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.

  1. 2006
  2. Published

    The private and public insurance value of conservative biodiversity management

    Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 43 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 33).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Umwelt bildet, warum wir anders lernen müssen, Richard Häusler; Christina Fischer (Hrsg.): Umwelt bildet /

    Barth, M., 2006, In: Germanistik. 29, 3, p. 85 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  4. Published

    Umweltmanagement ausgewählter Großveranstaltungen: Effektiver Umweltschutz oder Greenwashing?

    Fitschen, U., 2006, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 118 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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  6. Published

    Umweltwissenschaften

    Hofmeister, S. & Thiem, A., 2006, Gender-Aspekte bei der Einführung und Akkreditierung gestufter Studiengänge: eine Handreichung. Becker, R., Jansen-Schulz, B., Kortendiek, B. & Schäfer, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Dortmund: Koordinationsstelle Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW, p. 89-93 5 p. (Studien / Netzwerk Frauenforschung NRW; vol. 7).

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

  7. Published

    Understanding and Supporting Management Decision-Making: South East Asian Case Studies on Environmental Management Accounting

    Herzig, C., Viere, T., Burritt, R. & Schaltegger, S., 2006, Sustainability Accounting and Reporting. Schaltegger, S., Bennett, M. & Burritt, R. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 491-507 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  8. Published

    Urheberrecht und Klingeltöne: die Lizenzierung von Ruftonmelodien und Ringbacktones und das Bearbeitungsrecht gemäß §§23 i.V.m.14 und 39 UrhG

    Schomerus, T. (Editor), 2006, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 120 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Vegetation der Stromtalwiesen im niedersächsischen Elbetal

    Redecker, B. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 117-126 10 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).

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

  10. Published

    Vielfältig, kooperativ, geschlechtergerecht: Natur- und Umweltschutzverbände auf dem Weg

    Fischer, K., Grüning, J., Katz, C., Mayer, M. & Thiem, A., 2006, Bonn: Deutscher Naturschutzring , 52 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

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  12. Published

    Wald als Gegenstand einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U., 2006, Der Wald als Ressource einer Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung in der Schule. Corleis, F. (ed.). Lüneburg: Verlag edition erlebnispädagogik, p. 7-20 14 p. (Schriftenreihe kleine Schriften zur Erlebnispädagogik; vol. 31).

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

  13. Published

    Was hat Francis Bacon mit Nachhaltigkeit und neoliberaler Globalisierung zu tun? Feminist sites: Erkundungen im Spannungsfeld von Natur, Herrschaft und Geschlecht

    Katz, C. & Winterfeld, U., 2006, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 51 p. (Werkstattberichte Umweltstrategien; no. 4).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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  15. Published

    Weshalb der Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs in Deutschland eine „Mutter“ hat. Ein festliches Essay für Christiane Busch-Lüty

    Hofmeister, S., Biesecker, A., Seidl, I. & von Winterfeld , U., 2006, München: Oekom Verlag. 8 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  16. Published

    Wi(e)der die Armut? Positionen zu den Milleniumszielen der Vereinten Nationen

    Kuhn, K. (Editor) & Rieckmann, M. (Editor), 2006, Frankfurt am Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 219 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  17. Published

    Working group on dry grasslands in the nordic and baltic region - Outline of the project and first results for the class Festuco-Brometea

    Dengler, J., Rusina, S., Boch, S., Bruun, H. H., Diekmann, M., Dierßen, K., Dolnik, C., Dupré, C., Golub, V. B., Grytnes, J. A., Helm, A., Ingerpuu, N., Löbel, S., Pärtel, M., Rašomavičius, V., Tyler, G., Znamenskiy, S. R. & Zobel, M., 2006, In: Annali di Botanica. 6, p. 1-28 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Zur Disziplin gereift

    Hofmeister, S., 2006, In: Punkt.um. p. 14 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  19. Published

    Zur kulturellen Dimension nachhaltiger Entwicklung: eine metatheoretische und diskursanalytische Bestandsaufnahme

    Kuhn, K., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 45 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 28/06).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  20. Published

    Zwischen Existenzkampf und Professionalisierung: Handlungsstrategien von Expertinnen in der bildungs- und berufsbiographischen Beratungsarbeit und der Regionalen Frauenförderung

    Mayer, M., 2006, Bildungs- und Karrierewege von Frauen. Wissen – Erfahrungen – biographisches Lernen. Schlüter, A. (ed.). Opladen: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 111-127 16 p.

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

  21. 2005
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    Anger regulation among friends: Assessment and development from childhood to adolescence

    Salisch, M. & Vogelgesang, J., 01.12.2005, In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 22, 6, p. 837-855 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review