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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"Brauchen wir einen Grünen im Vorstand?": [Kommentar]
Schaltegger, S., 04.2011, In: Harvard Business Manager. 33, 4, p. 95 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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BP’s Solar Business Model - A Case Study on BP’s Solar Business Case and its Drivers
Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2014, In: International Journal of Business Environment. 6, 3, p. 300-328 29 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Boundary speak in sustainability studies: Computational reading of a transversal field
Herberg, J., Schmitz, S., Stasiak, D. & Schmieg, G., 10.06.2021, In: Science and Public Policy. 48, 3, p. 398-411 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment
Scherber, C., Eisenhauer, N., Weisser, W. W., Schmid, B., Voigt, W., Fischer, M., Schulze, E.-D., Roscher, C., Weigelt, A., Allan, E., Bonkowski, M., Buchmann, N., Buscot, F., Clement, L. W., Ebeling, A., Engels, C., Halle, S., Kertscher, I., Klein, A.-M., Koller, R., König, S., Kowalski, E., Kummer, V., Kuu, A., Lange, M., Lauterbach, D., Middelhoff, C., Migunova, V. D., Milcu, A., Müller, R., Partsch, S., Petermann, J. S., Renker, C., Rottstock, T., Sabais, A., Scheu, S., Temperton, V. M., Schumacher, J., Tscharntke, T. & Beler, H., 25.11.2010, In: Nature. 468, 7323, p. 553-556 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bottom-up creation of allele frequency differentiation in Carabus auronitens
Hinsch, M. & Aßmann, T., 2002, Scales, hierarchies and emergent properties in ecological models. Hölker, F. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-82 12 p. (Theorie in der Ökologie; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bodensaure Eichen- und Eichenmischwälder Europas
Härdtle, W., 2004, In: Tuexenia. 24, p. 57-72 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Bodenökologische Untersuchungen in Elbauen - Entstehung und Entwicklung der Böden in der Mäanderschleife Wehningen
Krüger, F., Tucci, M. & Urban, B., 2014, Klimafolgenanpassung im Biosphärenreservat Niedersächsische Elbtalaue - Modellregion für nachhaltige Entwicklung. Prüter, J., Schreck, C. & Keienburg, T. (eds.). Hamburg: TuTech Verlag, Vol. 5. p. 53-62 10 p. (Berichte aus den KLIMZUG-NORD Modellgebieten; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Bodenentwicklungen und Bodenbelastungen der Mäanderschleife Wehninger Werder an der niedersächsischen Mittelelbe
Krüger, F., Weniger, T. & Urban, B., 2013, Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V.. Härdtle, W. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 97-108 12 p. (Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg; no. 45).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Blue-green light is required for a maximized fatty acid unsaturation and pigment concentration in the microalga Acutodesmus obliquus
Helamieh, M., Reich, M., Bory, S., Rohne, P., Riebesell, U., Kerner, M. & Kümmerer, K., 01.07.2022, In: Lipids. 57, 4-5, p. 221-232 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bloggen für eine Nachhaltige Entwicklung?!
Schulz, D., 2009, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 17, 1, p. 149-154 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research