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. 2005
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    Dispersal of vascular plants by game in northern Germany. Part II: Red deer (Cervus elaphus)

    von Oheimb, G., Schmidt, M., Kriebitzsch, W. & Ellenberg, H., 01.04.2005, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 124, 1, p. 55-65 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Aggressives Verhalten und (neue) Medien

    Salisch, M., Kristen, A. & Oppl, C., 30.03.2005, Aggressionsentwicklung zwischen Normalität und Pathologie. Seiffge-Krenke, I. (ed.). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht Verlag, p. 198-237 40 p.

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

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    Relationships between the vegetation and soil conditions in beech and beech-oak forests of northern Germany

    Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 01.03.2005, In: Plant Ecology. 177, 1, p. 113-124 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The courtship behavior of Meloe decorus Brandt and Erichson and Sitaris muralis Foerster (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

    Lückmann, J., 01.03.2005, In: Coleopterists Bulletin. 59, 1, p. 55-61 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Klafki macht Sinn

    Stoltenberg, U., 03.2005, In: www.widerstreit-sachunterricht.de. 2005, 4, p. 1-5 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  7. Published

    On the computation of the warping function and the torsional properties of thin-walled crosssections of prismatic beams

    Eilering, S., 03.2005, In: Bauingenieur. 80, 3, p. 142-150 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Kyoto ist anderswo: zwischen Interdisziplinarität und Nachhaltigkeit

    Möller, A. & Bornemann, B., 01.02.2005, In: Informatik-Spektrum. 28, 1, p. 15-23 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  9. Published

    Laufkäfer-Gemeinschaften (Coleoptera, Carabidae) xerothermer Sandrasen und ihre Abhängigkeit von Beweidungsmaßnahmen

    Lehmann, S., Persigehl, M., Rosenkranz, B., Falke, B., Aßmann, T. & Günther, J., 02.2005, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Rickken, U. (eds.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 119-128 10 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz; vol. 78).

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

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    Implementing Environmental Management Accounting: Status and Challenges

    Rikhardsson, P. M. (Editor), Bennett, M. (Editor), Bouma, J. J. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 01.01.2005, Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. 374 p. (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science; vol. 18)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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    Integration of material flow management tools in workplace environments

    Hedemann, J., Möller, A., Müller-Beilschmidt, P., Rohdemann, D., Schmidt, M. & Schmitt, B., 01.01.2005, Information systems for sustainable development. Hilty, L. M., Seifert, E. K. & Treibert, R. (eds.). Hershey, Pa. [u.a.]: Idea Group Publishing, p. 47-61 15 p.

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

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    Partizipationsforschung und nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Heinrichs, H., 01.01.2005, In: GAIA. 14, 1, p. 30-31 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Politikberatung in den USA: Ein Vorbild für Europa?

    Heinrichs, H., 01.01.2005, Wozu Experten?: Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissenschaft und Politik. Bogner, A. & Torgersen, H. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 291-313 23 p.

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

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    Sustainability and Competitive Advantage: Empirical Evidence on the Influence of Strategic Choices between Environmental Management Approaches

    Wagner, M., 01.01.2005, In: Environmental Quality Management. 14, 3, p. 31-48 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    10 Jahre Wirtschaftsrecht in Lüneburg

    Schomerus, T. (Editor) & Zenz, E. (Editor), 2005, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 103 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    14 Internetportale im Bereich Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ergebnisse einer Studie und Konsequenzen für die Unweltkommunikation

    Barth, M., 2005, Erfolgreiche Umweltkommunikation im Internet: Internetanwendungen im Natur- und Umweltschutz. Peters, U. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 157-167 11 p. (Initiativen zum Umweltschutz; vol. 63).

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

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    Abfluss von Urbanflächen

    Bronstert, A., Wittenberg, H. & Niehoff, D., 2005, Abflussbildung: Prozessbeschreibung und Fallbeispiele. Bronstert, A. (ed.). Hennef: Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, p. 40-46 7 p.

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

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    Abschluss mit Anschluss: Wissenschaft und Bildung

    Stoltenberg, U. & Bolscho, D., 2005, Baustelle Hochschule: Nachhaltigkeit als neues Fundament für Lehre und Forschung. Altner, G. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 44-46 3 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 93).

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