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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Determination of pesticide fluxes in beech forests
Bernhardt, A., Palm, W.-U. & Ruck, W., 2002, Slowly degradable organics in the atmospheric environment and air-sea exchange: Proceedings of the international Workshop 26 September 2001. Lammel, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie, p. 29-32 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Determination of octanol-air partition coefficients (KOA) of fluorotelomer acrylates, perfluoroalkyl sulfonamids, and perfluoroalkylsulfonamido ethanols
Dreyer, A., Langer, V. & Ebinghaus, R., 11.2009, In: Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 54, 11, p. 3022-3025 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determination of herbicides in stemflow and throughfall of beeches (Fagus sylvatica L.) and in rainfall
Bernhardt, A. & Ruck, W., 01.12.2004, In: Chemosphere. 57, 10, p. 1563-1570 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determination of environmental impact of products along the supply chain - an integration scenario
Funk, B., Möller, A. & Niemeyer, P., 2009, Sessions: Sessions. Wohlgemuth, V., Page, B. & Vogt, K. (eds.). Shaker Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 367-374 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Determination of 10 particle-associated multiclass polar and semi-polar pesticides from small streams using accelerated solvent extraction
Mueller, R., Brack, W., Wenzel, K.-D., Streck, G., Ruck, W., Liess, M. & Schäfer, R. B., 02.2008, In: Chemosphere. 70, 11, p. 1952-1960 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determination and risk assessment of UV filters and benzotriazole UV stabilizers in wastewater from a wastewater treatment plant in Lüneburg, Germany
Ajibola, A. S., Reich, M. & Kümmerer, K., 08.2024, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 196, 8, 19 p., 725.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determinants of farm size and stocking rate in Namibian commercial cattle farming
Engler, J.-O., Wehrden, H. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.02.2019, In: Land Use Policy. 81, p. 232-246 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Determinants of Credit Allocation for Photovoltaic Projects: Research Outline and Preliminary Findings from Conjoint Experiments with German Financing Experts
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Loock, M., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 29 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Determinants and interactions of sustainability and risk management of commercial cattle farmers in Namibia
Ingenillem, J., Merz, J. & Baumgärtner, S., 07.2014, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 72 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 304).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Detektion von Verockerungsprozessen, Korrosion und Belagbildung: Monitoring der Eisenoxidation in Brunnen, Gebäuden, Leitungen und technischen Anlagen mithilfe des Redoxpotentials
Opel, O., 2013, Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften. 193 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review