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. 2000
  2. Published

    "Weißt du,...". Integration und Bedeutsamkeit von Umweltwissen für Kinder durch lokale Partizipation

    Stoltenberg, U., 2000, Sachunterricht – zwischen Fachbezug und Integration. Löffler, G., Möhle, V., Reeken, D. V. & Schwier, V. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn/Obb.: Klinkhardt, p. 201-217 17 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 10).

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

  3. Published

    Welche Planung braucht eine nachhaltige Entwicklung ? - Ein Blick zurück nach vorn

    Hofmeister, S., 2000, Perspektiven der Umweltwissenschaften. Brandt, E. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, p. 83-105 23 p. (Umweltrecht und Umweltpolitik; no. 2).

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

  4. Published

    Wenn Kinder sich ärgern: Emotionsregulierung in der Entwicklung

    Salisch, M., 2000, Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 323 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  5. Published

    Wertorientiertes Energiemanagement

    Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Teil: Grundwerk - Loseblattsammlung. Beck, H.-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. Müller, Vol. 1. p. 2-14 13 p.

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

  6. Published

    What is Stakeholder Value? Developing a Catchphrase into a Benchmarking Tool

    Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 57 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Wirtschaftswissenschaften

    Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2000, Berlin: Springer. 252 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  8. Published

    Zum Einfluss von Gleichaltrigen (Peers) auf die Persönlichkeitsentwicklung

    Salisch, M., 2000, Enzyklopädie der Psychologie: Themenbereich C, Ser. 8, Bd. 4: Determinanten individueller Unterschiede. Amelang, M., Birbaumer, N. & Graumann, C. F. (eds.). Göttingen [u.a.]: Hogrefe Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, p. 345-405 61 p.

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

  9. Published

    Zur theoretisch-wissenschaftlichen Fundierung Vorsorgenden Wirtschaftens

    Hofmeister, S., 2000, Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften: Auf dem Weg zu einer Ökonomie des Guten Lebens. Biesecker, A., Mathes, M., Schön, S. & Scurrell, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, p. 27-69 43 p.

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

  10. 1999
  11. Published

    Die nächste industrielle Revolution: Die Cradle to Cradle Community

    Braungart, M. & McDonough, W., 01.10.1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 62, 5, p. 18-22 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Ein Kriterium unter vielen: Öko-Effizienz als Element des sozio-ökonomisch vernünftigen Umweltmanagements

    Schaltegger, S., 01.07.1999, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 14, 3, p. 12-14 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  13. Published

    Watershed groundwater balance estimation using streamflow recession analysis and baseflow separation

    Wittenberg, H. & Sivapalan, M., 01.06.1999, In: Journal of Hydrology. 219, 1-2, p. 20-33 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Baseflow recession and recharge as nonlinear storage processes

    Wittenberg, H., 15.04.1999, In: Hydrological Processes. 13, 5, p. 715-726 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference article in journalResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Standortmanagement und -marketing

    Schaltegger, S., 04.1999, In: UNI NOVA (DE). Nr. 84, p. 58-62 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  16. Published

    Nützlinge als Bioindikatoren für die ökologischen Auswirkungen des Pflanzenschutzes in Feldstudien—Methoden und die Probleme bei der Interpretation der Daten

    Freier, B., Volkmar, C., Kreuter, T., Triltsch, H., Stark, A. & Förster, R., 01.02.1999, In: Journal of Pest Science. 72, 1, p. 5-11 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Finanzmärkte – Treiber oder Bremser des betrieblichen Umweltmanagements

    Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 01.01.1999, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement im 21. Jahrhundert: Aspekte, Aufgaben, Perspektiven. Seidel, E. (ed.). Berlin: Springer, p. 287-299 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  18. Published

    A Cash Flow Based Analysis of Government Finance: How Well Balanced Is the Locationholders' Budget?

    Schaltegger, S., 1999, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, p. 1-16, 16 p. (WWZ-Discussion Paper ; no. 9904).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  19. Published

    Auf der Suche nach zeitpolitischen Pfaden: Spaziergang in eine vielgestaltige und zukunftsoffene Landschaft der Zeiten

    Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M., 1999, Zeitlandschaften - Perspektiven öko-soziale Zeitpolitik. Hofmeister, S. & Spitzner, M. (eds.). Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag, p. 9-32 23 p.

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

  20. Published

    Bildung und Durchsetzung von Interessen zwischen Stakeholdern der Unternehmung: Eine politisch-ökonomische Perspektive

    Schaltegger, S., 1999, In: Die Unternehmung. 53, 1, p. 3-20 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  21. Published

    Das Lüneburger Modell : der Studiengang Wirtschaftsrecht nach fünf Jahren

    Schomerus, T. (Editor), Stix, C. (Editor) & Zenz, E. (Editor), 1999, Lüneburg: Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen. 199 p. (Schriftenreihe des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftsrecht ; vol. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  22. Published

    Der Stoff, der in der Zukunft ist: Zur Verbindung von ökologischer Stoffwirtschaft und Zeitpolitik

    Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 57/58, p. 46-49 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review