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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Good Practice: Reader für guten Nachhaltigkeitsjournalismus: Was ist Qualität im Nachhaltigkeitsjornalismus
Achenbach, A. (Editor), Humburg, A. (Editor), Fischer, D. (Editor), Marwege, R. (Editor) & Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2015, Lüneburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 136 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Technological Innovation System des Schwungmassenspeichers: Analyse der Strukturen und Funktionen sowie Bewertung von Anwendungsfeldern
Czernin, F., 2015, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, p. 1-95, 96 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sustainability Communication
Fischer, D., Lüdecke, G., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G., Newig, J., Rieckmann, M. & Schulz, D., 2016, Sustainability Science: An Introduction. Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G. & Wiek, A. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, p. 139-148 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Education
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Hygieneanforderungen für handwerklich strukturierte Schlachtbetriebe
Schäffler, A. & Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 110 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 29)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Pumpspeicher an Bundeswasserstraßen: Technische, wirtschaftliche und rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen am Beispiel des Elbe-Seitenkanals
Degenhart, H. (Editor), Schomerus, C.-T. (Editor) & Schulz, D. (Editor), 17.12.2015, Springer Vieweg. 107 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Leading Practice Publication: Professional development of university educators on Education for Sustainable Development in European countries
Michelsen, G. (Editor), Kapitulcinova, D. (Editor), Dlouha, J. (Editor), Dlouhy, J. (Editor), Ryan, A. (Editor), Barton, A. (Editor), Tilbury, D. (Editor), Mula, I. (Editor), Benayas, J. (Editor), Alba, D. (Editor), Mally, K. V. (Editor), Mader, C. (Editor) & Mader, M. (Editor), 2015, Prague: Charles University, Prague. 134 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Sustainability Science: An Introduction
Heinrichs, H. (Editor), Martens, W. J. M. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor) & Wiek, A. (Editor), 01.2016, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. 367 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Education
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Environmental effects of sustainability management tools: An empirical analysis of large companies
Hörisch, J., Ortas, E., Schaltegger, S. & Álvarez, I., 01.12.2015, In: Ecological Economics. 120, p. 241-249 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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State of the art in research on higher education for sustainable development
Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M., 2016, Routledge handbook of higher education for sustainable development. Barth, M., Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Thomas, I. (eds.). Abdington: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 100-114 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Lebe Deine Stadt! Jugendliche als Akteure der Stadterneuerung
Edelhoff, S. H., Heinrich, J., Schauz, T. & Angela, M., 2015, Über Städtebauförderung hinaus: Beiträge aus Lehre und Forschung an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen . Altrock, U., Kunze, R., Schmitt, G. & Schubert, D. (eds.). Berlin: Altrock, p. 185-195 11 p. (Jahrbuch Stadterneuerung; vol. 2014/15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review