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.
- 2014
- Published
Educating sustainability change agents by design: Appraisals of the transformative role of higher education
Brundiers, K., Savage, E., Mannell, S., Lang, D. J. & Wiek, A., 2014, Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education. Fadeeva, Z., Galkute, L., Mader, C. & Scott, G. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 196-229 34 p. (Palgrave Studies in Global Higher Education).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Education for Sustainable Development: Status Quo and Perspectives
Michelsen, G., 2014, International Yearbook for Research in Arts Education. O'Farrell, L., Schonmann, S. & Wagner, E. (eds.). Münster, New York: Waxmann Verlag, Vol. 2. p. 121-130 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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EEG 2014: Das Ende der Bürgerenergie?
Maly, C., Meister, M. & Schomerus, T., 2014, In: Energierecht : ER Zeitschrift für die gesamte Energierechtspraxis. 3, 4, p. 147-154 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung
Urban, B., Becker, J. & Rechid, D., 2014, Klimawandel in der Lüneburger Heide: Kulturlandschaften zukunftsfähig gestalten. Urban, B., Becker, J., Mersch, I., Meyer, W., Rechid, D. & Rottgardt, E. (eds.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 1-3 3 p. (Berichte aus den KLIMZUG-NORD Modellgebieten; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung: Recht und Finanzierung von Bürgerbeteiligungen
Kahla, F. & Maly, C., 2014, Recht und Finanzierung von Erneuerbaren Energien: Bürgerbeteiligungsmodelle. Degenhart, H. & Schomerus, T. (eds.). 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 9-16 8 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 27).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Energie
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Opel, O., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 429-453 25 p. (Springer-Lehrbuch).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Energie(wende)politik – Auf dem Weg zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung?
Heinrichs, H., 2014, Kreislaufwirtschaft 2.0: 9. Tagung Siedlungsabfallwirtschaft am 17. und 18. September 2014 in Magdeburg. Haase, H. (ed.). LOGiSCH Verl., p. 13-20 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Environmental Fate and Exposure Modeling of Nanomaterials
Scheringer, M., Praetorius, A. & Goldberg, E., 2014, Frontiers of Nanoscience. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V., p. 89-125 37 p. (Frontiers of Nanoscience; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Environmental Policy and Landscape Architecture
Fischer, H., Michelsen, G. & Wolschke-Bulmahn, J., 2014, Environmental Policy and Landscape Architecture. Wolschke-Bulmahn, J., Fischer, H. & Ozacky-Lazar, S. (eds.). München: Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft , p. 11-18 8 p. (CGL-Studies; vol. 18).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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EXKURS: Klimawandel im Modellgebiet Lüneburger Heide - Wasserverfügbarkeit als zentrale Herausforderung
Mersch, I. & Urban, B., 2014, Kursbuch Klimaanpassung: Handlungsoptionen für die Metropolregion Hamburg. K.-N. V. (ed.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 80-81 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research