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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Vielfältig, kooperativ, geschlechtergerecht: Natur- und Umweltschutzverbände auf dem Weg
Fischer, K., Grüning, J., Katz, C., Mayer, M. & Thiem, A., 2006, Bonn: Deutscher Naturschutzring , 52 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Wagnis Wildnis, Wildnisentwicklung und Wildnisbildung in Mitteleuropa, (hrsg.) Herbert Zucchi, Paul Stegmann: München oekom verlag, 2006: Wagnis Wildnis /
Hofmeister, S., 2006, In: Politische Ökologie. 99, Die Zukunft der Natur, p. 56-57 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Wald als Gegenstand einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U., 2006, Der Wald als Ressource einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule. Corleis, F. (ed.). Lüneburg: Verlag edition erlebnispädagogik, p. 7-20 14 p. (Schriftenreihe kleine Schriften zur Erlebnispädagogik; vol. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Was hat Francis Bacon mit Nachhaltigkeit und neoliberaler Globalisierung zu tun? Feminist sites: Erkundungen im Spannungsfeld von Natur, Herrschaft und Geschlecht
Katz, C. & Winterfeld, U., 2006, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 51 p. (Werkstattberichte Umweltstrategien; no. 4).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Wenn der Golfstrom das Drehbuch schreibt: Klimawandel und Globalisierung schaffen es ins Mainstreamkino und bewirken ein Umdenken
Franz-Balsen, A. & Kagan, S., 2006, In: Punkt.um. p. 3-4 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Weshalb der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs in Deutschland eine „Mutter“ hat. Ein festliches Essay für Christiane Busch-Lüty
Hofmeister, S., Biesecker, A., Seidl, I. & von Winterfeld , U., 2006, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 8 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Wi(e)der die Armut? Positionen zu den Milleniumszielen der Vereinten Nationen
Kuhn, K. (Editor) & Rieckmann, M. (Editor), 2006, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 219 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Working group on dry grasslands in the nordic and baltic region - Outline of the project and first results for the class Festuco-Brometea
Dengler, J., Rusina, S., Boch, S., Bruun, H. H., Diekmann, M., Dierßen, K., Dolnik, C., Dupré, C., Golub, V. B., Grytnes, J. A., Helm, A., Ingerpuu, N., Löbel, S., Pärtel, M., Rašomavičius, V., Tyler, G., Znamenskiy, S. R. & Zobel, M., 2006, In: Annali di Botanica. 6, p. 1-28 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Zur Disziplin gereift
Hofmeister, S., 2006, In: Punkt.um. p. 14 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Zur kulturellen Dimension nachhaltiger Entwicklung: eine metatheoretische und diskursanalytische Bestandsaufnahme
Kuhn, K., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 45 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 28/06).Research output: Working paper › Working papers