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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Natural vs. financial insurance in the management of public-good ecosystems
Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.04.2008, In: Ecological Economics. 65, 2, p. 397-406 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Natural vs. financial insurances in the management of public good ecosystems
Quaas, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 23 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 34).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Naturbilder, von der Vorstellung zum Handeln
Weiland, S. & Mölders, T., 2007, Agrarpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert: Wahrnehmungen, Konflikte, Verständigungsbedarf. Feindt, P. H. & Lange, J. (eds.). p. 203-212 10 p. (Loccumer Protokolle; vol. 30, no. 07).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Natur der Zeiten - Zeiten der Natur oder "Momos Entdeckung". Zur Bedeutung der Verbindung von Reproduktion und Innovation für das Verständnis einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung
Hofmeister, S., 1999, Zeitlandschaften - Perspektiven öko-soziale Zeitpolitik. Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 83-106 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nature-gender relations within a Social-Ecological Perspective on European Multifunctional Agriculture: The Case of Agrobiodiversity
Burandt, A. & Mölders, T., 01.12.2017, In: Agriculture and Human Values. 34, 4, p. 955–967 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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´Natur/en´ als Räume des Vor_Sorgens: Eine (re)produktionstheorethische Reflexion des ´Caring for nature/s´
Mölders, T. & Hofmeister, S., 2018, Zum Selbstverständnis der Gender-Studies II: Technik - Raum - Bildung. Onnen, C. & Rode-Breymann, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Berlin: Verlag Babara Budrich, Vol. 2. p. 65-82 18 p. (L'AGENda; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nature’s contributions to people and quality of life
Martín-López, B., Church, A., Başak Dessane , E., Berry, P., Chenu, C., Christie, M., Gerino, M., Keune, H., Oteros-Rozas, E., Paillard, S., Rossberg, A. G., Schröter, M. & van Oudenhoven, A. P. E., 2018, IPBES (2018): The IPBES regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia. Rounsevell, M., Fischer, M., Torre-Marin Rando, A. & Mader, A. (eds.). Bonn: Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, p. 60-185Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nature’s contributions to people in mountains: A review
Martín-López, B., Leister, I., Lorenzo Cruz, P., Palomo, I., Grêt-Regamey, A., Harrison, P. A., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, B., Luque, S. & Walz, A., 11.06.2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 6, 24 p., e0217847.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Natures running wild: a social-ecological perspective on wilderness
Hofmeister, S., 01.2009, In: Nature and Culture. 4, 3, p. 293-315 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nature Views and Sustainability in Rural Research: A Review
Laschewski, L., 2011, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 43 p. (PoNa-Paper; no. 2).Research output: Working paper › Working papers