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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Entwicklung von Freundschaften und romantischen Beziehungen
Salisch, M. & Seiffge-Krenke, I., 2008, Entwicklungspsychologie des Jugendalters. Silbereisen, R. K., Hasselhorn, M. & Birbaumer, N. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 421-459 39 p. (Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich C; vol. 5, no. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entwicklung und Umsetzung eines Monitoringsystems zur Analyse der Akteursstruktur bei Freiflächen-Photovoltaik und der Windenergie an Land: Ergebnisse des Monitorings und Empfehlungen
Weiler, K., Weber, A., Grashof, K., Holstenkamp, L. & Ehrtmann, M., 01.06.2021, Dressau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 203 p. (Climate Change; no. 49/2021).Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Entwicklung und Erprobung des Fernstudienganges "Kommunaler Umweltschutz" (FKU). Abschlussbericht für den Zeitraum von 01.09.1997 bis 31.12.1999.
Adomßent, M., Lütkemöller, D. & Schwiersch, A., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; vol. 11).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Entwicklung und Curriculum: Grundlagen einer Sequenzierung von Lehr-/Lernzielen im Bereich des (literarischen) Lesens
Garbe, C., Holle, K. & Salisch, M., 2006, Empirische Unterrichtsforschung in der Literatur- und Lesedidaktik: Ein Weiterbildungsprogramm . Groeben, N. & Hurrelmann, B. (eds.). Weinheim [u.a.]: Juventa Verlag, p. 115-155 41 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entwicklungspsychologische Grundlagen der Empathiefähigkeit
Salisch, M. & Vogelgesang, J., 2018, In: BPJM Aktuell. 4/2018, p. 9-12 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer › peer-review
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Entwicklungspolitische Bildungsarbeit in Theorie und Praxis
Fischer, J. & Richter, S., 2013, Einführung in die Entwicklungspolitik. Ihne, H. & Wilhelm, J. (eds.). Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, p. 227-243 17 p. (Schriftenreihe; vol. 1338).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entwicklung emotionaler Kompetenzen im Vorschulalter
Janke, B. & von Salisch, M., 2010, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 59, 7, p. 509-512 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Entwicklung eines virtuellen Lernraums zum digitalen Kompetenzerwerb
Abels, S., Sowinski, R., Hofer, E., Rodenhauser, A. & Stinken-Rösner, L., 10.06.2024, Frühe naturwissenschaftliche Bildung : Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, Jahrestagung 2023 . van Vorst, H. (ed.). Essen: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik, p. 938 - 941 4 p. (Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik; no. 50)(Tagungsband; vol. 44).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Entwicklung eines Regelungskonzepts für ein Ressourcenschutzrecht des Bundes: Forschungsbericht 3709181521
Sanden, J., Schomerus, T. & Schulze, F., 24.10.2012, Erich Schmidt Verlag. 661 p. (Berichte des Umweltbundesamtes; vol. 2012,1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Entwicklung eines praxisreifen Verfahrens zur Entwässerung von stark wasserhaltigen Biomassen aus der Landwirtschaft: Projektbericht, DBU FKZ 23758
Lüdeke-Freund, F., Müller, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research