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. Published

    Die Anpassung und Kündigung öffentlich-rechtlicher Verträge am Beispiel des Altlastensanierungsvertrags

    Sanden, J., 2009, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht. 28, 8, p. 491-496 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Did Descriptive and Prescriptive Norms About Gender Equality at Home Change During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Cross-National Investigation

    Saxler, F. M., Dorrough, A. R., Froehlich, L., Block, K., Croft, A., Meeussen, L., Olsson, M., Schmader, T., Schuster, C., van Grootel, S., Van Laar, C., Atkinson, C., Benson-Greenwald, T., Birneanu, A., Cavojova, V., Cheryan, S., Lee Kai Chung, A., Danyliuk, I., Dar-Nimrod, I., de Lemus, S., Diekman, A., Eisner, L., Estevan-Reina, L., Fedáková, D., Gavreliuc, A., Gavreliuc, D., Germano, A., Hässler, T., Henningsen, L., Ishii, K., Kundtová Klocová, E., Kozytska, I., Kulich, C., Lapytskaia Aidy, C., López López, W., Morandini, J., Ramis, T. S., Scheifele, C., Steele, J., Steffens, M. C., Velásquez Díaz, L. M., Venegas, M. & Martiny, S. E., 29.01.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Dichotomy or continuum? A global review of the interaction between autonomous and planned adaptations

    Maskell, G., Shukla, R., Jagannathan, K., Browne, K., Ulibarri, N., Campbell, D., Franz, C. P., Grady, C., Joe, E. T., Kirchhoff, C. J., Madhavan, M., Michaud, L., Sharma, S., Singh, C., Orlove, B., Alverio, G. N., Ajibade, I., Bowen, K. J., Chauhan, N., Galappaththi, E. K., Hudson, A. J., Mach, K. J., Musah-Surugu, J. I., Petzold, J., Reckien, D., Schauberger, B., Segnon, A. C., van Bavel, B. & Gornott, C., 02.2025, In: Ecology and Society. 30, 1, 39 p., 18.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Hochschulen : eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg

    Albrecht, P., 2009, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 274 p. (Umweltkommunikation; vol. 5)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Internet: Untersuchung der DAX-30-Unternehmen

    Godemann, J., Herzig, C. & Blanke, M., 2008, Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: maßgeschneiderte Stakeholder-Kommunikation mit IT. Isenmann, R., Marx Gömez, J. & Amelung, M. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 371-387 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Dialektik der Umweltinformatik

    Möller, A. & Hedemann, J., 2014, Umweltinformatik: Einblick in drei Jahrzehnte der Entwicklung einer Wissenschaftsdisziplin, Festschrift zur Pensionierung von Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Page. Wohlgemuth, V., Voigt, K. & Pillmann, W. (eds.). 1 ed. Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 31-40 10 p. 4

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

  7. Published

    Diagnose sozial-emotionaler Kompetenzen in Vorschule und Schule

    Voltmer, K. & Salisch, M., 2018, Schuleingangsdiagnostik. Schneider, W. & Hasselhorn, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 207-222 16 p. 10. (Tests und Trends. Jahrbuch der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik. ; vol. 16).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Dezentral und partizipativ? Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Bürgerbeteiligung zur Umsetzung der Energiewende

    Heinrichs, H., 08.2013, Die deutsche "Energiewende" nach Fukushima: Der wissenschaftliche Diskurs zwischen Atomausstieg und Wachstumsdebatte. Hennig, B. & Radtke, J. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 119-138 20 p. (Beiträge zur sozialwissenschaftlichen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Devianz und Delinquenz

    Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Grundbegriffe Ganztagsbildung: Das Handbuch. Coelen, T. & Otto, H.-U. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 222-231 10 p.

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

  10. Published

    Devianzmanagement

    Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Lexikon der Sozialwirtschaft. Maelicke, B. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch