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

    Wirtschaftsinformatik: "ein weites Feld" ; Festschrift für Horst Meyer-Wachsmuth

    Bonin, H. E. G. (Editor), 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg. 134 p. (Final; vol. 18, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Mensch und Wald. Theorie und Praxis einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung am Beispiel des Themenfelds Wald

    Stoltenberg, U., 2009, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 228 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  3. Published

    Assessment of key competencies: a conceptual framework

    Barth, M., 2009, World in Transition: Sustainability Perspectives for Higher Education. Adomssent, M., Beringer, A. & Barth, M. (eds.). Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 93-102 10 p. (Higher education for sustainability; no. 4).

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

  4. Published

    Von Alltagspraxen, Aushandlungen und Irritationen: Lebensentwürfe und prekäre Verhältnisse in der geschlechtersensiblen Bildungsarbeit

    Offen, S., 2010, In: Gender. 2, 1, p. 152-160 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  5. Published

    Developing shaping competence in informal setting at universities

    Rieckmann, M., 2009, World in Transition: Sustainability Perspectives for Higher Education. Adomssent, M., Beringer, A. & Barth, M. (eds.). Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 78-84 8 p. (Higher education for sustainability; no. 4).

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

  6. Published

    The German perspective of education for sustainable development

    Adomßent, M., 2009, The Role of Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Report of DAAD/UNU-ViE joint workshops on the occasion of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development. DAAD & UNU-ViE (eds.). p. 16 1 p.

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

  7. Published

    Die Privilegierung von Biogasanlagenparks im Wachstumsbeschleunigungsgesetz

    Schomerus, T., 2010, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht. 29, 9, p. 549-552 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Steuergeheimnis und Informationsfreiheitsrecht

    Schomerus, T., 2010, Internationales Steuer- und Gesellschaftsrecht aktuell. von Rönn, M. & Schultz-Aßberg, I. (eds.). Weil im Schönbuch: HDS Verlag, p. 239-246

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

  9. Published

    Klimawandel und Gesellschaft: Perspektive Adaptionskommunikation

    Heinrichs, H. & Grunenberg, H., 2009, 1. ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 200 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  10. Published

    Anmerkung zum Urteil des EuGH v. 9. September 1999 zur Richtlinienkonformität des Umweltinformationsgesetzes

    Schomerus, T., 2000, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 11, 4, p. 219 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsNotes on court decisionsResearch