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. 2010
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    Transkulturalität, Hybridität und neue Ethnizitäten im Spiegel der Diskussion um „Kulturelle Vielfalt“ im Rahmen einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Holz, V., 2010, Wechselspiele: Kultur und Nachhaltigkeit: Annäherungen an ein Spannungsfeld. Parodi, O., Banse, G. & Schaffer, A. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 275-292 18 p. (Global zukunftsfähige Entwicklung; vol. 15).

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

  3. Published

    Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit als Treiber von Unternehmenserfolg und Strukturwandel

    Schaltegger, S., 2010, In: Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter. 57, 4, p. 495-503 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Von Alltagspraxen, Aushandlungen und Irritationen: Lebensentwürfe und prekäre Verhältnisse in der geschlechtersensiblen Bildungsarbeit

    Offen, S., 2010, In: Gender. 2, 1, p. 152-160 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

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  6. Published

    Von Exellenz-Leuchttürmen, Glühwürmchen und anderweitig Erleuchteten: Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Innovation und Profilbildungsmerkmal in der bundesdeutschen Hochschullandschaft

    Adomßent, M., 2010, Nachhaltige Entwicklung - das neue Paradigma in der Ökonomie. Hagemann, H. & Hauff, M. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 571-597 27 p.

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

  7. Published

    Vorne dran bleiben! das Sustainability Leadership Forum im 7. Jahr

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2010, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 2, p. 84-85 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Was aber ist Wildnis? – Wildnis und kulturelle Vielfalt: Wildnis-Naturverständnisse in anderen Kulturen und von Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund

    Katz, C., 2010, Wildnis zwischen Natur und Kultur: Perspektiven und Handlungsfelder für den Naturschutz. Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, p. 53-61 9 p. (Laufener Spezialbeiträge; vol. 2010, no. 1).

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

  9. Published

    Wassergefährdende Stoffe und Europäisches Chemikalienrecht

    Sanden, J., 2010, In: Zeitschrift für Wasserrecht. 49, 1, p. 32-53 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Weitere Vereinfachung des Abfallrechts - Auf dem Weg zum Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz

    Schomerus, T. & Versteyl, L. A., 2010, 1. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 366 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 14)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    „Werkzeuge“ des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements

    Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C. & Klinke, T., 2010, Berufsbild CSR-Manager. Lenzen, E. (ed.). Münster: Macondo Verlag, p. 191-197 8 p.

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

  13. Published

    Whistle-Blowing heißt nicht: "verpfeifen": Ordonomische Überlegungen zur Korruptionsprävention durch und in Unternehmen

    Pies, I. & Beckmann, M., 2010, Korruption: Moralische Verdorbenheit oder Ergebnis falscher Strukturen. Albrecht, R., Knoepffler , N. & Kodalle , K.-M. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, Vol. 9. p. 55-81 27 p. (Kritisches Jahrbuch der Philosophie : Beiheft; vol. 9).

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

  14. Published

    „Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism?“: Mises, Nozick und die Interdependenz von Sozialstruktur und Semantik

    Beckmann, M., 2010, Ludwig von Mises’ gesellschaftstheoretische Praxeologie. Pies, I. & Leschke, M. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, p. 183-190

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

  15. Published

    Wie sich Verantwortung auszahlt

    Schaltegger, S., 2010, In: Vis-à-vis. 3, p. 9-14 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  16. Published

    Wildnisgebiete-Möglichkeitsräume für nachhaltige Entwicklung? Potenziale von Wildnis für einen integrativen Zugang zur nachhaltigen Regionalentwicklung

    Hofmeister, S., 2010, Wildnis zwischen Natur und Kultur: Perspektiven und Handlungsfelder für den Naturschutz. Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege (ed.). Bayerische Akademie für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege, p. 73-82 10 p. (Laufener Spezialbeiträge).

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

  17. Published

    Wissenstransfer für unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit: Chancen für Forschung & Praxis

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 19 p. (CSM-Newsletter; vol. 9)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueTransfer

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  19. Published

    Wyzwania edukacji na rzecz zrównoważonego rozwoju w konflikcie między praktycznością warunkami strukturalnymi a transferem konceptualnej kompleksowości

    Holz, V. & Stoltenberg, U., 2010, Zrownowazony rozwoj - ponadnarodowo. Spojrzenia i doswiadczenia z Europy Srodkowej. Banse, G., Janikowski, R. & Kiepas, A. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, Vol. 16.2. p. 171-187 17 p. (Global zukunftsfähige Entwicklung – Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft; vol. 16.2).

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

  20. Published

    Zu Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Rede von Werten in der Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik

    Oermann, N. O., 2010, Sei ökonomisch!: prägende Menschenbilder zwischen Modellbildung und Wirkmächtigkeit. Manzeschke, A. (ed.). Berlin, Münster: LIT Verlag, p. 17-28 12 p. (Leiten, Lenken, Gestalten : LLG ; Theologie und Ökonomie ; no. 30).

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

  21. Published

    Zur Relevanz von Bestandseffekten und der Fundamentalen Transformation in wiederholten Biodiversitätsschutz-Aussschreibungen

    Groth, M., 2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 21 p. (Working Papers Series in Economics; no. 159).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  22. Published

    Zwischenruf I - Frauen, Bildung und Natur im Forstbereich. Oder: Von der Ausgrenzung und Abwertung von Frauen und Weiblichkeit in Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wald

    Katz, C. & Hehn, M., 2010, Abschied vom grünen Rock: Forstverwaltungen, waldbezogene Umweltbildung und Geschlechterverhältnisse im Wandel. Katz, C., Hehn, M., Westermayer, T. & Mayer, M. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 95-100 6 p.

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

  23. 2009
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    Small Particle Size Magnesium in One-pot Grignard-Zerewitinoff-like Reactions under Mechanochemical Conditions: On the Kinetics of Reductive Dechlorination of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP's)

    Ruck, W., Birke, V. & Schütt, C., 20.12.2009, Environmental Applications of Nanoscale and Microscale Reactive Metal Particles. Geiger, C. L. & Carvalho-Knighton, K. M. (eds.). ACS Publications, Vol. 1027. p. 39-54 16 p. (ACS Symposium Series; no. 1027).

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

  25. Published

    Humanökologie und Urbanisierung: die DGH-Jahrestagung 2009 im Rahmen der Konferenz der Society for Human Ecology

    Franz-Balsen, A., Glaeser, B., Katz, C., Serbser, W., Stoll-Kleemann, S., Teherani-Krönner, P., Tretter, F. & Vega-Leinert, C., 10.12.2009, In: GAIA. 18, 4, p. 346-348 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Integrating highly diverse invertebrates into broad-scale analyses of cross-taxon congruence across the Palaearctic

    Schuldt, A., Wang, Z., Zhou, H. & Aßmann, T., 01.12.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 6, p. 1019-1030 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Simulation and optimization of material and energy flow systems

    Möller, A., Schmidt, M., Lambrecht, H. & Prox, M., 01.12.2009, Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2009. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 1444-1455 12 p. 5429292. (Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference).

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

  28. Published

    Ya'ar Bar'am - An old Quercus calliprinos forest of high nature conservation value in the Mediterranean region of Israel

    Westphal, C., von Oheimb, G., Meyer-Grünefeldt, M., Tremer, N., Haerdtle, W., Levanony, T., Dayan, T. & Aßmann, T., 01.12.2009, In: Israel Journal of Plant Sciences. 57, 1-2, p. 13-23 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  30. Published

    Modeling the distribution of white spruce (Picea glauca) for Alaska with high accuracy: an open access role-model for predicting tree species in last remaining wilderness areas

    Ohse, B., Huettmann, F., Ickert-Bond, S. M. & Juday, G. P., 12.2009, In: Polar Biology. 32, 12, p. 1717-1729 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Optimization and Validation of an LC Method for the Determination of Cefdinir in Dosage Form and Human Urine

    Hadad, G. M., Emara, S. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 12.2009, In: Chromatographia. 70, 11/12, p. 1593–1598 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Technology Options Tested on the German Coast for Addressing a Munitions Hot Spot In Situ

    Koch, M. & Ruck, W., 12.2009, In: Marine Technology Society Journal. 43, 4, p. 105-115 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Unprecedented long-term genetic monomorphism in an endangered relict butterfly species

    Habel, J. C., Zachos, F. E., Finger, A., Meyer, M., Louy, D., Aßmann, T. & Schmitt, T., 12.2009, In: Conservation Genetics. 10, 6, p. 1659-1665 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Taking the heterogeneity of citizens into account: flood risk communication in coastal cities - a case study of Bremen

    Martens, T., Garrelts, H., Grunenberg, H. & Lange, H., 24.11.2009, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences . 9, 6, p. 1931-1940 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Position des Schutzguts Boden in Recht und Praxis der naturschutzrechtlichen Instrumente

    Giese, E., Lichey, K. & Sanden, J., 18.11.2009, In: Bodenschutz. 4/2009, p. 108-115 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  36. Published

    Multidisciplinary characterization of the middle Holocene eolian deposits of the Elsa River basin (central Italy)

    Costantini, E. A. C., Priori, S., Urban, B., Hilgers, A., Sauer, D., Protano, G., Trombino, L., Huelle, D. & Nannoni, F., 01.11.2009, In: Quaternary International. 209, 1-2, p. 107-130 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    A sticky affair: resin collection by Bornean stingless bees

    Leonhardt, S. & Blüthgen, N., 11.2009, In: Biotropica. 41, 6, p. 730-736 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Determination of octanol-air partition coefficients (KOA) of fluorotelomer acrylates, perfluoroalkyl sulfonamids, and perfluoroalkylsulfonamido ethanols

    Dreyer, A., Langer, V. & Ebinghaus, R., 11.2009, In: Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data. 54, 11, p. 3022-3025 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Is Calluna vulgaris a suitable bio-monitor of management-mediated nutrient pools in heathland ecosystems?

    von Oheimb, G., Haerdtle, W., Falk, K., Gerke, A.-K., Meyer, H., Drees, C. & Matern, A., 11.2009, In: Ecological Indicators. 9, 6, p. 1049-1055 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Transaktionskosten und die Gestaltung ökonomischer Austauschbeziehungen: Zum Nobelpreis an Oliver E. Williamson

    Groth, M., 11.2009, In: Wirtschaftsdienst. 89, 11, p. 770-776 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Development and validation of a stability-indicating RP-HPLC method for the determination of paracetamol with dantrolene or/and cetirizine and pseudoephedrine in two pharmaceutical dosage forms

    Hadad, G. M., Emara, S. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 15.10.2009, In: Talanta. 79, 5, p. 1360-1367 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Selbstgestaltete Rituale in der Gruppenarbeit mit Kindern

    Kerll, J. & Wagner, B., 13.10.2009, In: www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de. 13, p. 1-10 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  43. Published

    Environmental and historical effects on richness and endemism patterns of carabid beetles in the western Palaearctic

    Schuldt, A. & Aßmann, T., 10.2009, In: Ecography. 32, 5, p. 705-714 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  44. Published
  45. Published

    Mehr Fragen als Antworten: das Repowering nach dem EEG 2009

    Schomerus, T. & Stecher, M., 21.09.2009, In: Recht der Energiewirtschaft. p. 269-275 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  46. Published

    Partitioning Behavior of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds between Pore Water and Sediment in Two Sediment Cores from Tokyo Bay, Japan

    Ahrens, L., Yamashita, N., Yeung, L. W. Y., Taniyasu, S., Horii, Y., Lam, P. K. S. & Ebinghaus, R., 15.09.2009, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 43, 18, p. 6969-6975 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Innovationsfeld Hochschule

    Michelsen, G., 01.09.2009, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 24, 3, p. 21-23 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  48. Published

    Polyfluorinated compounds in the atmosphere of the Atlantic and Southern Oceans: Evidence for a global distribution

    Dreyer, A., Weinberg, I., Temme, C. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.09.2009, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 43, 17, p. 6507-6514 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    Polyfluorinated compounds in waste water treatment plant effluents and surface waters along the River Elbe, Germany

    Ahrens, L., Felizeter, S., Sturm, R., Xie, Z. & Ebinghaus, R., 01.09.2009, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58, 9, p. 1326-1333 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Rapid Identification of Bacteria in Clinical Microbiology Routiine Diagnostics using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

    Reich, M., Stark, M., Huesgen, G., Beyser, K. & Borgmann, S., 01.09.2009, In: International Journal of Medical Microbiology. 299, Supplement 1, p. 3 1 p., DVP 11.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Do we need livestock grazing to promote Polylepis australis tree recruitment in the Central Argentinean Mountains?

    Zimmermann, H., Renison, D., Leyer, I. & Hensen, I., 09.2009, In: Ecological Research. 24, 5, p. 1075-1081 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Nichtwissen und Resilienz in der lokalen Klimaanpassung: Widersprüche zwischen theoriegeleiteten Handlungsempfehlungen und empirischen Befunden am Beispiel des Sommerhochwassers 2002

    Kuhlicke, C. & Kruse, S., 09.2009, In: GAIA. 18, 3, p. 247-254 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review