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. 2008
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    UmRahmen & AufBrechen

    Hofmeister, S. & Böhme, D., 2008, Rolf Curt. Grafik Malerei. Curt, R. & Curt, R. (eds.). München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, p. 19-20 2 p.

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

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    Umsatzsteigerung durch Nachhaltigkeit: Potenziale und Hürden für Hersteller von Nahrungsmitteln

    Steinbach, A., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 112 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Umweltbilanzierung von individuellem Mobilitätsverhalten: methodische und gestaltungsrelevante Ansätze ; mit 50 Tabellen

    Grischkat, S., 2008, Mannheim: Verlag MetaGIS Infosysteme. 277 p. (Studien zur Mobilitäts- und Verkehrsforschung)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Uncertainty and sustainability in the management of rangelands

    Quaas, M. F., Baumgärtner, S., Becker, C., Frank, K. & Müller, B., 2008, Ecological economics: Vol. 2: Modeling coupled ecological-economic systems. Perrings, C. (ed.). Los Angeles, Calif. [u.a.]: SAGE Publications Inc., p. 229-260 32 p.

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

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    Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Ansätze zur Stärkung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit

    Brugger, F., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 84 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Upcoming research concerning auctions for conserving and promoting biodiversity

    Groth, M., 2008, Implementation of the CBD programme of work on protected areas; progress and perspectives: Abstracts of poster prensentations at the second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas, 11 - 15 February 2008 in Rome, Italy. Montreal: Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, p. 22-24 3 p. (CBD Technical Series; vol. 35).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    "Utopisches Gewissen" lässt sich "mit Schlecht-Vorhandenem nicht abspeisen": eine Einführung

    Gottschlich, D., Rolf, U., Wollek, E. & Werning, R., 2008, Reale Utopien: Perspektiven für eine friedliche und gerechte Welt. Avnery, U., Gottschlich, D., Rolf, U., Werning, R. & Wollek, E. (eds.). Köln: PapyRossa Verlag, p. 8-19 12 p.

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

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    Verwendung von Kompost zur Erhöhung der Wasserhaltefähigkeit von Böden in Nordost-Niedersachsen

    Urban, B., Grocholl, J. & Shaban, M., 2008, No regret - genug Wasser für die Landwirtschaft?!. Streun, M. (ed.). Uelzen: Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen, Bezirksstelle Uelzen, Fachgruppe 2, p. 200-213 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to scientific reportsResearch

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    Verwildernde Naturverhältnisse: Versuch über drei Formen der Wildnis

    Hofmeister, S., 2008, In: Das Argument. 50, 279, p. 813-826 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Vom Süden lernen: Lateinamerikas Alternativen zum Neoliberalismus

    Sack, K., Stierle, S. & Rieckmann, M., 2008, Hamburg: VSA-Verlag. 94 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Welchen Einfluss haben Peers auf Verhaltensauffälligkeiten im Kindes- und Jugendalter?

    Salisch, M., 2008, Handbuch Sonderpädagogik: Bd. 3: Sonderpädagogik der sozialen und emotionalen Entwicklung. Gasteiger-Klicpera, B., Borchert, J. & Goetze, H. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 99-111 13 p.

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

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    Wenn wir wüssten, was wir alles wissen! kollaboratives Wissensmanagement mit einem Wiki

    Barth, M. & Burandt, S., 2008, In: Praxis Geographie. 38, 6, p. 22-26 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Wie klingt das Bild: Bilder als Impuls zum Improvisieren

    Hallmann, K., 2008, In: Unterricht konkret. 8, p. 24-26 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Wirtschaftsinformatik: "ein weites Feld" ; Festschrift für Horst Meyer-Wachsmuth

    Bonin, H. E. G. (Editor), 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg. 134 p. (Final; vol. 18, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Wissensintegration in der inter- und transdisziplinären Forschung

    Godemann, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesPost-doctoral dissertations

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    Zentrale Bedeutung des "Business Case for Sustainability" für nachhaltiges Investment

    Schaltegger, S., 2008, Nachhaltige Geldanlagen: Produkte, Strategien und Beratungskonzepte. Faust, M. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main: Frankfurt School Verlag, p. 61-79 19 p.

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

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    Zu neuen Ufern aufbrechen: nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung

    Adomßent, M., Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G., 2008, "Sustainable University": nachhaltige Entwicklung als Strategie und Ziel von Hochschulentwicklung. Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M. & Godemann, J. (eds.). [Frankfurt/Main]: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 10-28 19 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).

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

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    Zusammenhänge zwischen gemessenen und aufgrund des Gehalts an Fe2+ errechneten Redoxpotentialen in geothermalen Fluiden der thermischen Aquiferenenergiespeicher im Energiesystem der Parlamentsbauten am Spreebogen in Berlin

    Opel, O., Novio Liñares, J. A., Eggerichs, T. & Ruck, W., 2008, Wasser 2008 - Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft.

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

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    Даниэль Фишер: Культура питания - Межкультурные аспекты питания

    Fischer, D., 2008, Образоьание ь интересах устойчиього разьития: Опыт регионоь. Dagbaeva, N. (ed.). Ulan-Ude: Опыт регионоь, p. 168–183 16 p.

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

  25. 2007
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    Supply Chain Information in Environmental Management Accounting: the Case of a Vietnamese Coffee Exporter

    Viere, T., Schaltegger, S. & Enden, J., 31.12.2007, In: Issues in Social and Environmental Accounting. 1, 2, p. 296-310 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of six remarkable plant taxa (Spermatophyta, Bryophyta, and Lichenes) of the estonian dry grassland flora

    Dengler, J. & Boch, S., 19.12.2007, In: Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae. 47, 1-2, p. 47-71 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Gemeinsame Perspektiven für eine nachhaltige Waldwirtschaft

    Stoltenberg, U., Gonzälez y Fandiño, A. & Krebs, O., 01.12.2007, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 22, 4, p. 39-42 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Psychological, sociodemographic, and infrastructural factors as determinants of ecological impact caused by mobility behavior

    Hunecke, M., Haustein, S., Grischkat, S. & Boehler, S., 01.12.2007, In: Journal of Environmental Psychology. 27, 4, p. 277-292 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Impact of sheep grazing on nutrient budgets of dry heathlands

    Fottner, S., Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., von Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Mockenhaupt, M., 12.2007, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 10, 3, p. 391-398 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Nutrient leaching in dry heathland ecosystems: effects of atmospheric deposition and management

    Haerdtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T. & Meyer, H., 01.11.2007, In: Biogeochemistry. 86, 2, p. 201-215 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Retipolides - unusual spiromacrolactones from the mushrooms Retiboletus retipes and R. ornatipes

    Justus, K., Herrmann, R., Klamann, J.-D., Gruber, G., Hellwig, V., Ingerl, A., Polborn, K., Steffan, B. & Steglich, W., 01.11.2007, In: European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2007, 33, p. 5560-5572 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Eco-Efficiency: Combining Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costs via Normalization

    Kicherer, A., Schaltegger, S., Tschochohei, H. & Pozo, B. F., 11.2007, In: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 12, 7, p. 537-543 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    CO2-neutrales Unternehmen - was ist das?

    Bode, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 19.10.2007, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 15, 4, p. 265-273 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    REACh - Erste Erfahrungen in der Anwendung: Editoral

    Tschochohei, H., 17.10.2007, In: Umweltwirtschaftsforum. 15, 4, p. 201-203 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

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    Dynamics in a butterfly-plant-ant system: influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon

    Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Härdtle, W., Lütkepohl, M. & Aßmann, T., 10.2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 5, p. 536-543 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Die Idee: die "Schnittstelle Kunst - Vermittlung" in der Kunstschule KunstWerk, Hannover

    Hallmann, K., 27.09.2007, Schnittstelle Kunst - Vermittlung. Mörsch, C. (ed.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 82-85 4 p.

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

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    Developing key competencies for sustainable development in higher education

    Barth, M., Godemann, J., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 416-430 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Do sustainability projects stimulate organizational learning in universities?

    Albrecht, P., Burandt, S. & Schaltegger, S., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 403-415 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Managing sustainability communication on campus: experiences from Lüneburg

    Franz-Balsen, A. & Heinrichs, H., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 431 - 445 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Development and application of a simplified sampling method for volatile polyfluorinated alkyl substances in indoor and environmental air

    Jahnke, A., Huber, S., Temme, C., Kylin, H. & Berger, U., 14.09.2007, In: Journal of Chromatography A. 1164, 1-2, p. 1-9 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Cradle-to-cradle design: creating healthy emissions - a strategy for eco-effective product and system design

    Braungart, M., McDonough, W. & Bollinger, A., 01.09.2007, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 15, 13-14, p. 1337-1348 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Effects of pesticides on community structure and ecosystem functions in agricultural streams of three biogeographical regions in Europe

    Schäfer, R. B., Caquet, T., Siimes, K., Mueller, R., Lagadic, L. & Liess, M., 01.09.2007, In: The Science of The Total Environment. 382, 2-3, p. 272-285 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Hochschulen und Nachhaltigkeit: ein internationaler Dialog

    Franz-Balsen, A. & Adomssent, M., 01.09.2007, In: GAIA. 16, 3, p. 232-234 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Public and stakeholder perceptions of 2030 bioenergy scenarios for the Yorkshire and Humber region

    Upham, P., Shackley, S. & Waterman, H., 01.09.2007, In: Energy Policy. 35, 9, p. 4403-4412 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Optimization and validation of an HPLC-UV method for determination of tranexamic acid in a dosage form and in human urine.

    Hadad, G. M., El-Gindy, A. & Mahmoud, W. M. M., 09.2007, In: Chromatographia. 66, 5-6, p. 311-317 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Reformation process of the neuronal template for nestmate recognition cues in the carpenter ant (Camponotus floridanus)

    Leonhardt, S., Brandstaetter, A. S. & Kleineidam, C. J., 09.2007, In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A – Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology. 193, 9, p. 993-1000 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The informed society - Final report of SAFECOAST action 2

    Heinrichs, H., Grunenberg, H. & Knolle, M., 09.2007, 80 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

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    Water quantity and quality dynamics of the THC - Tuyamuyun hydroengineering complex - and implications for reservoir operation

    Froebrich, J., Bauer, M., Ikramova, M. & Olsson, O., 09.2007, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 14, 6, p. 435-442 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review