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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    Ports

    Brinkmann, B. (Editor), 2008, In: Die Küste. 74, p. 347-416 70 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Potential of mobility services: Results of a user-oriented survey in Germany

    Grischkat, S., Böhler, S., Hunecke, M. & Haustein, S., 2008, Passenger Intermodality: Current Frameworks, trends and perspectives. Gronau, W. (ed.). Mannheim: Verlag MetaGIS Infosysteme, Vol. 1. p. 91-104 13 p.

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

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    Praxis-Wörterbuch Umwelt, Naturschutz, Nachhaltigkeit: Deutsch-Englisch

    Schreiner, J. & Hutter, C.-P., 2008, 2. ed. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. 729 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

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    Préserver les ressources par une gestion durable

    Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: La Vie économique. 81, 9, p. 45 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Produktbezogene Carbon Footprints in ERP-Systemen

    Funk, B., Möller, A. & Niemeyer, P., 2008, Konzepte, Anwendungen, Realisierungen und Entwicklungstendenzen betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme (BUIS). Wohlgemuth, V. (ed.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 67-76 10 p.

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

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    Programa de Maestría Internacional ‘Sustainable Development and Management’: Volumen 1: Manual para el Programa de Maestría

    Michelsen, G. (Editor) & Rieckmann, M. (Editor), 2008, 1. ed. Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 312 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Programa de Maestría Internacional ‘Sustainable Development and Management’: Volumen 2: Introducción al Desarrollo Sustentable

    Michelsen, G. (Editor) & Rieckmann, M. (Editor), 2008, 1. ed. Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 122 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Projekt "Gender Greenstreaming": Geschlechtergerechtigkeit im Natur- und Umweltschutz

    Fischer, K. & Thiem, A., 2008, Dokumentation - 33. Kongress Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik, 17. bis 20. Mai 2007 in Lüneburg.: Nachhaltig versorgen. Neuper, G. & Strasser, A. (eds.). Lüneburg: Verein TechNaM, p. 130-133 3 p.

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

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    Raum- und Umweltplanung

    Hofmeister, S., 2008, In: Tutzinger Materialien. 90, p. 55-56 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Reale Utopien: Perspektiven für eine friedliche und gerechte Welt; [Ergebnis des Symposiums Reale Utopien - Perspektiven für eine Friedliche und Gerechte Welt, das ... zu Ehren von Mohssen Massarrat anlässlich seiner Verabschiedung aus dem aktiven Hochschuldienst stattfand]

    Gottschlich, D. (Editor), Rolf, U. (Editor), Werning, R. (Editor), Wollek, E. (Editor) & Massarrat, M. (Editor), 2008, Köln: PapyRossa Verlag. 295 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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    Reducing Energy by a Factor of 10: Promoting Energy Efficient Sustainable Housing in the Western World.

    Steinmüller, B., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 162 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Regulating Globalization: Critical Approaches to Global Governance, ed. by Pierre de Senarclens ...

    Tschochohei, H., 2008, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 1, p. 53 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

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    Relating the philosophy and practice of ecological economics: the role of concepts, models, and case studies in inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research

    Baumgärtner, S., 2008, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 75).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    (Re)Produktivität: nachhaltige Natur- und Geschlechterverhältnisse

    Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2008, In: Widerspruch. 28, 54, p. 111-125 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Ressourcensicherung durch Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement

    Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: Die Volkswirtschaft. 81, 9, p. 45 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Robbanásveszélyes terek ellenörzése infravörös optikával

    Palocz-Andresen, M., 2008, In: Magyar Èpületgépészet. 57, 9, p. 3-6 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Seeanlagen-Verordnung

    Schomerus, T., Kahle, C. & Tolkmitt, U., 2008, Das deutsche Bundesrecht: Systematische Sammlung der Gesetze und Verordnungen mit Erläuterungen. Kölble, J. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Vol. 0 I - 0 VIII : Europäische Bezüge.

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

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    Späte Kindheit

    Salisch, M. & Schröder, E., 2008, Entwicklungspsychologie des Säuglings- und Kindesalters. Hasselhorn, M., Silbereisen, R. K. & Birbaumer, N. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 297 -337 41 p. (Enzyklopädie der Psychologie, Themenbereich C; vol. 5, no. 4).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch