School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
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Untersuchungen zur Struktur und zur Moos- und Flechtenflora in unbewirtschafteten und bewirtschafteten Buchenwäldern des Nordostdeutschen Tieflandes
Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Tempel, H., Westphal, C. & Härdtle, W., 2004, In: Beiträge für Forstwirtschaft und Landschaftsökologie. 38, p. 81-86 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Jahreszeitliche Veränderungen der Trockenwetterganglinie - Fallstudie für einen Fluss im europäischen Teil der Türkei
Wittenberg, H. & Aksoy, H., 2001, In: Wasserwirtschaft. 91, 90, p. 38-41 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die "Werkzeuge" des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements: Konzepte und Instrumente zur Umsetzung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit
Schaltegger, S., Kleiber, O. & Müller, J., 01.01.2003, Handbuch nachhaltige Entwicklung. Linne, G. & Schwarz, M. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 331-342 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die wichtigsten Waldgesellschaften in der Lüneburger Heide und im Wendland (Laubmischwälder grundwasserferner Standorte, Kiefernwälder, Bruchwälder, Hartholzauen)
Heinken, T., Mast, R. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 127-158 32 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Ökologieorientierte Entscheidungen in Unternehmen: ökologisches Rechnungswesen statt Ökobilanzierung; Notwendigkeit, Kriterien, Konzepte
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A. J., 1994, 2. ed. Bern: Haupt Verlag. 323 p. (Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Betriebswirtschaft, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum der Universität Basel ; vol. 27)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability Beyond Eco-Efficiency
Figge, F. & Hahn, T., 20.02.2004, In: Ecological Economics. 48, 2, p. 173-187 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sozial- und naturwissenschaftliche Bildung in der Grundschule Italiens
Stoltenberg, U., 2004, Neuere Konzeptionen und Zielsetzungen im Sachunterricht. Kaiser, A. & Pech, D. (eds.). Baltmannsweiler: Schneider Verlag Hohengehren, p. 188-194 7 p. (Basiswissen Sachunterricht; vol. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Flexibility of industrial material flow networks
Möller, A. & Viere, T., 2003, Industrial ecology for a sustainable future: Abstract from the second ISIE conference 29.06 - 02.07.2003, University of Michigan. International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), p. 39-40 2 p. (ISIE Conference).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Umwelt-, Risiko-, Wissenschafts- und Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: eine Verortung
Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J., 2007, Handbuch Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Grundlagen und Praxis. Michelsen, G. & Godemann, J. (eds.). 2 ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 42-52 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Attitude-Based Target Groups to Reduce the Ecological Impact of Daily Mobility Behavior
Hunecke, M., Haustein, S., Böhler, S. & Grischkat, S., 01.01.2010, In: Environment and Behavior. 42, 1, p. 3-43 41 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review