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.
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Efficiency: A Guiding Principle of Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems
Möller, A., 2010, Corporate Environmental Management Information Systems: Advancements and Trends. Teuteberg, F. & Gomez, J. M. (eds.). Hershey: IGI Global Publishing, p. 1-21 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Egalitarian Norm Messaging Increases Human Resources Professionals’ Salary Offers to Women
Schuster, C., Sparkman, G., Walton, G. M., Alles, A. & Loschelder, D. D., 01.04.2023, In: Journal of Applied Psychology. 108, 4, p. 541-552 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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E-Government: Wirtschaftliche Symbiose von eAkten und pAkten: Integration der RFID-Technologie in das Schriftgut
Bonin, H. E. G., 01.01.2007, In: Verwaltung & Management. 13, 4, p. 208-211 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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. 233 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; vol. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Ein Ansatz zur Messung der Nachhaltigkeit von Events: Kernziele eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements von Events und Indikatoren zur Messung der Nachhaltigkeit
Wall, A. & Behr, F., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 41 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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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Einbettung von Methoden der Wissenstechnologie in humanzentrierte Assistenzsysteme
Welge, R., Beitzel, J., Bollow, E. & Faasch, H., 2009, Ambient Assisted Living: Technologien, Anwendungen: Tagungsband 2. Deutscher AAL-Kongress mit Ausstellung, 27. - 28. Januar 2009 in Berlin . VDE Verlag, 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Ein Blick zurück und nach vorn: die Universität Lüneburg und die Herausforderung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Adomßent, M., Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G., 2008, "Sustainable University": nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). [Frankfurt/Main]: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 29-52 24 p. (Reihe Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung ; vol. 10).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Eindeutig uneindeutig: Popkulturelle Akteur_innen und Narrationen als Anknüpfungspunkte für die politische Bildung
Offen, S., 11.07.2017, Queertheoretische Perspektiven auf Bildung: Pädagogische Kritik der Heteronormativität. Hartmann, J., Messerschmidt, A. & Thon, C. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 121-138 18 p. (Jahrbuch Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in der Erziehungswissenschaft; vol. 13).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Eine Didaktische Rekonstruktion der Energiewende: Lernhindernisse zu erneuerbaren Energien
Hüfner, S., 2016, Implementation fachdidaktischer Innovation im Spiegel von Forschung und Praxis: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik Jahrestagung in Zürich. Maurer, C. (ed.). Universität Regensburg, Vol. 37. p. 138-141 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research