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.

  1. 2006
  2. Published

    The basiphilous dry grasslands of shallow, skeletal soils (Alysso-Sedetalia) on the island of Öland (Sweden), in the context of North and Central Europe

    Dengler, J. & Lobel, S., 15.09.2006, In: Phytocoenologia. 36, 3, p. 343-391 49 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Gender und Nachhaltigkeit: Neue Forschungsperspektiven

    Katz, C., 01.09.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 3, p. 206-214 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  4. Published

    Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Nightmare or a Dream Coming True?

    Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R. L., 09.2006, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 15, 5, p. 293-295 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    Systemanalyse für Softwaresysteme

    Bonin, H. E. G., 10.08.2006, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 199 p. (Final; vol. 16, no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Can management compensate for atmospheric nutrient deposition in heathland ecosystems?

    Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T. & Fottner, S., 01.08.2006, In: The Journal of Applied Ecology. 43, 4, p. 759-769 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Atmospheric concentrations and air-sea exchanges of nonylphenol, tertiary octylphenol and nonylphenol monoethoxylate in the North Sea

    Xie, Z., Ebinghaus, R., Caba, A., Ruck, W. & Lakaschus, S., 01.07.2006, In: Environmental Pollution. 142, 1, p. 170-180 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Specific SBR population behaviour as revealed by comparative dynamic simulation analysis of three full-scale municipal SBR wastewater treatment plants

    Roenner-Holm, S. G. E., Mennerich, A. & Holm, N. C., 01.07.2006, In: Water Science and Technology. 54, 1, p. 71-80 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Corporate Volunteering in Germany: Survey and Empirical Evidence

    Herzig, C., 23.06.2006, In: International Journal of Business Environment. 1, 1, p. 51-69 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Integrative Management of Sustainability Performance, Measurement and Reporting

    Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 19.06.2006, In: International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation. 3, 1, p. 1-19 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Nonylphenol polyethoxylate degradation by means of electrocoagulation and electrochemical Fenton

    Martins, A. F., Wilde, M. L., Vasconcelos, T. G. & Henriques, D. M., 15.06.2006, In: Separation and Purification Technology. 50, 2, p. 249-255 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review