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

    Unternehmerische Verantwortungsübernahme für gesellschaftlichen Nutzen: Business Case for Sustainability als Mittel nachhaltiger Entwicklung

    Schaltegger, S., 2018, Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen in Deutschland: Ein Kompendium zur Erschließung eines sich entwickelnden Themenfeldes. Backhaus-Maul, H., Kunze, M. & Nährlich, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, p. 351-364 14 p.

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

  2. Published

    Value Creation Architectures for the Circular Economy: A Make-or-Buy Analysis in the Smartphone Industry

    Revellio, F. & Hansen, E. G., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Online-scheduling using past and real-time data: An assessment by discrete event simulation using exponential smoothing

    Heger, J., Grundstein, S. & Freitag, M., 19.11.2017, In: CIRP - Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 19, p. 158-163 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sustainable business model research and practice: Emerging field or passing fancy?

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Dembek, K., 01.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 168, p. 1668-1678 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    How secondary-school students deal with issues of sustainable development in class*

    Kater-Wettstädt, L., 02.11.2018, In: Environmental Education Research. 24, 11, p. 1565-1580 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The reciprocal iso-inhibition volume concept: A procedure for the evaluation in effect-directed analysis with thin-layer chromatography - using the thin-layer chromatography-luminescent bacteria assay as an example

    Schulz, W., Weiss, S. C., Weber, W. H. & Winzenbacher, R., 13.10.2017, In: Journal of Chromatography A. 1519, p. 121-130 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Democratising platform governance in the sharing economy: An analytical framework and initial empirical insights

    Martin, C. J., Upham, P. & Klapper, R., 10.11.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 166, p. 1395-1406 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Abundance of large old trees in wood-pastures of Transylvania (Romania)

    Hartel, T., Hanspach, J., Moga, C. I., Holban, L., Szapanyos, Á., Tamás, R., Hováth, C. & Réti, K. O., 01.02.2018, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 613-614, p. 263-270 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Erneuerbare Energien und Elektromobilität in KMU: Eine Business Case-Analyse im mobilen Pflegebetrieb

    Hansen, E. G. & Revellio, F., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 58 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsTransfer

  10. Published

    Dolderer, Maya, u.a. (Hg.), O Mother, Where Art Thou? (Queer-)Feministische Perspektiven auf Mutterschaft und Mütterlichkeit

    Friedrich, B., 2016, In: Das Argument. 318, p. 606-607 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch