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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Diffusion of environmental management accounting for cleaner production: Evidence from some case studies
Burritt, R. L., Herzig, C., Schaltegger, S. & Viere, T., 01.07.2019, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 224, p. 479-491 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Different responses of ant species to sugars and amino acids in a subtropical forest of China
Methorst, J., Klein, A.-M., Blüthgen, N., Leonhardt, S. & Staab, M., 09.2012, From Basic Ecology to the Challenges of Modern Society, Book of abstracts: 42nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Germany, Austria and Switzerland (GfÖ), Lüneburg, Germany, 10-14 September 2012. Drees, C. & von Oheimb, G. (eds.). Berlin: Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Vol. 42. p. 56-57 2 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 42).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Differentiating forest types using TerraSAR–X spotlight images based on inferential statistics and multivariate analysis
Farghaly, D., Urban, B., Sörgel, U. & Elba, E., 01.08.2019, In: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 15, 100238.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Differential responses of ecosystem components to a low-intensity fire in a Mediterranean forest: A three-year case study
García-Tejero, S., Taboada Palomares, A., Tárrega, R., Marcos, E. & Salgado, J. M., 01.06.2013, In: Community Ecology. 14, 1, p. 110-120 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Differential reproductive responses to stress reveal the role of life-history strategies within a species
Schultner, J., Kitaysky, A. S., Gabrielsen, G. W., Hatch, S. A. & Bech, C., 22.11.2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B . 280, 1771, 10 p., 20132090.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Differences in isoprenoid-mediated energy dissipation pathways between coastal and interior Douglas-fir seedlings in response to drought
Junker-Frohn, L. V., Kleiber, A., Jansen, K., Gessler, A., Kreuzwieser, J. & Ensminger, I., 10.2019, In: Tree Physiology. 39, 10, p. 1750-1766 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Zusammenarbeit von Lehrkräften, Hochschule und außerschulischen Bildungsakteuren – kollaborative Materialentwicklung unter der Perspektive BNE
Bürgener, L. & Barth, M., 05.10.2020, In: ZEP - Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik. 43, 2, p. 4-10 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die Zukunftsbäckerei: Regional, traditionell, bio – was den Bäckereifachbetrieb nachhaltig macht
Weber, U., Dietschmann, R. & Lühr, J., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 37 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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Die Zukunft der europäischen Chemikalienpolitik: zum Stand und möglichen Entwicklungen der REACh-Verordnung
Heitmann, K. & Tschochohei, H., 06.03.2007, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 15, 1, p. 40-48 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Zinnoberrote Röhrenspinne Eresus cinnaberinus im Raum Lüneburger Heide – alte Funde und neue Nachweise
Aßmann, T. & Krause, R.-H., 2009, In: Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851. 44, p. 71-76 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer