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

    Supporting wild pollinators in a temperate agricultural landscape: Maintaining mosaics of natural features and production

    Lentini, P. E., Martin, T., Gibbons, P., Fischer, J. & Cunningham, S. A., 05.2012, In: Biological Conservation. 149, 1, p. 84-92 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Hochschulentwicklung als Lernkontext: Studierende zu Mitgestaltenden machen durch Forschendes Lernen

    Weitzel, J. & Fischer, D., 2012, In: Das Hochschulwesen. 60, 5, p. 138-144 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Elution of monomers from three different bonding systems and their antibacterial effect

    Polydorou, O., Rogatti, P., Bolek, R., Wolkewitz, M., Kümmerer, K. & Hellwig, E., 07.2013, In: Odontology / the Society of the Nippon Dental University. 101, 2, p. 170-176 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Nachhaltigkeit - zentrales Element des Lüneburger Studienprogramms

    Michelsen, G., 06.2012, In: GAIA. 21, 2, p. 150-151 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsComments / Debate / ReportsResearch

  6. Published

    Nachhaltigkeitsmetamorphose der BWL: Stellungnahme zum Beitrag von Jürgen Freimann "Betriebswirtschaftslehre als Sustainable Science"

    Schaltegger, S., 2012, In: Die Betriebswirtschaft. 72, 4, p. 291-293 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Managing Green Business Model Transformations

    Sommer, A., 2012, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. 398 p. (Sustainable Production, Life Cycle Engineering and Management)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  8. Published

    State of the Art of Handling and Storage Systems on Container Terminals

    Koppe, B. & Brinkmann, B., 2008, Proceedings of the Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering: August 24-30, 2008, Technische Universität Darmstadt. Zanke, U. (ed.). Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Institut für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, p. 57-61 5 p.

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

  9. Published

    Hafenplanung - eine Marktübersicht

    Brinkmann, B., 2009, HTG Kongress 2009: Lübeck, 09. - 12. September 2009, Musik- und Kongresshalle Lübeck. H. G. (ed.). Seehafen Verlag, p. 317-319 3 p.

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

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    Mobiler Hochwasserschutz

    Koppe, B. & Brinkmann, B., 09.2010, In: Florian express. September 2010, p. 360-369 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer