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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Operations Systems of Container Terminals: A Compendious Overview
Brinkmann, B., 2011, Handbook of Termina Planning. Böse, J. W. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Springer, p. 25-39 15 p. (Operations Research/ Computer Science Interfaces Series; vol. 49, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Landscape effects on bird and rodent communities and seed predation to agriculture in Israel.
Schäckermann, J., Mandelik, Y., von Wehrden, H. & Klein, A.-M., 2012, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. 42, p. 147 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2012: Praxisstand und Fortschritt des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements in den größten Unternehmen Deutschlands
Schaltegger, S., Hörisch, J., Windolph, S. E. & Harms, D., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 62 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Mediatisierte Politikgestaltung? Medien, Expertise und politische Entscheidungsprozesse in wissenschaftsbasierten Themenfeldern
Heinrichs, H. & Petersen, I., 2008, Medienorientierung biomedizinischer Forscher im internationalen Vergleich: die Schnittstelle von Wissenschaft & Journalismus und ihre politische Relevanz. Peters, H. P. (ed.). Jülich: Forschungszentrum Jülich , p. 195-278 84 p. (Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich / Reihe Gesundheit; vol. 18).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Risk Communication about Global Climate Change in the German Mass Media
Peters, H. P., Heinrichs, H. & Hae-Ryong, S., 2006, In: Journal of ELSI Studies. 4, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Managing sustainability communication on campus: experiences from Lüneburg
Franz-Balsen, A. & Heinrichs, H., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 431 - 445 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Legitimizing climate policy: The "risk construct" of global climate change in the German mass media
Peters, H. P. & Heinrichs, H., 06.2008, In: International Journal of Sustainability Communication. 3, p. 14-36 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Politikberatung in den USA: Ein Vorbild für Europa?
Heinrichs, H., 01.01.2005, Wozu Experten?: Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissenschaft und Politik. Bogner, A. & Torgersen, H. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 291-313 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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The Energy Security of Lithuania
Laws, N., 2012, Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. 80 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Advisory systems in pluralistic knowledge societies: An indicator-based typology to assess and optimize environmental policy advice
Heinrichs, H., 2005, Democratization of Expertise?: Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making. Maasen, S. & Weingart, P. (eds.). Springer, p. 41-61 21 p. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review