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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PISA als Chance für den Kindergarten! Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung als Ausgangspunkt für die Neuformulierung von Bildungszielen
Godemann, J., 2003, In: Nachrichten. 27/28, p. 33-38 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Partizipationsformen von Kindern und Jugendlichen am Beispiel des außerschulischen Umweltbildungskonzepts von Greenpeace
Degenhardt, L., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G. & Molitor, H., 01.01.2002, Umweltbewusstsein unter dem Leitbild nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ergebnisse Empirischer Untersuchungen Und Pädagogische Konsequenzen. Bolscho, D. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Opladen: Verlag Leske + Budrich, p. 169-188 20 p. (Ökologie und Erziehungswissenschaft ; vol. 9).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Das Umweltinformationsrecht zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit / Markus Schmillen
Schomerus, T., 2003, In: Natur und Recht. 25, p. 283 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Knowledge production and distribution of higher education institutions in the sway of global development trends
Adomßent, M., 2008, Wissen als Begleiter!?: das Individuum als lebenslanger Lerner. Herwig, R., Uhlig, J. & Küstner, J. (eds.). Münster, Westf: LIT Verlag, p. 153-174 22 p. (Diagonal denken; vol. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Vorstudie Universitäre und universitätsübergreifende Voraussetzungen für Nachwuchsförderung im Themenfeld "Gender und Nachhaltigkeit"
Hofmeister, S., Kägi, S., Karsten, M.-E., Katz, C., Mölders, T., Weller, I. & Walther, K., 2002, Sozial-ökologische Forschung: Ergebnisse der Sondierungsprojekte aus dem BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt. Balzer, I. & Wächter, M. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 539-549 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Nachhaltigkeit professionell kommunizieren: sustainability communications
Franz-Balsen, A. & Godemann, J., 2003, In: Politische Ökologie. 84, 04, p. 69-70 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Lokale Agenda 21 in Chile: eine Studie zur Implementation eines lokalen Agenda 21-Prozesses in der Cuenca del Lago Llanquihue
Rieckmann, M., 2004, München: Oekom Verlag. 113 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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General studies an der Universität Lüneburg: Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit und Persönlichkeitsbildung
Michelsen, G., 2006, Hochschuldidaktik und Fachkulturen: Gender als didaktisches Prinzip. Dudeck, A. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: UniversitätsVerlagWebler, p. 91-103 13 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Higher education for sustainable development: the UNESCO chair at the university of Lüneburg
Michelsen, G., 2006, Higher education for sustainability: new challenges from a global perspective. Adomßent, M., Godemann, J., Leicht, A. & Busch, A. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 46-57 12 p. (Higher education for sustainability; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Stakeholder Value: Konzept und Messung
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2004, Ökologie und shareholder value - (k)ein Widerspruch?. Schneider, G. (ed.). Zürich: Rüegger Verlag, p. 55-77 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review