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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Transnational governance towards sustainable biofuels: Exploring a polycentric view
Moser, C. & Bailis, R., 13.01.2016, Environmental Politics and Governance in the Anthropocene: Institutions and legitimacy in a complex world. Pattberg, P. & Zelli, F. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 103-126 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Beyond Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the U.S., Germany and China
Hansen, E. G., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Quan, X. & West, J., 2015, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 44 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Bilanzierung von Arzneimittelverbräuchen in ausgewählten Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens und Vergleich berechneter mit analytisch bestimmten Abwasserkonzentrationen.
Herrmann, M., Olsson, O., Fiehn, R., Herrel, M., Gebhardt, W. & Kümmerer, K., 2015, Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens – Charakterisierung, Technologien, Kommunikation und Konzepte: Abschlussbericht des durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung geförderten Vorhabens "Innovative Konzepte und Technologien für die separate Behandlung von Abwasser aus Einrichtungen des Gesundheitswesens (Sauber+)". Pinnekamp, J., Palmowski, L., Kümmerer, K. & Schramm, E. (eds.). Aachen: Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Siedlungswasserwirtschaft an der RWTH Aachen e.V., p. 29-50 22 p. (Gewässerschutz – Wasser – Abwasser ; vol. 238).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sustainable Development and Law
Peeters, M. & Schomerus, C.-T., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 109-118 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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EEG 2014 - Konsequenzen für die Finanzwirtschaft
Degenhart, H. (Editor) & Schomerus, C.-T. (Editor), 2016, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 144 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 30)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Initial hazard screening for genotoxicity of photo-transformation products of ciprofloxacin by applying a combination of experimental and in-silico testing
Toolaram, A. P., Haddad, T., Leder, C. & Kümmerer, K., 01.04.2016, In: Environmental Pollution. 211, p. 148-156 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Naturräumliche Gliederung der lauenburgischen Libellenfauna (Schleswig-Holstein)
Adomßent, M., 1995, In: Libellula. 14, 3/4, p. 125-156 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Kollaborative Wissensnetzwerke in "Lernenden Verwaltungen": am Beispiel des praxisbezogenen Online-Kurses "Kommunales Projektmanagement"
Adomßent, M., 2001, Virtueller Campus: Szenarien - Strategien - Studium. Wagner, E. & Kindt, M. (eds.). Münster [u.a.]: Waxmann Verlag, p. 39-47 9 p. (Medien in der Wissenschaft; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Lernen an realitätsnahen Fallbeispielen mit computerunterstützter Kommunikation
Adomßent, M., 2002, Selbstgesteuertes Lernen. : Tagungsband / Pädagogisches Forum 2002 in München. Höfer, F. (ed.). Müchen: Bayerische Verwaltungsschule, p. 129-144 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Communal environmental protection and conservation: A continuing education concept for environmental engineering in Germany.
Adomßent, M. & Lütkemöller, D., 1998, Environmental engineering: international perspectives. Leal, W. F. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 111-122 12 p. (Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit ; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research