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

    German climate and energy legislation: an ambitious but fragmented framework

    Schomerus, T., 30.11.2012, Climate Law in EU Member States: Towards National Legislation for Climate Protection. Peeters, M., Stallworthy, M. & de Cendra de Larragan, J. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 178-202 25 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  2. Published

    Educating Change Agents for Sustainability: Learnings from CSM’s MBA in Sustainability Management

    Hesselbarth, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 37 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Eco-Innovation in SMEs: An In-Depth Case Analysis of Transforming SMEs through Effective Partnerships

    Klewitz, J. & Hansen, E. G., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 47 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Fukushima disaster indirectly threatens lake ecosystems

    Matsuzaki, S.-I., Von Wehrden, H., Møller, A. P. & Takamura, N., 01.11.2012, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 10, 9, p. 464-464 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  5. Published
  6. Published

    Umweltbewusstsein und Medien: Können Filme unser Alltagshandeln verändern?

    Lüdecke, G., 07.12.2012, Hier spielt die Zukunft. : Mit Kindern Nachhaltigkeit entdecken, verstehen – und gemeinsam handeln. 1 ed. Leuchtpol, Vol. 1. p. 35-36 2 p. (Schriftenreihe der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Natur- und Umweltbildung Bundesverband e. V.; vol. 26)(Leuchtpol Bibliothek; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsTransfer

  7. Published

    Pollination of Camelina sativa and Thlaspi arvense: Two new potential oil crop species in Germany

    Groeneveld, J. H. & Klein, A.-M., 2012, From Basic Ecology to the Challenges of Modern Society: 42nd annual meeting Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ökologie. Drees, C. & von Oheimb, G. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Ökologie, p. 254-255 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 42).

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

  8. Published

    A Synthesis of Modern Portfolio Theory and Sustainable Investment

    Peylo, B. T., 2012, In: The Journal of Investing. 21, 4, p. 33-46 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Können wir es uns leisten, nachhaltig zu wirtschaften?

    Schaltegger, S., 2013, Gesichter der Nachhaltigkeit. Hildebrandt, A. & Schwiezer, H. (eds.). Heidelberg: ABC Verlag, p. 284-285 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer

  10. Published

    Insights into Jatropha Projects Worldwide: Key Facts & Figures from a Global Survey

    Wahl, N., Hildebrandt, T., Moser, C., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Averdunk, K., Bailis, R., Barua, K. K., Burritt, R., Groeneveld, J. H., Klein, A.-M., Kügemann, M., Walmsley, D., Zelt, T. & Schaltegger, S., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 60 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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Activities

  1. How to get things done with words in Irish English and English English: Pragmatics and dialectology at the cross-road
  2. „Theorie und Praxis: Globales Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung – Positionen, Potentiale, Perspektiven“
  3. Integrating Systems Thinking Approaches in Chemical Education for Sustainable Development - Exploring the Status Quo
  4. Advantages and challenges of in silico tools and their contribution to sustainable chemistry with the focus on (Q)SAR
  5. Sustainability and internal supply chain management – A conceptual approach to intra-organisational knowledge transfer
  6. Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products
  7. Pessimism and Optimism of the Future: the Future of the World(s) in the Strategies of Feminism and Digital Technologies
  8. People incorrectly correcting other people“: (Re-)Correcting comments as a means of stancetaking in digital communication
  9. Exploring priority effects in a central European grassland field experiment in order to inform restoration (Symposium)
  10. Kreativ und frei?: Welche Rahmenbedingungen brauchen Kreativwirtschaft und Wissensgesellschaft in einer digitalen Welt?
  11. Das Leuphana-College: ein in Europaeinzigartiges Hochschulmodell: Innovative hochschuldidaktische Veranstaltungsformate
  12. Deciphering Sustainable Consumption: Understanding, Motives and Heuristic Cues in the Context of Personal Care Product.
  13. Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products

Publications

  1. Gerhard O. Forde: The Captivation of the Will. Luther vs. Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage, Grand Rapids / Cambridge 2005
  2. Menschliche Würde in der Lebensphase natürlicher Abhängigkeit - Jugendpsychiatrische und sozialpädaogische Aspekte
  3. Using heuristic worked examples to promote solving of reality‑based tasks in mathematics in lower secondary school
  4. The Shareholder Value Effect of System Overloads: An Analysis of Investor Responses to the 2003 Blackout in the US
  5. How do workers gain voice on digital work platforms? Hotspots and blind spots in research on platform worker voice
  6. Do we need livestock grazing to promote Polylepis australis tree recruitment in the Central Argentinean Mountains?
  7. Planungs- und Genehmigungsfragen bei der Finanzierung von Anlagen zur Erzeugung von Strom aus Erneuerbaren Energien
  8. Model-based estimation of pesticides and transformation products and their export pathways in a headwater catchment
  9. Reciprocal relations between emotional exhaustion and episode-specific emotional labour: An experience-sampling study
  10. Utilizing international networks for accelerating research and learning in transformational sustainability science
  11. Mathematical Modeling for Robot 3D Laser Scanning in Complete Darkness Environments to Advance Pipeline Inspection
  12. Einfluss elterlicher Mathematikkompetenz und familialer Prozesse auf den Kompetenzerwerb von Kindern in Mathematik
  13. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)-main concerns and regulatory developments in Europe from an environmental point of view
  14. Tree and mycorrhizal fungal diversity drive intraspecific and intraindividual trait variation in temperate forests
  15. Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on soil microbial communities in oak forests persist for more than 100 years
  16. Den eigenen Blick schärfen für das Potenzial und die Qualität von Aufgaben – Ergebnisse aus der aktuellen Forschung
  17. Social and ethical aspects in sustainability performance measurement and assessment. A systematic literature review
  18. What is intergovernmental about the EU’s ‘(new) intergovernmentalist’ turn? Evidence from the Eurozone and asylum crises
  19. Schulentwicklungsbegleitung auf Augenhöhe – die Besonderheiten des Beratungsansatzes der regionalen SchuMaS-Zentren
  20. Tobias Cheung: Organismen - Agenten zwischen Innen- und Außenwelt 1780-1860, (Science Studies) Bielefeld: transcript 2014
  21. Methane yield of biomass from extensive grassland is affected by compositional changes induced by order of arrival
  22. Kraft ist nicht gleich Kraft. Und wie können die Kraftfähigkeiten spielerisch in der Grundschule vermittelt werden?“