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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    Das Umweltinformationsgesetz Nordrhein-Westfalen

    Schomerus, T. & Tolkmitt, U., 2008, In: Nordrhein-Westfälische Verwaltungsblätter. 22, 5, p. 165 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Dating of event-layers (palaeotsunamis) on the Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal) with Pb-210 and optically stimulated luminescence

    Kunz, A., Frechen, M., Ramashandran, R. & Urban, B., 2008, 26th Regional Meeting of the International Association of Sedimentologists IAS) held jointly with the SEPM-CES SEDIMENT 2008 Meeting. Kunkel, C., Hahn, S., Veen, J. T., Rameil, N. & Immenhauser, A. (eds.). Bochum: Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften e.V., p. 163 1 p. (Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften e.V.; vol. 58).

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

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    Den Wandel begreifen: Szenarien für eine nachhaltige Hochschulentwicklung

    Albrecht, P., Barth, M., Burandt, S. & Rieckmann, M., 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. 130-149 20 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).

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

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    Deplatziert ! Interventionen postkolonialer Kritik

    Golly, N. (Editor) & Cohrs, S. (Editor), 2008, 1. ed. Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin. 307 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Devianzmanagement

    Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Lexikon der Sozialwirtschaft. Maelicke, B. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Devianz und Delinquenz

    Plewig, H.-J., 2008, Grundbegriffe Ganztagsbildung: Das Handbuch. Coelen, T. & Otto, H.-U. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 222-231 10 p.

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

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    Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung im Internet: Untersuchung der DAX-30-Unternehmen

    Godemann, J., Herzig, C. & Blanke, M., 2008, Internetbasierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: maßgeschneiderte Stakeholder-Kommunikation mit IT. Isenmann, R., Marx Gömez, J. & Amelung, M. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 371-387 17 p.

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

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    Die Haftung des Grundstückseigentümers für die Sanierung schädlicher Bodenveränderungen und Altlasten

    Andres, B., 2008, Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH. 475 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Die kulturelle Dimension nachhaltiger Entwicklung: Kulturkonzepte im Spiegel moderner Entwicklungsparadigmen ; Modernisierung, Dependenz, Weltsystem, Nachhaltigkeit

    Kuhn, K., 2008, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. 146 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Die künftige Vereinbarkeit des EEG mit Verfassungs- und Europarecht

    Erk, C., 2008, 1. Aufl. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 242 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Die mittelpleistozäne Leck-Formation und ihre Bedeutung für die Klimastratigraphie Mitteleuropas, Teil 2: Palynologie

    Urban, B., 2008, Tagungsband und Exkursionsführer: 75. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Norddeutscher Geologen. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Norddeutscher Geologen, p. 35 1 p.

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

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    Die Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen: ein (re)produktionstheoretischer Beitrag

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2008, Fruchtbarkeit unter Kontrolle?. Herzog-Schröder, G., Gottwald, F.-T. & Walterspiel, V. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Campus Verlag, p. 432-454 23 p.

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

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    Durch Benchmarking lernen: "Sustainable university" im internationalen Vergleich

    Beringer, A., 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. 150-164 15 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 10).

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

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    Ein Blick zurück und nach vorn: die Universität Lüneburg und die Herausforderung einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    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. 29-52 24 p. (Reihe Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung ; vol. 10).

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

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    Einfluss verschiedener Heide-Pflegeverfahren auf die Ernährungssituation von Calluna vulgaris

    Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G., 2008, Aspekte der Geobotanik - from local to global: eine Festschrift für Fred Danie͏̈ls. Bültmann, H. (ed.). Münster: Museum für Naturkunde, p. 81-99 19 p. (Abhandlungen aus dem Westfälischen Museum für Naturkunde; vol. 70, no. 3/4).

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

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    "Ein Hauch von Afrika": Wer kann Urlaub im kolonialen Ambiente machen?

    Golly, N., 2008, Deplatziert !: Interventionen postkolonialer Kritik. Golly, N. & Cohrs, S. (eds.). Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, p. 293-304

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

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    Einleitung

    Golly, N. & Cohrs, S., 2008, Deplatziert !: Interventionen postkolonialer Kritik. Golly, N. & Cohrs, S. (eds.). Berlin: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin, p. 7-15

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