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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Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär studieren: das Studienprogramm Nachhaltigkeit der Universität Lüneburg
Barth, M. & Godemann, J., 03.2006, In: Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung. 1, 1, p. 30-46 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit ist machbar
Stoltenberg, U., 2005, Nachhaltigkeit ist machbar: das "Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" als innovatives Projekt zur Kommunikation und Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeit . Stoltenberg, U., Muraca, B. & Nora, E. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 8-10 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit ist machbar: Das "Schaufenster für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung" als innovatives Projekt zur Kommunikation und Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeit
Stoltenberg, U. (Editor), Muraca, B. (Editor) & Nora, E. (Editor), 2005, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 332 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit kommunizieren: eine konzeptionelle Rahmung
Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G., 2011, In: Medien-Journal. 35, 1, p. 1-68 68 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeit lehren und lernen: Ansätze und Erfahrungen
Michelsen, G., 2007, Allgemeine Ökologie: Innovationen in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft : Festschrift für Ruth Kaufmann-Hayoz . Di Giulio, A., Defila, R., Hammer, T. & Bruppacher, S. (eds.). Bern [u.a.]: Haupt Verlag, p. 249-266 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit lernen: Ein Lesebuch
Michelsen, G., Siebert, H. & Lilje, J., 2011, VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 122 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Transfer
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Nachhaltigkeit lernen an Hochschulen
Michelsen, G., 2014, Nachhaltigkeit gestalten: Trends und Entwicklungen in der Umweltkommunikation ; Ergebnisse der 19. Internationalen Sommerakademie der Deutschen Bundesstifung Umwelt unter dem Titel "Aktuelle Trends und Entwicklungen in der Umweltkommunikation" vom 09. - 14. Juni 2013 im Internationalen Begegnungszentrum St. Marienthal. Bellendorf, P., Bittner, A., Exner, V., Gruber, F., Peters, U., Pyhel, T. & Witte, U. (eds.). 1 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 275-288 14 p. (DBU-Umweltkommunikation; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeit lernen mit Kindern: Wahrnehmung, Wissen und Erfahrungen von Grundschulkindern unter der Perspektive einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U., 2002, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt. 156 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit managen mit der Balanced Scorecard
Schaltegger, S., 2016, Bewertung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit: Modelle und Methoden zur Selbstbewertung. Grothe, A. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 41-55 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeit professionell kommunizieren: sustainability communications
Franz-Balsen, A. & Godemann, J., 2003, In: Politische Ökologie. 84, 04, p. 69-70 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research