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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Partizipation, Kooperation und nachhaltige Entwicklung: Arbeitsprogramm: Forschung, Lehre, Transfer
Heinrichs, H., Grunenberg, H., Kuhn, K., Petersen, I., Weber, M. & Striegnitz, M., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 29/06).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Rechtliche Konzepte für eine effizientere Energienutzung: Umweltforschungsplan des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit ; Forschungsbericht 206 41 111, UBA-FB 001173
Schomerus, T. & Sanden, J., 2008, Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, 353 p. (Berichte).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Abenteuer macht Schule: Projektdokumentation ; Umweltbildungsangebote mit erlebnispädagogischen Elementen für Hauptschülerinnen und Hauptschüler zu den Themen Wald, Gewässer, Wiese und Naturschutzgebiet
Weidemann, K. & Corleis, F., 2006, Lüneburg: Verlag edition erlebnispädagogik, 108 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Nachhaltige Geschäftsmodelle
Möller, A. & Rolf, A., 2003, Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, 81 p. (Mitteilung Fachbereich Informatik; no. 327).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung an Hochschulen: Diskussion möglicher Ansatzpunkte und ihrer Konsequenzen für die Praxis
Albrecht, P., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 119 p. (INFU- Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 33/06).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sozial orientiertes Informationsmanagement: Diskussionspapier zum Sozialmanagement
Dubielzig, F., 2006, Winterthur: Institut für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - INE, 85 p. (INE-Reihe: Beiträge zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung; no. 3/2006).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Methoden transdisziplinärer Forschung und Lehre: ein zusammenfassender Überblick
Dubielzig, F. & Schaltegger, S., 11.2004, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 27 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Gendered timescapes: gender, diversity, time and sustainability: a cloverleaf of questions (Kleeblatt von Themen) ; Antrittsvorlesung zur Gastprofessur "Gendered Timescapes" Sommersemester 2008 Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany
Sabelis, I., 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 19 p. (Werkstattberichte Umweltstrategien).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Agro-biodiversity as natural insurance and the development of financial insurance markets
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 2007, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 26 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 61).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Rote Liste der in Niedersachsen und Bremen gefährdeten Sandlaufkäfer und Laufkäfer [(Coleoptera: Cicindelidae et Carabidae)] mit Gesamtartenverzeichnis, 1. Fassung vom 01.06.2002.
Aßmann, T. (Editor), Dormann, W. (Editor), Främbs, H., Gürlich, S., Handke, K., Huk, T., Sprick, P. & Terlutter, H., 2003, In: Informationsdienst Naturschutz Niedersachsen. 2003, 02, p. 70-95 26 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review