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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    Random peptide library displayed on AAV vectors targeting human primary coronary artery endothelial cells

    Kleinschmidt, J., Müller, O., Trepel, M., Kaul, F. & Leder, C., 30.09.2004, IPC No. C12N 15/10 (2006.01), PCT/EP2004/002923 , WIPO - Weltorganisation für geistiges Eigentum, Patent No. WO 2004083441, 19.03.2004, Priority date 19.03.2003

    Research output: PatentsPatent

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    Cost-benefit ratio and empirical examination of the acceptance of heathland maintenance in the Lueneburg Heath nature reserve

    Müller, J., 01.09.2004, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 47, 5, p. 757-771 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Dispersal of vascular plants by game in northern Germany. Part I: Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and wild boar (Sus scrofa)

    Schmidt, M., Sommer, K., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., Ellenberg, H. & von Oheimb, G., 01.09.2004, In: European Journal of Forest Research. 123, 2, p. 167-176 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Henry's law constants measurements of the nonylphenol isomer 4(3′,5′-dimethyl-3′-heptyl)-phenol, tertiary octylphenol and γ-hexachlorocyclohexane between 278 and 298 K

    Xie, Z., Le Calve, S., Feigenbrugel, V., Preuss, T. G., Vinken, R., Ebinghaus, R. & Ruck, W., 01.09.2004, In: Atmospheric Environment. 38, 29, p. 4859-4868 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Kalkausscheidungen an Sichtmauerwerk aus Beton-Vormauersteinen: ein bekanntes Phänomen, in der Praxis noch nicht optimal gelöst

    Quitmann, H.-D. & Schumann, I., 01.08.2004, In: Mauerwerk. 8, 4, p. 166-169 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    New descriptions and typifications of syntaxa within the project 'Plant communities of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and their vulnerability' - Part II

    Dengler, J., Koska, I., Timmermann, T., Berg, C., Clausnitzer, U., Isermann, M., Linke, C., Päzolt, J., Polte, T. & Spangenberg, A., 22.07.2004, In: Feddes Repertorium. 115, 3-4, p. 353-392 40 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

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    Description of the first instar larvae of three species of Meloe with a key to the triungulins of Central European species of this genus (Coleoptera : Meloidae)

    Lückmann, J. & Scharf, S., 25.06.2004, In: European Journal of Entomology. 101, 2, p. 313-322 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Effects of global climate change on geographic distributions of vertebrates in North Queensland

    Meynecke, J. O., 01.06.2004, In: Ecological Modelling. 174, 4, p. 347-357 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Pflanzenbehandlungs- und Schädlingsbekämpfungsmittel in niedersächsischen Fließgewässern von 1994 bis 2001

    Schäfer, R. B., Palm, W.-U., Steffen, D. & Ruck, W., 06.2004, In: Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. 48, 3, p. 117-125 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Von der Suderburger Wiesenbauschule zur Modelluniversität

    Evers, M. & Mennerich, A., 01.05.2004, In: Wasser und Abfall. 6, 5, p. 45-48 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Wege zum Campus: Verkehrsmittelwahl der Lüneburger Studierenden im Sommersemester 2003

    Mnich, P., Tschochohei, H. & Zöckler, J., 05.2004, 1. ed., Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 292 p. (Arbeitsbericht; no. 310).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Forest history, continuity, and dynamic naturalness

    Westphal, C., Härdtle, W. & Oheimb, G., 22.03.2004, Forest biodiversity: lessons from history for conservation. . Honnay, O., Verheyen, K., Bossuyt, B. & Hermy, M. (eds.). CABI, p. 205-220 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

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    Fluctuations of carabid populations inhabiting an ancient woodland (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

    Gunther, J. & Assmann, T., 01.03.2004, In: Pedobiologia. 48, 2, p. 159-164 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Environmental Noise: Main Focus: Aircraft Noise

    Guerra González, J. (Editor), 03.2004, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: Europäische Akademie zur Erforschung von Folgen Wissenschaftlich-Technischer Entwicklungen. 122 p. (Graue Reihe; no. 36)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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    Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability Beyond Eco-Efficiency

    Figge, F. & Hahn, T., 20.02.2004, In: Ecological Economics. 48, 2, p. 173-187 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Bioassay-directed chemical analysis utilizing LC-MS: a tool for identifying estrogenic compounds in water samples?

    Heisterkamp, I., Gandrass, J. & Ruck, W., 01.02.2004, In: Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry. 378, 3, p. 709-715 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  1. Economic Analysis for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment
  2. Emotion Knowledge and Attention Problems in Young Children
  3. Combating Climate Change through Organisational Innovation
  4. Measuring Young Consumers’ Sustainable Consumption Behavior
  5. Skalenhandbuch Drei-Länder-Studie (DLS) 1978/79 von Helmut Fend
  6. Vegetation der Stromtalwiesen im niedersächsischen Elbetal
  7. Klimawandel kostet die deutsche Volkswirtschaft Milliarden
  8. Lernprozesse im Umgang mit der Gender-Dimension in der SÖF
  9. Determinants in the online distribution of digital content
  10. Die Neuwahl zur Hamburger Bürgerschaft vom 29. Februar 2004
  11. PRBs for remediation of PAHs, BTEX and related contaminants
  12. Teachers' beliefs and goals concerning inquiry-based science
  13. Gesundheitsarbeit in der Sozialpädagogischen Familienhilfe
  14. Staatliche Parteienfinanzierung und politischer Wettbewerb
  15. The selfie and the slut bodies, technology and public shame
  16. Differences in the sophistication of Value-based Management
  17. Impactos do engajamento das empresas com seus stakeholders
  18. Methoden zur Evaluation der Nachhaltigkeit von Unternehmen
  19. Stabilisierung durch Implementieren, Sichern und Evaluieren
  20. Homelessness, Housing Crisis and Solutions Made by Citizens
  21. Closed-Loop Supply Chain Management - Eine Simulationsstudie
  22. Education for Sustainable Development – European Approaches
  23. Außervertragliche Haftung der EG, Verjährung des Anspruchs
  24. Rechtliche Instrumente zur Verbesserung der Energienutzung
  25. On the Appropriate Methodologies for Data Science Projects
  26. Health and work-life balance across types of work schedules
  27. Postkolonialismus: Ich helfe, du hilfst, ... ihnen wird geholfen
  28. Globale Textkohäsion zur Förderung des Textverständnisses
  29. Qualitätsentwicklung im Berufsalltag der ambulanten Pflege
  30. Environmental Management Accounting for Cleaner Production
  31. Die Grenzen des Rechts im Schutz vor sexueller Belästigung
  32. The Artists’ Critique on Crowdfunding and Online Gift-Giving
  33. Subjektive Theorien von Musikerinnen und Musikern zum Üben