). 4. ed. Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 1860-1881 22 p. (Berliner Kommentare).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions in collection of commentariesResearch

  10. Published

    Actor analysis as a tool for exploring the decision-making processes in environmental governance

    Zahradník, M., Dlouhá, J. & Burandt, S., 2015, Exploring regional sustainable development issues: Using the case study approach in higher education. Barton, A. & Dlouhá, J. (eds.). Surrey: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd., p. 34-78 45 p.

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

  11. Published

    Analyzing management preferences for sustainability: Toward a new framework

    Brieger, S. A., Seidel, J., Strathoff, P. & Sundermann, A., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working Paper Series in Management; no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers