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.
- 2013
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Queer Ecofeminism – Queer Ecology: Catriona Sandilands/ Mortimer-Sandilands
Katz, C., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse & Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 115-122 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Recht und Finanzierung von Erneuerbaren Energien: Erfahrungen mit der Marktprämie nach dem EEG 2012
Maly, C. & Meister, M., 2013, In: NordÖR. 16, 10, p. 408-410 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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(Re)Produktivität: Adelheid Biesecker und Sabine Hofmeister.
Hofmeister, S., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse und Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 129-136 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education › peer-review
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(Re)Produktivität als Kategorie vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2013, Wege Vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens. N. V. W. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 137-158 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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(Re)Produktivität im Dialog mit der Praxis
Schön, S., Biesecker, A., Hofmeister, S. & Scurrell, B., 2013, Wege Vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens. N. V. W. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 159-200 41 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Resilience or vulnerability? Vegetation patterns of a Central Tibetan pastoral ecotone
Miehe, G., Miehe, S., Bach, K., Wesche, K., Seeber, E., Behrendes, L., Kaiser, K., Reudenbach, C., Nölling, J., Hanspach, J., Herrmann, M., Yaoming, M. & Mosbrugger, V., 2013, Steppe Ecosystems: Biological Diversity, Management and Restoration. Morales Prieto, M. B. & Traba Diaz, J. (eds.). Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 111-151 41 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Reverse Logistics nachhaltig gedacht: Die Kombination von Versand-, Retouren- und Entsorgungsleistungen über ein Mehrweg-Transportverpackungssystem am Beispiel eines Versandhändlers
Seifert, C., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 78 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sachunterricht für das 21. Jahrhundert. Mit dem Konzept Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung arbeiten
Stoltenberg, U., Asmussen, S., Golly, N., Holz, V., Kosler, T., Offen, S. & Uzun, B., 2013, Der Sachunterricht und seine Didaktik: Bestände prüfen und Perspektiven entwickeln. Fischer, H.-J., Giest, H. & Pech, D. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, p. 99-120 22 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 23).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sachunterricht für das 21. Jahrhundert - Weltorientierung durch Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U., 2013, Weltorientierung durch Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Theoretische Grundlagen und Praxis des Sachunterrichts in der Grundschule. Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Vol. 1. p. 13-45 33 p. (Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Kindergarten und Grundschule. Lüneburger Beiträge.; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sachunterricht in Bildungslandschaften: Kooperation, Vernetzung, Partizipation: Und die Aus- und Weiterbildung von Lehrpersonen?
Offen, S., 2013, Weltorientierung durch Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Theoretische Grundlagen und Praxis des Sachunterrichts in der Grundschule. Stoltenberg, U. (ed.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, Vol. 1. p. 119-128 10 p. (Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in Kindergarten und Grundschule. Lüneburger Beiträge.; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review