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

    Integrating rural development and biodiversity conservation in Central Romania

    Newig, J., Milcu, A. I., Hartel, T., Mikulcak, F. & Fischer, J., 06.2013, In: Environmental Conservation. 40, 2, p. 129-137 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Bifunctional proteins as a therapeutic strategy for improved myocardial repair in cardiovascular diseases

    Ziegler, M., Schönberger, T., Baumer, Y., Ochmann, C., Jürgens, T., Elvers, M., Leder, C., Schlosshauer, B. & Gawaz, M., 04.2012, Clin Res Cardiol: Suppl 1. Vol. 101. p. V1086 1 p.

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

  3. Published

    Die Leuphana-Der Weg zur Nachhaltigkeit

    Michelsen, G., 2012, Wende überall?: Jahrbuch Ökologie. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, 9 p.

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

  4. Published

    Lehrerinnen und Lehrer als Akteure im Transformationsprozess

    Michelsen, G., 2012, Wende überall?: Jahrbuch Ökologie 2013. Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 87-93 6 p.

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

  5. Published

    Learning for change: an educational contribution to sustainability science

    Michelsen, G. & Barth, M., 01.2013, In: Sustainability Science. 8, 1, p. 103-119 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Wende überall? Von Vorreitern, Nachzüglern und Sitzenbleibern ; in memoriam Günter Altner

    Michelsen, G. (Editor), Leitschuh, H. (Editor), Simonis, U. E. (Editor), Sommer, J. (Editor) & Weizsäcker, E. U. V. (Editor), 2012, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 256 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie; vol. 2013)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Die Verbreitung einer wegweisenden Idee: Der Beitrag der UN-Dekade für die Diffusion von Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Michelsen, G. & Rode, H., 2012, Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung - Beiträge der Bildungsforschung. Berlin: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, p. 91-113 22 p. (Bildungsforschung; vol. 39).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    The ground beetle tribe Trechini in Israel and adjacent regions

    Aßmann, T., Buse, J., Chikatunov, V., Drees, C., Friedmann, A.-L.-L., Härdtle, W., Levanovy, T., Renan, I., Seyfferth, A. & Wrase, D. W., 08.2012, In: Spixiana - Zeitschrift für Zoologie. 35, 2, p. 193-208 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Steigert das Product-Service System Cloud-Computing die Ökoeffizienz?

    Froböse, K., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 81 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Learning for sustainable development in regional networks

    Dlouha, J., Barton, A., Huisingh, D. & Adomßent, M., 06.2013, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 49, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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  2. Kommentar der Herausgeberinnen
  3. Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen des Verhältnisses von Eltern, Schule und Jugendhilfe
  4. Remobilisierung von Quecksilber durch Desinfektionsmittel aus Amalgamabscheidern zahnärztlicher Behandlungseinheiten
  5. "Integration" als kontextgebundenes Konzept - ein deutsch-britisch-niederländischer Vergleich
  6. Die Akzeptanz des Kündigungsschutzes
  7. Geschwisterkonstellation und Lesekompetenz
  8. Diesseits des sozialpädagogischen Blicks
  9. Organisationaler Wandel durch Migration?
  10. Simultaneous determination of alkylphenol ethoxylates and their biotransformation products by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry
  11. § 19 EStG: Nichtselbständige Arbeit
  12. Künstliche Feuchtflächen in Hochwasserrückhaltebecken – eine Chance für die Reduzierung von Pflanzenschutzmitteleinträgen in Gewässer
  13. Kontroverse Praktiken einer öffentlichen Kontroverse
  14. Für Hans-Jürgen Krahl
  15. Zur Institutionalisierung von Kindheit in Öffentlichkeit und Privatheit
  16. Chancen für erneuerbare Energien in Wärmenetzen
  17. Lewis A. Coser. Refugee scholars in America: Their impact and their experiences. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1984. xviii + 351 pp. (cloth)
  18. Inklusive Gestaltung einer Einheit offenen Forschenden Lernens
  19. Sugars and amino acid composition in nectar of two plant species along a plant diversity gradient
  20. Geschlechterkonstruktion in der Trendsportart (Military)Hindernislauf. Eine Social Media/ Webseiten Analyse
  21. Erfolgserfassung nach Handels- und Steuerrecht sowie nach IFRS
  22. Ein Medium namens McLuhan
  23. Energieversorgungsunternehmen
  24. Zur Einbeziehung der relativen CO2-Leistung in die Vorstandvergütung nach dem ARUG II
  25. Kulinarisches Kino
  26. Gehen
  27. Humanität und Billigkeit
  28. Die Plurifunktionalität der Offenen Bibliothek
  29. Ein Smartphone-gestütztes internetbasiertes Programm für Patienten mit Diabetes mellitus Typ 2 und komorbider Depression
  30. Kompetenzen mathematisch begabter Grundschulkinder erkunden und fördern