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. Published

    REACH und QSAR: ein Leitfaden für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen

    Rücker, C., Mahmoud, W. M. M., Kümmerer, K. & Zipperer, U. (Editor), 06.2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 29 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

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    Reaction of Calcium Chloride and Magnesium Chloride and their Mixed Salts with Ethanol for Thermal Energy Storage

    Korhammer, K., Apel, C., Osterland, T. & Ruck, W. K. L., 01.06.2016, In: Energy Procedia. 91, p. 161-171 11 p., 125043.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

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    Reale Utopien: Perspektiven für eine friedliche und gerechte Welt; [Ergebnis des Symposiums Reale Utopien - Perspektiven für eine Friedliche und Gerechte Welt, das ... zu Ehren von Mohssen Massarrat anlässlich seiner Verabschiedung aus dem aktiven Hochschuldienst stattfand]

    Gottschlich, D. (Editor), Rolf, U. (Editor), Werning, R. (Editor), Wollek, E. (Editor) & Massarrat, M. (Editor), 2008, Köln: PapyRossa Verlag. 295 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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    Realigning the land-sharing/land-sparing debate to match conservation needs: considering diversity scales and land-use history

    von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J., Beckmann, M., Cord, A. F., Klotz, S. & Seppelt, R., 07.2014, In: Landscape Ecology. 29, 6, p. 941-948 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Realisierungspotenziale kooperativen Lernens mit Hilfe virtueller Kommunikation

    Adomßent, M., 01.06.2001, In: Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie. 32, 2, p. 161-175 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Realität als Relation: Der Schematismus des Raumes und das Problem der Realität bei Plessner

    Schmieg, G., 2017, Schemata. Asmuth, C. & Gasperoni, L. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 177-190 14 p. ( Kultur - System - Geschichte; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Reallabore als Lernräume: Nachhaltige Stadt- und Kommunalentwicklung

    Bürgener, L., Drautz, S. & Lang, D. J., 15.10.2022, In: Politische Ökologie. 40, 170, p. 72-77 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Reallabore im Kontext Transformativer Forschung: Ansatzpunkte zur Konzeption und Einbettung in den internationalen Forschungsstand

    Schäpke, N., Stelzer, F., Bergmann, M., Singer-Brodowski, M., Wanner, M., Caniglia, G. & Lang, D. J., 25.02.2017, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 62 p. (IETSR Discussion papers in Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research ; no. 1/2017).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Reallabor versus Realexperiment: Was macht den Unterschied?

    Parodi, O., Ober, S., Lang, D. J. & Albiez, M., 26.08.2024, In: GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 33, 2, p. 216-221 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch