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.
- 2006
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Promotion of interdisciplinary competence as a challenge for Higher Education
Godemann, J., 17.12.2006, In: Journal of Social Science Education. 4, p. 51-61 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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A college of the Atlantic for Europe
Serbser, W. F. H. & Mrzljak, J., 01.12.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 4, p. 307-309 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Annäherungen an ein sozial-ökologisches Raumkonzept
Hofmeister, S. & Scurrell, B., 01.12.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 4, p. 275-284 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bifurcation loads of circular curved beams of glued-laminated timber with continuous lateral support
Eilering, S., 01.12.2006, In: Bautechnik. 83, 12, p. 845-853 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Bioassay-directed fractionation for analyzing estrogens in surface waters of the German Baltic Sea
Beck, I.-C., Bruhn, R. & Gandrass, J., 01.12.2006, In: Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica. 34, 6, p. 560-567 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Species richness of vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens in dry grasslands: The effects of environment, landscape structure and competition
Lobel, S., Dengler, J. & Hobohm, C., 01.12.2006, In: Folia Geobotanica. 41, 4, p. 377-393 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Kuhn, K. & Rieckmann, M., 03.11.2006, 1. ed. München: oekom verlag GmbH. 64 p. (Themenblätter im Unterricht; no. 57)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Ideelle biegedrillknicklasten von seitlich am obergurt gestützten brettschichtträgern
Eilering, S., 11.2006, In: Bauingenieur. 81, 11, p. 488-495 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Jungholozäne Umweltentwicklung und Landnutzungsgeschichte im Hardautal, Ldkr. Uelzen (südliche Lüneberg Heide)
Becker, K. & Urban, B., 11.2006, In: Telma. 36, p. 11-38 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Media communication, citizens and transnational risks: The case of climate change and coastal protection
Heinrichs, H. & Peters, H. P., 31.10.2006, Risk Society and the Culture of Precaution. Richter, I. K., Berking, S. & Müller-Schmid, R. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 229-253 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Frühe Kalkausscheidungen an neu erstelltem Sichtmauerwerk: sind am Markt befindliche Werkmauermörtel unterschiedlich zu beurteilen?
Quitmann, H.-D., 16.10.2006, In: Mauerwerk. 10, 5, p. 196-202 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Using sequential injection analysis for fast determination of phosphate in coastal waters
Frank, C., Schroeder, F., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 15.10.2006, In: Talanta. 70, 3, p. 513-517 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Biologische kampfstoffe: Nachweis und bekämpfung: Strategien gegen milzbrand, pocken and Co
Richardt, A. & Russman, H., 01.10.2006, In: Biologie in Unserer Zeit. 36, 5, p. 322-329 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Development and application of a laboratory flux measurement system (LFMS) for the investigation of the kinetics of mercury emissions from soils
Bahlmann, E., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 01.10.2006, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 81, 2, p. 114-125 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Encouraging environmentally sustainable holiday travel
Böhler, S., Grischkat, S., Haustein, S. & Hunecke, M., 01.10.2006, In: Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice. 40, 8, p. 652-670 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The basiphilous dry grasslands of shallow, skeletal soils (Alysso-Sedetalia) on the island of Öland (Sweden), in the context of North and Central Europe
Dengler, J. & Lobel, S., 15.09.2006, In: Phytocoenologia. 36, 3, p. 343-391 49 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Gender und Nachhaltigkeit: Neue Forschungsperspektiven
Katz, C., 01.09.2006, In: GAIA. 15, 3, p. 206-214 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A Nightmare or a Dream Coming True?
Schaltegger, S. & Burritt, R. L., 09.2006, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 15, 5, p. 293-295 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Systemanalyse für Softwaresysteme
Bonin, H. E. G., 10.08.2006, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 199 p. (Final; vol. 16, no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Can management compensate for atmospheric nutrient deposition in heathland ecosystems?
Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., Aßmann, T. & Fottner, S., 01.08.2006, In: The Journal of Applied Ecology. 43, 4, p. 759-769 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review