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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Model choice and size distribution: a Bayequentist approach
Engler, J.-O. & Baumgärtner, S., 28.02.2013, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 265).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Model choice and size distribution: a Bayequentist approach
Engler, J.-O. & Baumgärtner, S., 04.2015, In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 97, 3, p. 978-997 20 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modeling and predicting aquatic aerobic biodegradation: a review from a user’s perspective.
Rücker, C. & Kümmerer, K., 04.2012, In: Green Chemistry . 14, 4, p. 875-887 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Modeling approach of thermal decomposition of salt-hydrates for heat storage systems
Fopah Lele, A., Kuznik, F., Rammelberg, H., Schmidt, T. & Ruck, W., 14.07.2013, ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology: Heat Transfer in Energy Systems; Thermophysical Properties; Theory and Fundamental Research in Heat Transfer. A. (ed.). The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Vol. 1. p. Paper No. HT2013-17022, pp. V001T01A010; 10 pages 10 p. V001T01A010. (ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference collocated with the ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Modeling High Aswan Dam Reservoir Morphology Using Remote Sensing to Reduce Evaporation
Elba, E., Farghaly, D. & Urban, B., 2014, In: International Journal of Geosciences. 5, 2, p. 156-169 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modeling items for text comprehension assessment using confirmatory factor analysis
Tschense, M. & Wallot, S., 20.10.2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 10 p., 966347.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modeling normativity in sustainability: a comparison of the sustainable development goals, the Paris agreement, and the papal encyclical
Schmieg, G., Meyer, E., Schrickel, I., Herberg, J., Caniglia, G., Vilsmaier, U., Laubichler, M., Hörl, E. & Lang, D., 01.05.2018, In: Sustainability Science. 13, 3, p. 785-796 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modeling the distribution of white spruce (Picea glauca) for Alaska with high accuracy: an open access role-model for predicting tree species in last remaining wilderness areas
Ohse, B., Huettmann, F., Ickert-Bond, S. M. & Juday, G. P., 12.2009, In: Polar Biology. 32, 12, p. 1717-1729 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Modellierung der Auswirkungen von Offshore Windenergieanlagen auf die Abiotik in der Nordsee
Ahrendt, K. & Schmidt, A., 2011, Forschung für ein Integriertes Küstenzonenmanagement: Fallbeispiele Odermündungsregion und Offshore-Windkraft in der Nordsee. Kannen, A., Schernewski, G., Krämer, I., Lange, M., Janßen, H. & Stybel, N. (eds.). Rostock: EUCC – Die Küsten Union Deutschland e.V., p. 45-57 13 p. (Coastline reports; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Modellierung von klimainduzierten Veränderungen des Bodenwasserhaushalts von Auenböden an der unteren Mittelelbe.
Scharnke, M., Krüger, F., Urban, B. & Schneider, W., 2014, Klimafolgenanpassung im Biosphärenreservat Niedersächsische Elbtalaue: Modellregion für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Prüter, J. & Keienburg, T. (eds.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 35-43 9 p. (Berichte aus den KLIMZUG-NORD Modellgebieten; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review