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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    "Wir alle müssen persönlich verzichten"

    Michelsen, G. & Tachau, P., 2007, In: Pbi-Rundbrief. 2, p. 9 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Towards More Credible Sustainability Reporting: From Disclosure to Dialogue

    Kim, K., 2004, Conference proceedings. ERP Environment, p. 184-189 6 p.

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

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    "Prozeßschutz" als Konzept einer naturschutzgerechten Waldwirtschaft und seine Bedeutung für die ökologische Wertigkeit von Wirtschaftswäldern

    Härdtle, W., 2001, Kompetenz und Kreativität: eine Universität in Entwicklung ; Hartwig Donner zum 60. Geburtstag. Heilmann, J. (ed.). Lüneburg: UNIBUCH Verlag, p. 368-376 9 p.

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

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    Die Literaturdatenbank "Elbe-Ökologie" im Forschungsverbund "Ökologische Forschung in der Stromlandschaft Elbe"

    Härdtle, W., 2001, Jahrbuch 2001 und Festschrift zum 150 Jährigen Vereinsjubiläum des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V.. Horst, K., Härdtle, W. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., Vol. 42. p. 139-142 4 p. ( Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg e. V. von 1851; vol. 42).

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

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    Gibt es ein Wirtschaften jenseits von Wachstum? sozial-ökologische Perspektiven auf eine (re)produktive Ökonomie

    Hofmeister, S. & Scurrell, B., 01.05.2006, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 21, 2, p. 20-21 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Standortvorteil Nachhaltigkeit: Hochschulreform aus wirtschaftwissenschaftlicher Perspektive

    Schaltegger, S., 2005, In: Politische Ökologie. 93, Baustelle Hochschule, p. 37-39 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Internet: Untersuchung der DAX-30-Unternehmen

    Godemann, J., Herzig, C. & Blanke, M., 2008, Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: maßgeschneiderte Stakeholder-Kommunikation mit IT. Isenmann, R., Marx Gömez, J. & Amelung, M. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 371-387 17 p.

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

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    Nachhaltige Agrarpolitik als reflexive Politik: Plädoyer für einen neuen Diskurs zwischen Politik und Wissenschaft

    Feindt, P. H. (Editor), Gottschick, M. (Editor), Mölders, T. (Editor), Müller, F. (Editor), Sodtke, R. (Editor) & Weiland, S. (Editor), 2008, Berlin: edition sigma. 331 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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Activities

  1. Pessimism and Optimism of the Future: the Future of the World(s) in the Strategies of Feminism and Digital Technologies
  2. People incorrectly correcting other people“: (Re-)Correcting comments as a means of stancetaking in digital communication
  3. Das Leuphana-College: ein in Europaeinzigartiges Hochschulmodell: Innovative hochschuldidaktische Veranstaltungsformate
  4. Cultural Traits and Environmental Management Accounting for Staff Appraisal: Evidence from Australia, Germany and Japan
  5. Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Accounting: Links between Business Actors and EMA Tools
  6. New developments in personal initiative (PI) training for entrepreneurs inside and outside of the African continent (PDW)
  7. International Conference on Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Development of Offshore Wind Power Around the World
  8. Konferenz: CSR-Richtlinie-Umsetzungsgesetz und dessen Einordnung in die internationale Entwicklung der Berichterstattung
  9. Professionalisierung weiterentwicklen heißt selbst professionell denken und handeln - Anforderungen an die Ausbildung
  10. Professionalisierung weiterentwickeln heißt selbst professionell denken und handeln – Anforderungen an die Ausbildung
  11. Fachtagung Frauen und kommunaler Umweltschutz der Landesgemeinschaft kommunaler Frauenbüros/Gleichstellungsstellen NRW
  12. Arbeitstagung: Schullandschaften in europäischen Grenzregionen - Vergleichende erziehungswissenschaftliche Perspektiven
  13. Biodiversity and ecosystem functions in annual oil seed production: Camelina and pennycress double-cropping in Germany
  14. "Teaching is touching the future: from vision to practice" - International Conference at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum 2011
  15. Presentation of the paper entitled "Comparison of Backpropagation and Kalman Filter-based Training for Neural Networks"
  16. 3. zentrale Fortbildungsveranstaltung für Set-Koordinatorinnen und Set-Koordinatoren im BLK-Programm SINUS-Transfer - 2005

Publications

  1. A robust cascade sliding mode control for a hybrid piezo-hydraulic actuator in camless internal combustion engines
  2. Die Wahrnehmung zur Legitimität in der EU: Kongruenz oder Inkongruenz der politischen Kultur von Eliten und Bürgern?
  3. Berufs- statt Feierabendparlamente? Eine vergleichende Untersuchung der Kommunalparlamente in deutschen Großstädten
  4. Mathematical Modeling for Robot 3D Laser Scanning in Complete Darkness Environments to Advance Pipeline Inspection
  5. Bodenökologische Untersuchungen in Elbauen - Entstehung und Entwicklung der Böden in der Mäanderschleife Wehningen
  6. An analysis of local institutions governing common pasture use for biodiversity and society in Transylvania, Romania
  7. Leveling up? An inter-neighborhood experiment on parochialism and the efficiency of multi-level public goods provision
  8. Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity
  9. Eine literatur- und expertengestützte Analyse der Versorgungspraxis von depressiv erkrankten Menschen in Deutschland
  10. Municipal wastewater treatment and biomass accumulation with a wastewater-born and settleable algal-bacterial culture
  11. 3D Simulation of Electric Arcing and Pressure increase in an Automotive HVDC Relay During a Short Circuit Situation
  12. A victim of regulatory arbitrage? Automatic exchange of information and the use of golden visas and corporate shells
  13. Typisierung des Umweltmanagements von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Greenteams mittels der Methode der Clusteranalyse
  14. When the whole is less than the sum of all parts-Tracking global-level impacts of national sustainability initiatives
  15. The impact of explicit references in computer supported collaborative learning: Evidence from eye movement analyses
  16. Launching insectphylo.org; a new hub facilitating construction and use of synthesis molecular phylogenies of insects
  17. Gesetz über Musterverfahren in kapitalmarktrechtlichen Streitigkeiten (Kapitalanleger-Musterverfahrensgesetz - KapMuG)
  18. Neighbourhood effects on herbivory damage and chemical profiles in short-rotation coppice willows and their hybrids
  19. The multifaceted spectra of power − A participatory network analysis on power structures in diverse dryland regions
  20. Geschlechterperspektive in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung – Eine Einschätzung des Präsidenten des Wuppertal Instituts