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

    Focus: (Re)productivity Sustainable relations both between society and nature and between the genders

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 15.06.2010, In: Ecological Economics. 69, 8, p. 1703-1711 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Gender Greenstreaming: Nachhaltig vielfältig dank der richtigen Brille

    Thiem, A. & Fischer, K., 2007, In: Politische Ökologie. 104, Demografischer Wandel, p. 66-67 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Einbettung von Methoden der Wissenstechnologie in humanzentrierte Assistenzsysteme

    Welge, R., Beitzel, J., Bollow, E. & Faasch, H., 2009, Ambient Assisted Living: Technologien, Anwendungen: Tagungsband 2. Deutscher AAL-Kongress mit Ausstellung, 27. - 28. Januar 2009 in Berlin . VDE Verlag GmbH, 5 p.

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

  4. Published

    Merkmalsextraktion und semantische Integration von Ultrabreitband-Sensoren zur Erkennung von Notfällen

    Sachs, J., Helbig, M., Herrmann, R., Welge, R. & Bollow, E., 2010, Ambient Assisted Living 2010: 3. Deutscher AAL-Kongress mit Ausstellung Assistenzsysteme im Dienste des Menschen - Zuhause und Unterwegs, 26. - 27. Januar 2010 in Berlin ; Tagungsbandbeiträge. Berlin u.a.: VDE Verlag GmbH, 5 p.

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

  5. Published

    Corporate Sustainability Barometer 2010: Wie nachhaltig agieren Unternehmen in Deutschland?

    Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Harms, D., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 84 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Räumliche Ökonomie: Theoretische Grundlagen

    Frey, R. L., Schaltegger, S. & Gmünder, M., 2010, 1. ed. Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 132 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  7. Published

    "Konfrontative Pädagogik"

    Plewig, H.-J., 2010, "Unkulturen" in Bildung und Erziehung. Dörr, M. & Herz, B. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 151-168 18 p.

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

  8. Published

    Sustainability-Related Innovation and Sustainability Management: A Quantitative Analysis

    Wagner, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 30 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Nachhaltiges Unternehmertum: Diskussion des Konzepts an Unternehmensbeispielen vom Bionier bis zum sustainable Entrepreneur

    Brix, K., Bromma, B. & Jaenisch, J., 2006, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Umweltmanagement ausgewählter Großveranstaltungen: Effektiver Umweltschutz oder Greenwashing?

    Fitschen, U., 2006, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 118 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers