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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Die Zeit nach E-Government: höhere Wertschätzung der Verwaltung
Bonin, H., 2005, Die Zeit nach dem E-Government. Klewitz-Hommelsen, S. & Bonin, H. (eds.). Münster, Westfalen: LIT Verlag, p. 25-33 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Zeit nach E-Government: höhere Wertschätzung der Verwaltung
Bonin, H., 2003, Zukunft von Verwaltung und Informatik: Festschrift für Heinrich Reinermann. Bonin, H. E. G. (ed.). Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Wissenschaftsinitiative Nachhaltigkeit
Temperton, V. M., 2018, Die Rolle der Universität in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft im Wandel. Henkel, A., Hobuß, S., Jamme, C. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). 1. ed. Berlin: Pro BUSINESS Verlag, p. 94-101 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Die Wiederentdeckung der Zeiten: Eine Chance auf dem Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit. Umrisse öko-sozialer Zeitpolitik
Hofmeister, S., 1999, Perspektiven der Raum- und Umweltplanung angesichts Globalisierung, Europäischer Integration und Nachhaltiger Entwicklung.: Festschrift für Karl-Hermann Hübler. Weiland, U. (ed.). Berlin: VWF-Verlag für Wissenschaft und Forschung, p. 119-142 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Widerständigkeit wissenschaftlicher Strukturen gegenüber widerspenstigen Themen: Nachwuchsförderung im Themenfeld Gender und Nachhaltigkeit
Katz, C. & Mölders, T., 2002, Wissens̱chaf(f)t Widerstand: Dokumentation des 27. Kongresses von Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik. Hofmann, R. (ed.). Wien: Milena Verlag, p. 224-229 6 p. (Reihe Dokumentation ; vol. 25).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Die wichtigsten Waldgesellschaften in der Lüneburger Heide und im Wendland (Laubmischwälder grundwasserferner Standorte, Kiefernwälder, Bruchwälder, Hartholzauen)
Heinken, T., Mast, R. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 127-158 32 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Die "Werkzeuge" des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements: Konzepte und Instrumente zur Umsetzung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit
Schaltegger, S., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J., 01.01.2003, Handbuch nachhaltige Entwicklung. Linne, G. & Schwarz, M. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 331-342 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Welt zur Heimat machen ?
Engelhardt, W. (Editor) & Stoltenberg, U. (Editor), 2002, Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt. 224 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Die Welt zur Heimat machen ?
Engelhardt, W. & Stoltenberg, U., 2002, Die Welt zur Heimat machen ?. Engelhardt, W. & Stoltenberg, U. (eds.). Klinkhardt, p. 9-26 18 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 12).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Die Welt von morgen mitgestalten
Stoltenberg, U., 2010, In: Kindergarten heute. 40, 6-7, p. 14-15 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research