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.
- Working papers › Research
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Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Unternehmen: Konzepte und Instrumente zur nachhaltigen Unternehmensentwicklung
Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J., 2002, 1. ed., Bonn, Berlin: Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit, 123 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Unternehmen: von der Idee zur Praxis: Managementansätze zur Umsetzung von Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C., Kleiber, O., Klinke, T. & Müller, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 188 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Nachhaltig transformativ? Wie Geschlechterperspektiven die Transformationsdebatte/n zu transformieren vermögen....
Amri-Henkel, A., Biesecker, A., Breitenbach, S., Hofmeister, S., Lenz, C. & Moths, K., 2017, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 21 p. (TraVo-Text; no. Mai 2017).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Nationale Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien - "blinde Flecken" aus und für Genderperspektiven
Hofmeister, S. & Weller, I., 2004, Bremen: Universität Bremen, 17 p. (Bremer Diskussionspapiere zur institutionellen Ökonomie und Sozial-Ökonomie; no. 55).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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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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
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NaturKulturRäume - Beziehungen zwischen materiell-physischen und soziokulturellen Räumen: Eine dialogische Annäherung aus umwelt- und kulturwissenschaftlicher Perspektive
Mölders, T. & Thiem, A., 2005, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Werkstattberichte Umweltstrategien; no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Neue Medien in der Umweltkommunikation
Barth, M., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 22/04).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Normative Verortungen und Vorgehen im Forschungsprozess: Das Nachhaltigkeitsverständnis im Forschungsprojekt PoNa
Friedrich, B., Lindner, A., Sulmowski, J. A., Szumelda, A. U., Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T., 2010, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (PoNa-Paper; no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Offshore-Windenergie in Deutschland: Potenziale, Anforderungen und Hürden der Projektfinanzierung von Offshore-Windparks in der deutschen Nord- und Ostsee
Richter, M., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 97 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers