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.
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Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net
Leistert, O. (Editor) & Röhle, T. (Editor), 2011, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 283 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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General Studies an der Universität Lüneburg
Michelsen, G. & Märkt, S., 2006, Persönlichkeitsbildung und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit: Konzeptionen von General Studies und ihre Umsetzungen . Michelsen, G. (ed.). Bielefeld: UniversitätsVerlagWebler, p. 15-31 17 p. (Hochschulwesen, Wissenschaft und Praxis : HSW; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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General studies an der Universität Lüneburg: Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit und Persönlichkeitsbildung
Michelsen, G., 2006, Hochschuldidaktik und Fachkulturen: Gender als didaktisches Prinzip. Dudeck, A. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: UniversitätsVerlagWebler, p. 91-103 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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General studies: Förderung von Beschäftigungsfähigkeit, Gestaltungskompetenz und Persönlichkeitsbildung
Michelsen, G., 2007, Zukunft Bologna!?: Gender und Nachhaltigkeit als Leitideen für eine neue Hochschulkultur. Dudeck, A. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 247-264 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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General strategies to increase the repeatability in non-target screening by liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry
Bader, T., Schulz, W., Kümmerer, K. & Winzenbacher, R., 07.09.2016, In: Analytica Chimica Acta. 935, p. 173-186 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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General Patterns and Conclusions
Schaltegger, S. & Harms, D., 2014, Corporate Sustainability in International Comparison: State of Practice, Opportunities and Challenges. Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E., Harms, D. & Hörisch, J. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 241-252 12 p. (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science; vol. 31).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Generalist social bees maximize diversity intake in plant species-rich and resource-abundant environments
Kaluza, B. F., Wallace, H., Keller, A., Heard, T. A., Jeffers, B., Drescher, N., Blüthgen, N. & Leonhardt, S. D., 01.03.2017, In: Ecosphere. 8, 3, 19 p., e01758.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Genehmigungsrecht und Finanzierung bei Erneuerbaren-Energien-Anlagen
Schomerus, T., 2008, In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Blätter. 57, 9, p. 1 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Gender und Nachhaltigkeit: Neue Forschungsperspektiven
Katz, C., 01.09.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 3, p. 206-214 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Gender Studies – Was ist typisch, was nicht?
Halberstadt, J., Hilmers, L., Kubes, T. & Weingraber, S., 2016, (Un)typisch Gender Studies – neue interdisziplinäre Forschungsfragen. Halberstadt, J., Hilmers, L., Kubes, T. A. & Weingraber, S. (eds.). Opladen: Budrich UniPress , p. 7-15 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research