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
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Kommunale Möglichkeiten zur Förderung regionaler Wertschöpfung bei Windenergieprojekten
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. 47-58 12 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 27).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kommunikation, Partizipation und digitale Medien: Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation
Michelsen, G. & Rieckmann, M., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 369-380 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Kommunikation, Partizipation und digitale Medien: Digitale Medien
Bollow, E., Faasch, H. & Möller, A., 2014, Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Heinrichs, H. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 397-419 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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Kommunikation und Bildung – dem Klima auf der Spur
Hartmann, L., Porschke, C. & Katz, C., 2014, Kursbuch Klimanpassung : Handlungsoptionen für die Metropolregion Hamburg. KLIMZUG-NORD Verbund (ed.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 16-17 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Kommunikation und Bildung zu Klimafolgen und -anpassung: Neue Herausforderungen - „alte“ Schwierigkeiten?
Katz, C. & Schoenberg, W., 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. 66-69 4 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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Kompetenzorientiertes Lehren und Lernen an Hochschulen: Veränderte Anforderungen und Bedingungen für Lehrende und Studierende
Michelsen, G. & Rieckmann, M., 2014, Campus Transformation: Education, Qualification & Digitalization. Keuper, F. & Arnold, H. (eds.). Berlin: Logos Verlag, p. 45-66 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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LAND: Klimaangepasste Kulturlandschaft - Leistungsfähiger Naturhaushalt und umweltschonende Landbewirtschaftung.
Urban, B., Rechid, D. & Mersch, I., 2014, Kursbuch Klimaanpassung: Handlungsoptionen für die Metropolregion Hamburg. K.-N. V. (ed.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 52-55 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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Landslide Hazards: Household Vulnerability, Resilience and Coping in Malaysia
Ahmad, J., Lateh, H. & Mohamad Saleh, M. S., 2014, In: Journal of Education and Human Development. 3, 3, p. 149-155 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Landwirtschaft: Flächenproduktivität sichern
Grocholl, J., Eiben, E., Mensching-Buhr, A., Mersch, I., Riedel, A., von Haaren, M., Schulze, S., Schmelmer, K. & Urban, B., 2014, Kursbuch Klimaanpassung: Handlungsoptionen für die Metropolregion Hamburg. K.-N. V. (ed.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, p. 56-59 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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Landwirtschaftliche Beratung mit dem Modell CANDY-Carbon Balance
Schmelmer, K. & Urban, B., 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. 45-47 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