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

    An automated, modular system for organic waste utilization using heterotrophic alga Galdieria sulphuraria: Design considerations and sustainability

    Julius Pahmeyer, M., Anusha Siddiqui, S., Pleissner, D., Gołaszewski, J., Heinz, V. & Smetana, S., 01.03.2022, In: Bioresource Technology. 348, 7 p., 126800.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    An automated, modular system for organic waste utilization using Hermetia illucens larvae: Design, sustainability, and economics

    Pahmeyer, M. J., Siddiqui, S. A., Pleissner, D., Gołaszewski, J., Heinz, V. & Smetana, S., 15.12.2022, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 379, Part 2, 8 p., 134727.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Anatomical and neuromuscular variables strongly predict maximum knee extension torque in healthy men

    Trezise, J., Collier, N. & Blazevich, A. J., 01.06.2016, In: European Journal of Applied Physiology. 116, 6, p. 1159-1177 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    An archetype analysis of sustainability innovations in Biosphere Reserves: Insights for assessing transformative potential

    Dabard, C. H., Mann, C. & Martín-López, B., 01.03.2024, In: Environmental Science & Policy. 153, 25 p., 103674.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    An applied methodology for stakeholder identification in transdisciplinary research

    Leventon, J., Fleskens, L., Claringbould, H., Schwilch, G. & Hessel, R., 01.09.2016, In: Sustainability Science. 11, 5, p. 763-775 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    An analysis of the requirements for DSS on integrated river basin management

    Evers, M., 2008, In: Management of Environmental Quality : an International Journal. 19, 1, p. 37-53 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    An analysis of local institutions governing common pasture use for biodiversity and society in Transylvania, Romania

    Sutcliffe, L. M. E., Röllig, M. & Hartel, T., 2013, Biodiversität und Gesellschaft: Gesellschaftliche Dimensionen von Schutz und Nutzung biologischer Vielfalt; Beiträge zur Fachtagung, Göttingen, 14.-16.11.2012. Friedrich, J., Halsband, A. & Minkmar, L. (eds.). Universitätsverlag Göttingen, p. 297-302 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Analyzing the political impact of Real-world laboratories for urban transformation in eight German ‘Cities of the Future’

    Kampfmann, T., Lang, D. J. & Weiser, A., 12.2024, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 162, 12 p., 103923.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Analyzing management preferences for sustainability: Toward a new framework

    Brieger, S. A., Seidel, J., Strathoff, P. & Sundermann, A., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working Paper Series in Management; no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-induced modification of protein expression in primary hepatocytes from harbour seals

    Behr, A., Wargel, A., Siebert, U. & Hellwig, V., 2008, In: Organohalogen Compounds. 70, p. 1079-1082 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearch

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  33. Kooperative Qualifizierung von Lehrern und Ausbildern als Beitrag zur Professionalisierung. Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung im Rahmen des Projektes "XENOS-Mentoren"
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  39. Wissen. Wahrheit. Macht. Foucaults "Morphologie des Willens zum Wissen"