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.
- 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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 paper › Working 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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation: Ansätze zur Stärkung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit
Brugger, F., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 84 p.Research output: Working paper › Working 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/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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"Versuch macht klug", Teil 1: ein Beitrag zur Stärkung der naturwissenschaftlichen Bildung in Kindertagesstätten
Asmussen, S., 2008, In: KiTa aktuell : Fachzeitschrift für die Leitung von Kindertageseinrichtungen ; Ausgabe Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen. 16, 10, p. 205-208 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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"Versuch macht klug", Teil 2: einige Überlegungen zum Bildungsauftrag der Kindertagesstätten im Bereich der Naturwissenschaften
Asmussen, S., 2008, In: KiTa aktuell : Fachzeitschrift für die Leitung von Kindertageseinrichtungen ; Ausgabe Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen. 16, 11, p. 232-235 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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"Versuch macht klug", Teil 3: erzählende Zugänge zu den Naturwissenschaften
Asmussen, S., 2008, In: KiTa aktuell : Fachzeitschrift für die Leitung von Kindertageseinrichtungen ; Ausgabe Niedersachsen, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Bremen. 16, 12, p. 250-252 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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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/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 anthologies › Monographs › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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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 anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Wissensintegration in der inter- und transdisziplinären Forschung
Godemann, J., 2008, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg.Research output: Books and anthologies › Post-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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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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, In: Vom Wasser. 106, 4, p. 14-21 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Warum lesen Politikerinnen und Politiker über Wissenschaft in der Zeitung? Wissenschaftsbezogene Medienberichterstattung im politischen Alltag
Heinrichs, H. & Petersen, I., 12.2007, In: Gen-ethische Informationsdienst: GID. 23, 185, p. 50-52 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Other (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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The Lüneburg Sustainable University Project in international comparison: an assessment against North American peers
Beringer, A., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 446-461 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Transferability of approaches to sustainable development at universities as a challenge
Adomßent, M., Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G., 25.09.2007, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 8, 4, p. 385-402 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-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 paper › Project reports › Research
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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 contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review