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.
- 2006
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Temporäre Nutzungen urbaner Brachflächen: Übergänge in der nachhaltigen Siedlungsentwicklung
Kruse, S., 2006, Fläche – Zukunft – Raum: Strategien und Instrumente für Regionen im Umbruch. Genske, D., Huch, M. & Müller, B. (eds.). Hannover: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft – Geologische Vereinigung, p. 194-202 9 p. (Schriften der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften; no. 37).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The complexity of integrated flood management: decision support systems
Evers, M., 2006, Frontiers in flood research: Le Point De La Recherche Sur Les Crues. Tchiguirinskaia, I., Thein, K. N. N. & Hubert, P. (eds.). IAHS Press, p. 187-196 10 p. (IAHS Publication; no. 305).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The private and public insurance value of conservative biodiversity management
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 43 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 33).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Umwelt bildet, warum wir anders lernen müssen, Richard Häusler; Christina Fischer (Hrsg.): Umwelt bildet /
Barth, M., 2006, In: Germanistik. 29, 3, p. 85 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Umweltmanagement ausgewählter Großveranstaltungen: Effektiver Umweltschutz oder Greenwashing?
Fitschen, U., 2006, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 118 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Umwelt und Natur ge(nder)lesen, ge(nder)hört, ge(nder)sehen? Chancen geschlechtergerechter Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und gendersensibler Mediengestaltung in Natur- und Umweltschutz
Fischer, K., Grüning, J., Katz, C., Mayer, M. & Thiem, A., 2006, Bonn: Deutscher Naturschutzring , 20 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Umweltwissenschaften
Hofmeister, S. & Thiem, A., 2006, Gender-Aspekte bei der Einführung und Akkreditierung gestufter Studiengänge: eine Handreichung. Becker, R., Jansen-Schulz, B., Kortendiek, B. & Schäfer, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Dortmund: Koordinationsstelle Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW, p. 89-93 5 p. (Studien / Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Understanding and Supporting Management Decision-Making: South East Asian Case Studies on Environmental Management Accounting
Herzig, C., Viere, T., Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 2006, Sustainability Accounting and Reporting. Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M. & Burritt, R. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 491-507 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Urheberrecht und Klingeltöne: die Lizenzierung von Ruftonmelodien und Ringbacktones und das Bearbeitungsrecht gemäß §§23 i.V.m.14 und 39 UrhG
Schomerus, T. (Editor), 2006, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 120 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Vegetation der Stromtalwiesen im niedersächsischen Elbetal
Redecker, B. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 117-126 10 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research