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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Environmental informatics and industrial ecology: 22nd International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection ; enviroinfo 2008 ; proceedings of the 22nd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Risk Management, September 10 - 12, 2008, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany
Möller, A. (Editor), Page, B. (Editor) & Schreiber, M. (Editor), 2008, Aachen: Shaker Verlag. 643 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit interdisziplinär studieren: das Studienprogramm Nachhaltigkeit der Universität Lüneburg
Barth, M. & Godemann, J., 03.2006, In: Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung. 1, 1, p. 30-46 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Retipolides - unusual spiromacrolactones from the mushrooms Retiboletus retipes and R. ornatipes
Justus, K., Herrmann, R., Klamann, J.-D., Gruber, G., Hellwig, V., Ingerl, A., Polborn, K., Steffan, B. & Steglich, W., 01.11.2007, In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2007, 33, p. 5560-5572 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Activities of prenylphenol derivatives from fruitbodies of Albatrellus spp. on the human and rat vanilloid receptor 1 (VR 1) and characterisation of the novel natural product, confluentin
Hellwig, V., Nopper, R., Mauler, F., Freitag, J., Ji-Kai, L., Zhi-Hui, D. & Stadler, M., 01.04.2003, In: Archiv der Pharmazie. 336, 2, p. 119-126 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Soziale und ökologische Verantwortung in der Erlebnisgesellschaft: Chancen und Risiken nachhaltiger Events
Schmidt, S. & Tschochohei, H., 2007, Corporate Social Responsibility. Müller, M. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 175-192 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bottom-up creation of allele frequency differentiation in Carabus auronitens
Hinsch, M. & Aßmann, T., 2002, Scales, hierarchies and emergent properties in ecological models. Hölker, F. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-82 12 p. (Theorie in der Ökologie; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Carl H. Lindroth und sein Beitrag zur Carabidologie
Aßmann, T., Drees, C., Vermeulen, H. J. W. & Matern, A., 2007, In: Angewandte Carabidologie. 8, p. 77-83 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Region als Herausforderung für Universitäten
Michelsen, G., 2007, Tradition und Innovation: Region und Bildung in einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung. Stoltenberg, U. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 16-32 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The emotional side of sharing, social support and conflict negotiation between siblings and between friends
Salisch, M., 2000, The developmental psychology of personal relationships. Mills, R. S. L. & Duck, S. (eds.). Chichester [u.a.]: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., p. 49-69 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Aphaenopidius
Aßmann, T. & Lompe, A., 2006, Die Käfer Mitteleuropas; Bd. 2: Adephaga ; 1. Carabidae (Laufkäfer). Freude, H., Klausnitzer, B. & Müller-Motzfeld, G. (eds.). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 149 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research