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.
- 2008
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Nachhaltigkeit und Hochschulbildung: die Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg
Barth, M., 2008, In: Jahrbuch Ökologie . 2008, p. 192-198 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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National sustainability strategies: "blind spots" from and for gender perspectives – Example Germany
Hofmeister, S. & Weller, I., 2008, Sustainable Development: Past Conflicts and Future Challenges. Taking Stock of the Sustainable Discourse. Spangenberg, J. H. (ed.). Münster: Verlag Westfälisches Dampfboot, p. 177-197 21 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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"Natur" und "Arbeit" in der Landwirtschaft: eine (re)produktionstheoretische Interpretation
Mölders, T., 2008, Nachhaltige Agrarpolitik als reflexive Politik: Plädoyer für einen neuen Diskurs zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft. Feindt, P. H., Gottschick, M., Mölders, T., Müller, F., Sodtke, R. & Weiland, S. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 181-211 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Neue deutsche Härte: die konfrontative Pädagogik auf dem Prüfstand, [2]
Plewig, H.-J., 2008, In: Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe. 19, 1, p. 52-59 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Neue Perspektiven für die waldbezogene Bildungsarbeit: Gender und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung?
Mayer, M. & Katz, C., 2008, In: AFZ, der Wald. 63, 19, p. 1033-1036 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Neue Wege für Jungs – Das Ende der Normalarbeitsbiographie und Konsequenzen für Konzepte in der Arbeit zu beruflichen Übergängen und Bewältigungsaufgaben für chancenarme junge Männer. Das Konzept „Arbeit ist nur das halbe Leben...“
Offen, S. & Schmidt, J., 2008, Wegweiser ins Arbeitsleben. Kooperationsmodelle und Integrationsstrategien beim Übergang Jugendlicher von der Schule in den Beruf. : Dokumentation der Fachtagung am 24./ 25. April 2008. Jessen, D. (ed.). Verein für Kommunalwisseenschaften , 9 p. (Aktuelle Beiträge zur Kinder- und Jugendhilfe; no. 68).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Ökonomische Aspekte der Biodiversität
Baumgärtner, S. & Becker, C., 2008, Biodiversität. Lanzerath, D., Mutke, J., Barthlott, W., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C. & Spranger, T. M. (eds.). Freiburg [u.a.]: Verlag Karl Alber, p. 75-115 41 p. (Ethik in den Biowissenschaften - Sachstandsberichte des DRZE; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ökonomische Bildung mit Kindern und Jugendlichen
Bolscho, D. (Editor) & Hauenschild, K. (Editor), 2008, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 241 p. (Umweltbildung und Zukunftsfähigkeit)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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On-Board-Diagnose und On-Board-Measurement: im Kraftfahrzeug-, Schiffs- und Flugzeugbau
Palocz-Andresen, M., 2008, Renningen: Expert Verlag. 253 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Organisationalen Wandel fördern: Interventionen zur Verankerung nachhaltiger Entwicklung in der Hochschule
Albrecht, P., Burandt, S. & Schaltegger, S., 2008, "Sustainable University": Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). Frankfurt a.M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 95-109 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer