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

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    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 contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    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 paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    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 anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Detection of significant tracer gases by means of polymer gas sensors

    Meyer, J. T., Georgiadis, A., Persaud, K. C. & Scorsonne, E., 01.08.2005, In: Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik. 77, 8, p. 1144-1144 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearch

  7. Published

    Detection and mapping of water pollution variation in the Nile Delta using multivariate clustering and GIS techniques

    Shaban, M., Urban, B., El Saadi, A. M. K. & Faisal, M., 01.08.2010, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 91, 8, p. 1785-1793 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Des Unbekannten Zähmung. Abschied vom Gegensatz Natur versus Kultur

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 59, p. 27-28 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Deskriptive Statistik in der qualitativen Sozialforschung

    Grunenberg, H. & Kuckartz, U., 2010, Handbuch qualitative Forschungsmethoden in der Erziehungswissenschaft. Friebertshäuser, B., Langer, A., Prengel, A., Boller, H. & Richter, S. (eds.). 3 ed. Weinheim/München: Juventa Verlag, p. 487-500 14 p.

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

  10. Published

    Design rules for environmental biodegradability of phenylalanine alkyl ester linked ionic liquids

    Suk, M., Haiß, A., Westphal, J., Jordan, A., Kellett, A., Kapitanov, I. V., Karpichev, Y., Gathergood, N. & Kümmerer, K., 21.07.2020, In: Green Chemistry . 22, 14, p. 4498-4508 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review