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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Umwelt bildet, warum wir anders lernen müssen, Richard Häusler; Christina Fischer (Hrsg.): Umwelt bildet /
Barth, M., 2006, In: Germanistik. 29, 3, p. 85 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Umweltengagement von Kindern und Jugendlichen in der außerschulischen Umweltbildung: Ergebnisse - Bedingungen - Perspektiven: bundesweite Evaluation des Greenteamkonzepts der Umweltorganisation Greenpeace
Michelsen, G., Degenhardt, L., Godemann, J. & Molitor, H., 2001, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 208 p. (Umweltbildung und Zukunftsfähigkeit; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Kumulative und grenzüberschreitende Umweltwirkungen im Zusammenhang mit Offshore-Windparks: Rechtsrahmen und Untersuchungsempfehlungen
Brandt, E., Runge, K. & Dreher, J., 2002, 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 166 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Umwelt- und Energierecht ; vol. 3)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Einflüsse der Land- und Wassernutzung auf das Niedrigwasser: Ermittlung durch Multivarianzanalyse
Wittenberg, H., 2007, Einfluss von Bewirtschaftung und Klima auf Wasser- und Stoffhaushalt von Gewässern: Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie 2007, 22./23. März 2007 an der Universität Rostock . Miegel, K. & Trübger, E.-R. (eds.). Rostock: Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, p. 145-150 6 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; vol. 20, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Description of a new species of Anchomenidius Heyden 1880 from the Montes de Leön in north-west Spain (Carabidae)
Wrase, D. W. & Aßmann, T., 2001, In: Koleopterologische Rundschau. 71, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Impulse für das Management von Nachhaltigkeitsfonds: nachhaltiges Investment unter der Lupe
Peylo, B. T. & Schaltegger, S., 2009, In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Blätter. 58, 8, p. 441-449 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Kommentierung zu §39 (Unterrichtung der Öffentlichkeit)
Schomerus, T., 2006, Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz. Jarass, H. D. & Brandt, E. (eds.). München: C.H. Beck Verlag, Vol. 1.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions in collection of commentaries › Research
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Die Betreiberproblematik bei der bauplanungsrechtliche Zulassung des Betriebs von Biogasanlagen im Außenbereich unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der niedersächsischen Rechtslage
Schomerus, T., Sanden, J. & Dietrich, B., 2006, In: NordÖR. 9, 5, p. 177-184 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Pigous Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit: eine Würdigung zum 50. Todestag
Groth, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 06.2009, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 89, 6, p. 419-424 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zukunft der Nachhaltigkeit in Staat und Unternehmen
Schaltegger, S., 2007, In: swissfuture. 34, 3, p. 4-9 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research