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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Changes in phenology and abundance of suction-trapped Diptera from a farmland site in the UK over four decades
Grabener, S., Oldeland, J., Shortall, C. & Harrington, R., 01.10.2020, In: Ecological Entomology. 45, 5, p. 1215-1219 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Changes in butterfly movements along a gradient of land use in farmlands of Transylvania (Romania)
Loos, J., Kuussaari, M., Ekroos, J., Hanspach, J., Fust, P., Jackson, L. & Fischer, J., 04.2015, In: Landscape Ecology. 30, 4, p. 625-635 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Change in sustainability conceptions: A mixed-methods study of undergraduates' learning processes and outcomes
Sundermann, A., 07.03.2024, Lüneburg: Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 215 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Dissertations
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Change from Below: Student Initiatives for Universities in Sustainable Development
Drupp, M., Esguerra, A., Keul, L., Löw Beer, D., Meisch, S. & Roosen-Runge, F., 2012, Sustainable Development at Universities: New Horizons. Leal Filho, W. (ed.). 1. ed. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 733-742 10 p. 61. (Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit / Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability; vol. 34).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Change Agents für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2015, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 23 p. (CSM-Impulse; vol. 01/2015)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Chances and challenges of the biologization of the economy of rural areas
Pleissner, D., 01.06.2020, In: Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 23, p. 46-49 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Chancen und Probleme des betriebsinternen CO2-Zertifikatehandels am Beispiel des Otto Versand, Hamburg
Trautwein, S., 2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 157 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Chancen für erneuerbare Energien in Wärmenetzen
Bickel, M. W., Soetebeer, I., Neidig, P. & Schneidewind, U., 01.01.2018, In: GAIA. 27, 1, p. 190-192 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Chancen för erneuerbare Energien in Wärmenetzen: Bericht vom Leuphana Energieforum 2017
Bickel, M. W., Soetebeer, I. & Neidig, P., 2018, In: GAIA. 27, 1, p. 190-192 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Chancen erkennen und nutzen: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Alltag von Kindertagesstätten
Benoist, B. & Heuser, H.-H., 08.2010, Hier spielt die Zukunft: Kindergärten als Bildungsorte für nachhaltige Entwicklung ; Dokumentation zur Fachtagung vom 30.11. – 01.12.2009/Bonn. Kruppa, E. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Leuchtpol, p. 49-52 4 p. (Schriftenreihe der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung Bundesverband e.V.)(Leuchtpol Bibliothek Sonderedition; no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research