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

    Back to the roots and back to the future: towards a new synthesis amongst taxonomic, ecological and biogeographical approaches in carabidology

    Penev, L. (Editor), Erwin, T. L. (Editor) & Aßmann, T. (Editor), 2008, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 509 p. (Pensoft series faunistica)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  2. Published

    Zeitforschung ist Nachhaltigkeitsforschung - Zeitpolitik ist Nachhaltigkeitspolitik: mit der Zeit Grenzen zwischen Forschungs- und Politikfeldern überschreiten ...

    Hofmeister, S., 2003, Zeit für Zeitpolitik. Kirner, E. (ed.). Bremen: Atlantik-Verlag, p. 33-41 9 p.

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

  3. Published

    Untersuchungs- und Monitoringkonzept zur Abschätzung der Auswirkungen von Offshore-Windparks auf die marine Umwelt

    Ehrich, S., Hoffmann, J., Kafemann, R., Piper, W., Runge, K., Thomsen, F. & Zauke, G.-P., 2001, Hamburg: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei. 28 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  4. Published

    Emotional and social development in childhood

    Denham, S., Salisch, M., Olthof, T., Kochanoff, A. & Caverty, S., 2002, Blackwell handbook of childhood social development. Smith, P. K. & Hart, C. H. (eds.). Malden, Mass [u.a.]: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., p. 307-328 22 p.

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

  5. Published

    Wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit der Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

    Schaltegger, S., 2004, Betriebliche Instrumente für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften: Konzepte für die Praxis. Mahammadzadeh, M. (ed.). Köln: Deutscher Instituts-Verlag , p. 165-174 10 p.

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

  6. Published

    Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Struktur und Vegetation von Natur- und Wirtschaftswäldern des Tieflandes auf der Grundlage räumlich expliziter Vegetationsmodelle

    Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 2001, Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft. Pott, R. (ed.). Hannover: Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft , Vol. 13. p. 183-196 14 p.

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

  7. Published

    Der MBA "Sustainament": das Rüstzeug für den Business Case des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements

    Schaltegger, S., Petersen, H. & Kalisch, C., 2007, Berufsbild CSR-Manager. Lenzen, E. (ed.). Münster, Westf: Macondo Verlag, p. 30-34 5 p.

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

  8. Published

    Nachhaltigkeit

    Katz, C. & Vinz, D., 2005, ABC der Globalisierung: Von »Alterssicherung« bis »Zivilgesellschaft« Herausgegeben vom Wissenschaftlichen Beirat von Attac. Braunmühl, C. V., Huffschmid, J. & Wichterich, C. (eds.). Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, p. 126-127 2 p.

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

  9. Published

    Rarity types of forest plants in Northern Germany

    Ellenberg, H., Oheimb, G. & Kriebitzsch, W. U., 2001, Assessment, conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 30-31 2 p. (CBD Technical Series ; no. 3).

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

  10. Published

    Environmental Management Accounting in Japan: Trends and Current Practices of Environmental Accounting Disclosure and Environmental Management Accounting

    Saka, C., Burritt, R., Schaltegger, S. & Hahn, T., 2005, The Natural Advantage of Nations: Business Opportunities, Innovations and Governance in the 21st Century. Hargroves, K. C. & Smith, M. H. (eds.). London [u.a.]: Earthscan Publications Ltd., p. 141-156 16 p.

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

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  1. Comparison of Supervised versus Self-Administered Stretching on Bench Press Maximal Strength and Force Development
  2. Rechtliche und ökonomische Aspekte der öffentlich-privaten Kooperation im Rahmen eines privaten Brachflächenfonds
  3. Planungs- und Genehmigungsfragen bei der Finanzierung von Anlagen zur Erzeugung von Strom aus Erneuerbaren Energien
  4. Die philosophische Verflüchtigung des Glaubensbegriffs. Kierkegaards Auseinandersetzung mit Immanuel Hermann Fichte
  5. Privacy-Preserving Localization and Social Distance Monitoring with Low-Resolution Thermal Imaging and Deep Learning
  6. Environmental fate and effect assessment of thioridazine and its transformation products formed by photodegradation
  7. Creating uncertainty in the governance of arrival and return: target-group constructions in Bavarian AnkER facilities
  8. An empirically tested overlap between indigenous and scientific knowledge of a changing climate in Bolivian Amazonia
  9. Evaluation of the OECD P OV and LRTP screening tool for estimating the long-range transport of organophosphate esters
  10. Investigation On The Influence Of Remanufacturing On Production Planning And Control – A Systematic Literature Review
  11. Kulturelle Diversität und Gruppenkohäsion in interkulturellen Projektteams einer Organisation der Vereinten Nationen
  12. Vom Studiengang zur Wissenschaftsinitiative - einige Beobachtungen zur Entwicklung der Lüneburger Kulturwissenschaften
  13. Perspective taking does not moderate the price precision effect, but indirectly affects counteroffers to asking prices
  14. Investigation and modeling of the material behavior due to evolving dislocation microstructures in fcc and bcc metals
  15. Grassland management intensification weakens the associations among the diversities of multiple plant and animal taxa
  16. Fortschreibung der Kosteneigenschaften als Grundlage für den einheitlichen Nachweis der Anspruchshöhe bei Nachträgen