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.
- 2012
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Recht, Finanzierung und Versicherung von Photovoltaikanlagen
Degenhart, H. (Editor), Hohlbein, B. (Editor) & Schomerus, T. (Editor), 2012, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 102 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 25)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Transfer
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Rechtsfragen des Landfill Mining - Weiterentwicklung des Deponierechts zur Rückgewinnung von Ressourcen
Sanden, J. & Schomerus, T., 2012, In: AbfallR. 5, p. 194-201 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Regionale Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke von Photovoltaik-Projektierungsunternehmen und deren ökonomischer Beitrag für eine nachhaltige Regionalentwicklung
Winkelmann, T., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 95 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Regionalisierung der Energieversorgung und Förderung von Energiespeichern: Virtuelle Kraftwerke und dezentrale Stromspeicher
Schomerus, T., 2012, Erneuerbare Energien: Ambivalenzen, Governance, Rechtsfragen. Ekhardt, F., Henning, B. & Unnerstall, H. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, Vol. 1. p. 227-252 26 p. (Beiträge zur Sozialwissenschaftlichen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Regulation of morally responsible agents with motivation crowding
Fünfgelt, J. & Baumgärtner, S., 2012, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 241).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Rein oder nachhaltig rein? : Ansätze für einen nachhaltigkeitsorientierten Wandel in der Deutschen Brauindustrie
Hansen, E. G., Wall, A. & Schaltegger, S., 2012, In: BRAUINDUSTRIE. 97, 11, p. 42-47 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Resource use and competition between honey bees and wild bees in the Lüneburger Heath
Hudewenz, A. & Klein, A.-M., 2012, GfÖ Conference book: Book of abstracts. Drees, C. & von Oheimb, G. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Vol. 42. p. 69 1 p. (Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie; no. 42).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Ressourcenschutzrecht – Ziele, Herausforderungen, Regelungsvorschläge
Herrmann, F., Sanden, J., Schomerus, T. & Schulze, F., 2012, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 10, p. 523-532 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Role-Determined Information Needs of Sustainability Management Control
Schaltegger, S., Burritt, R., Zvezdov, D., Tingey-Holyoak, J. & Hörisch, J., 2012, Strategies for Sustainability: Institutional and Organisational Challenges: Proceedings of the 3rd International Sustainability Conference. Daub, C.-H., Burger, P., Scherrer, Y. M. & Frecè, J. T. (eds.). edition gesowip, p. 129-131 3 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Schools and their ‚culture of consumption‘: a context for consumer learning
Barth, M., Fischer, D., Michelsen, G. & Rode, H., 2012, The Nature of Sustainable Consumption and How to Achieve it. : Results from the Focal Topic "From Knowledge to Action – New Paths towards Sustainable Consumption". Defila, R., Di Giulio, A. & Kaufmann-Hayoz, R. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 229-244 16 p. (Results of Social-ecological Research; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sharing Economy - Auf dem Weg in eine neue Konsumkultur?
Heinrichs, H. & Grunenberg, H., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 29 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Socio-ecological Research: The Cases of Rural Development an Agro-Biotechnology: Conference Report
Gottschlich, D., Mölders, T. & Laschewski, L., 2012, In: Eastern European Countryside (EEC). 18, p. 177-182 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Socio-economic Context of Forest Biodiversity Use along a Town–Forest Gradient in Cambodia
Motzke, I., Wanger, T. C., Zanre, E., Tscharntke, T. & Barkmann, J., 2012, In: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. SUPPL.25, p. 37-53 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Software-Unterstützung für Routine im betrieblichen Umweltschutz
Möller, A., 2012, Konzepte, Anwendungen und Entwicklungstendenzen von betrieblichen Umweltinformationssystemen (BUIS): Tagungsband zu den 4. Berliner BUIS-Tagen am 26. und 27.04. 2012 in Berlin. Wohlgemuth, V., Lang, C. & Marx Gomez, J. (eds.). 1 ed. Shaker Verlag, p. 143-154 12 p. (Berichte aus der Umweltinformatik).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Transfer
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Spanning Sustainability Management Boundaries
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 20 p. (CSM-Newsletter; vol. 01/2012)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Steigert das Product-Service System Cloud-Computing die Ökoeffizienz?
Froböse, K., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 81 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Störerverantwortlichkeit bei Grundstücksgrenzen überschreitenden Grundwasserschäden: Probleme bei "abdriftenden" und "abreißenden" Schadstofffahnen
Sanden, J., 2012, In: Zeitschrift für Wasserrecht. 51, p. 124-142 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Strategisch fundiertes Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling – Konzeption und Umsetzung in der Praxis
Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2012, Nachhaltigkeitscontrolling - Konzepte, Instrumente und Fallbeispiele für die Umsetzung. Gleich, R., Bartels, P. & Breisig, V. (eds.). Freiburg: Haufe Mediengruppe, p. 45-66 22 p. (Der Controlling-Berater; no. 21).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer › peer-review
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Success Factors of Biofuel Feedstock Investments: An Empirical Analysis Applying Resource-Based Theory
Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Kügemann, M., 2012, Sustainability: Enabling a Transdisciplinary Approach: Abstract band. Heinrichs, H. (ed.). Centre for Sustainability Management, p. 40 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability Accounting for the Industrial Use of Biomass
Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Burritt, R. (Editor), 2012, Emerald Publishing Limited. 169 p. (Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal; vol. 3, no. 2)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research