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. 2004
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    Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht

    Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2004, 2. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 146 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsEducation

  3. Published

    Personalmanagement arbeitsmarktpolitischer Dienstleister: ein Lösungsvorschlag in der Balance marktwirtschaftlicher Anforderung und sozialer Verantwortung

    Saathoff, A., Sturm, N. & Walther, K., 2004, Lüneburg: Zentrum für Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Lüneburg, 241 p. (ZAG-Forschungs- und -Arbeitsberichte ).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik: Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. René L. Frey

    Schaltegger, C. A. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2004, Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich. 777 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  5. Published

    Perspektiven großflächiger Beweidungssysteme für den Naturschutz: "Lüneburger Weideerklärung zu Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebieten"

    Riecken, U., Bunzel-Drüke, M., Dierking, U., Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Kämmer, G., Reisinger, E. & Sandkühler, J., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). 1 ed. Münster: Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag GmbH, p. 527-539 13 p. (Schriftreihe für Landwirtschaftpflege und Naturschutz; no. 78).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  6. Published

    Perspektivrahmen Sachunterricht: ein Beitrag zur fachlichen und bildungspolitischen Profilierung des Sachunterrichts

    Stoltenberg, U., 2004, Neuere Konzeptionen und Zielsetzungen im Sachunterricht. Kaiser, A. & Pech, D. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 152-157 6 p. (Basiswissen Sachunterricht; vol. 2).

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

  7. Published

    Photochemical reactions of brominated diphenylethers in organic sovents and adsorbed on silicon dioxide in aqueous suspension

    Palm, W.-U., Kopetzky, R., Sossinka, W., Ruck, W. & Zetzsch, C., 2004, In: Organohalogen Compounds. 60, p. 2269-2274 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearch

  8. Published

    Photochemistry of 2,2', 4,4', %,5'-hexabde (BDE-153) in THF and adsorbed on SiO2: first observation of OH reactivity of BDEs on aerosol

    Zetzsch, C., Palm, W.-U. & Krüger, H.-U., 2004, In: Organohalogen Compounds. 60, p. 2256-2261 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearch

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    Praxis-Wörterbuch Umwelt, Naturschutz und Landnutzungen: deutsch - englisch ; English - German

    Schreiner, J. & Hutter, C.-P., 2004, Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. 556 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesScholarly editions and encyclopediaResearch

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    Raumnutzung von Weidetieren und ihr Einfluss auf verschiedene Vegetationseinheiten und junge Gehölze am Beispiel des E+E-Vorhabens "Halboffene Weidelandschaft Höltigbaum"

    Putfarken, D., Grell, H. & Härdtle, W., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W. & Redecker, B. (eds.). Bonn: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 145-160 16 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz; vol. 78).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Raum- und Umweltplanung

    Hofmeister, S., 2004, Zeitpolitisches Glossar: Grundbegriffe - Felder - Instrumente - Strategien. Heitkötter, M. & Schneider, M. (eds.). München: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zeitpolitik e.V., p. 55-56 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch