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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    Von den Leidenschaften junger Menschen oder wie sich Ausdruck und Regulierung von Emotionen in Kindheit und Jugend verändert

    Salisch, M., 2004, Nonverbale Prozesse in der Psychotherapie. Hermer, M. & Klinzing, H. G. (eds.). Tübingen: dgvt-Verlag, p. 57-78 22 p.

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

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    Von der Beharrlichkeit der Ungleichheit: Erzählung einer südafrikanischen Geschichte

    Mölders, T., 2004, Globalisierung und gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse: Mit südafrikanischen Geschichten erzählt von Juliane Grüning, Verena Brinkmann und Tanja Mölders. Christine, K., Müller, C. & von Winterfeld, U. (eds.). Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, p. 26-27 2 p. (Wuppertal papers; no. 143).

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

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    Vorwort

    Bonin, H., 2004, Java - der Code. Wiesner, S. (ed.). Bonn: MITP Verlag, p. 19-20 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksOtherResearch

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    Wälder des Tieflandes und der Mittelgebirge: 41 Tabellen

    Härdtle, W., Ewald, J. & Hölzel, N., 2004, Stuttgart: Eugen-Ulmer-Verlag. 252 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

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    Waldnutzung und Waldschutz im Wandel: Neue Chancen für mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit?

    Katz, C., 2004, Gender Mainstreaming im Naturschutz. Hayn, D. (ed.). Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 82-96 15 p. (Gelbe Reihe).

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

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    Wann ersetzen Stakeholder Marktprozesse durch Macht?

    Schaltegger, S., 2004, Unternehmensethik in turbulenten Zeiten: Wirtschaftsführer über Ethik im Management . Brink, A. & Karitzki, O. (eds.). Bern: Haupt Verlag, p. 169-184 16 p.

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

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    Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: vom Experiment zur Praxis ; Referate und Ergebnisse der gleichnamigen Fachtagung an der Universität Lüneburg vom 23. - 26. September 2003

    Finck, P. (Editor), Härdtle, W. (Editor) & Redecker, B. (Editor), 2004, Bonn: Bundesamt für Naturschutz. 539 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

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    Wertorientiertes Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement mit der Sustainability Balanced Scorecard

    Schaltegger, S., 2004, Betriebliche Instrumente für nachhaltiges Wirtschaften: Konzepte für die Praxis. Mahammadzadeh, M. (ed.). Köln: Deutscher Instituts-Verlag , p. 165-174 10 p.

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

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    Wie nutzen große Unternehmen das Internet, um über Nachhaltigkeit zu kommunizieren? Studie zur internetgestützten Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von DAX 30-Unternehmen

    Blanke, M., Godemann, J., Herzig, C., Nierling, L. & Rauer, F., 2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (INFU-DISKUSSIONSBEITRÄGE ; no. 24/04).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Zehn Jahre Wirtschaftsrecht nach dem Lüneburger Modell

    Schomerus, T., 2004, In: Juristische Schulung. 44, 12, p. 1124 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Zukunft versiegelt? kommunale Verkehrspolitik und Klimaschutz

    Grischkat, S., 2004, Bonn. 43 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

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    Zur kurzfristigen Vegetationsentwicklung auf Pflegeflächen in Sand- und Moorheiden

    Fottner, S., Niemeyer, T., Sieber, M. & Härdtle, W., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 126-136 11 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).

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

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    Zur Nährstoff- und Vegetationsdynamik von Heide-Ökosystemen: Grundlagen und Forschungskonzeption

    Härdtle, W., 2004, Feuer und Beweidung als Instrumente zur Erhaltung magerer Offenlandschaften in Nordwestdeutschland: Ökologische und sozioökonomische Grundlagen des Heidemanagements auf Sand- und Hochmoorstandorten. Keienburg, T. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 62-64 3 p. (NNA Berichte; vol. 17, no. 2).

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

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    Applying the principles of green engineering to cradle-to-cradle design

    McDonough, W., Anastas, P. T., Zimmerman, J. B. & Braungart, M., 01.12.2003, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 37, 23, p. 434A-441A 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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

    Dengler, J., Berg, C., Eisenberg, M., Isermann, M., Jansen, F., Koska, I., Löbel, S., Manthey, M., Päzolt, J., Spangenberg, A., Timmermann, T. & Wollert, H., 01.12.2003, In: Feddes Repertorium. 114, 7-8, p. 587-631 45 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Patterns of species composition and species richness in moist (ash-alder) forests of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)

    Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Westphal, C., 01.12.2003, In: Feddes Repertorium. 114, 7/8, p. 574-586 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    The Porter Hypothesis Revisited: A Literature Review of Theoretical Models and Empirical Tests

    Wagner, M., 12.2003, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 44 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Urban Wilderness in Central Europe: Rewilding at the urban fringe

    Hofmeister, S., Held, M. & Diemer, M., 12.2003, In: International Journal of Wilderness. 9, 3, p. 7-11 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review