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. 2004
  2. Published

    Finanzierung eines Sustainable Entrepreneurships

    Herzig, C., 2004, Mittelstandsforschung: Beitrage Zu Strategien, Finanzen Und Zur Besteuerung Von Kmu. Schöning, S., Richter, J., Ott, I. & Nissen, D. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 137-151 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  3. Published

    Grundlagen organisationalen Wandels von Bildungseinrichtungen

    Godemann, J., 2004, Nachhaltigkeit in Bildungsinstitutionen in Schleswig-Holstein: Entwicklung eines Bildungskonzeptes für ausgewählte Zielgruppen. Stoltenberg, U., Adomßent, M. & Rieckmann, M. (eds.). Neumünster: Akademie für Natur und Umwelt des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, p. 80 1 p. (Akademie aktuell / Berichte, Texte, Materialien; no. 01/2004).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Handel mit Treibhausgas-Emissionszertifikaten in der EG: Prüfung der Rechtmäßigkeit ausgewählter Normen der Richtlinie 2003/87/EG nach dem Europäischen Gemeinschaftsrecht

    Brattig, B., 2004, Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. 414 p. (Schriftenreihe Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis; vol. 16)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    Heuschrecken-Gemeinschaften aus Sandrasen im Emsland (Nordwest-Deutschland): Beweidung und Restitution als Instrumente zum Schutz von Sandrasenökosystemen

    Persigehl, M. & Aßmann, T., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: vom Experiment zur Praxis ; Referate und Ergebnisse der gleichnamigen Fachtagung an der Universität Lüneburg vom 23. - 26. September 2003. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 111-118 8 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und NaturschutzHeft; vol. 78).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  6. Published

    Hochschule neu denken: Neuorientierung im Horizont der Nachhaltigkeit ; ein Memorandum

    Adomßent, M., 2004, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 44 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    How Do Sustainability Intrapreneurs Overcome Innovation Conflicts?

    Gerlach, A., 2004, Conference proceedings. ERP Environment, p. 132-141 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  8. Published

    HPLC/MS/MS in der wasseranalytik: Iodierte Röntgenkontrastmittel in oberflächen-, grund- und trinkwasser

    Seitz, W., Weber, W. H., Flottmann, D. & Schulz, W., 2004, In: CLB Chemie in Labor und Biotechnik. 55, 12, p. 456-460 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Im Namen der Natur! Welcher Natur? Naturverständnisse und -verhältnisse bei ausgewählten Natur- und Umweltschutzverbänden

    Mölders, T., Katz, C. & Unterreiner, S., 2004, Naturverständnisse in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung. Rink, D. & Wächter, M. (eds.). Frankfurt [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 173-202 31 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  10. Published

    Influence of solar radiation on mercury emission fluxes from soils

    Bahlmann, E., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 2004, In: RMZ - Materials and Geoenvironment. 51, 2, p. 787-790 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Investigation of the sulfur speciation in petroleum products by capillary gas chromatography with ICP-collision cell-MS detection

    Bouyssiere, B., Leonhard, P., Pröfrock, D., Baco, F., Lopez Garcia, C., Wilbur, S. & Prange, A., 2004, In: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 19, 5, p. 700-702 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review