School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
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.
- 1999
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Was lange währt...
Hofmeister, S., 1999, In: Politische Ökologie. 17, 57/58, p. 94-95 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wie aktuell sind Umwelterklärungen und -berichte bezüglich der umweltpolitischen Diskussion? Untersucht am Beispiel von Angaben über CO2-Emissionen und Energieverbrauch
Hroch, N. & Schaltegger, S., 1999, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 32 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; vol. 9/99).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Zeitlandschaften: Perspektiven öko-sozialer Zeitpolitik
Hofmeister, S. (Editor) & Spitzner, M. (Editor), 1999, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 328 p. (Edition Universitas)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
- 1998
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Einfluss der Feldberegnung auf den Grundwasserhaushalt im Uelzener Becken-Ermittlung aus dem Basisabfluss
Wittenberg, H., 08.1998, In: Wasser und Boden. 50, 8, p. 41-44 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Promoting sustainable urban environments by continuing education for local authorities
Adomßent, M., 01.01.1998, Urban Ecology. Breuste, J., Feldmann, H. & Uhlmann, O. (eds.). Berlin [u.a.]: Springer, p. 297-301 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Space Physics: An Introduction to Plasmas and Particles in the Heliosphere and Magnetospheres
Kallenrode, M.-B., 01.01.1998, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. 357 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Accounting for Eco-Efficiency
Schaltegger, S., 1998, Environmental Management in Practice: Volume I: Instruments for Environmental Management. Nath, B., Hens, L., Compton, P. & Devuyst, D. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 1. p. 272-287 16 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Calculating the True Profitability of Pollution Prevention
Schaltegger, S. & Müller, K., 1998, The Green Bottom Line: Environmental Accounting for Management. Current Practice and Future Trends. Bennett, M. & James, P. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 86-99 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Changing the Rules: Business-NGO Partnership and Structuration Theory
Schneidewind, U. & Petersen, H., 1998, In: Greener Management International. 24, Winter, p. 105-114 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Communal environmental protection and conservation: A continuing education concept for environmental engineering in Germany.
Adomßent, M. & Lütkemöller, D., 1998, Environmental engineering: international perspectives. Leal, W. F. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 111-122 12 p. (Umweltbildung, Umweltkommunikation und Nachhaltigkeit ; vol. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Der Diplom Studiengang Wirtschaftsrecht, Stand und Perspektiven
Schomerus, T. (Editor), Degenhart, H. (Editor) & Preißer, M. (Editor), 1998, Lüneburg: Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen. 125 p. (Schriftenreihe des Fachbereichs Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research
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Eco-Efficiency by Eco-Controlling: On the Implementation of EMAS and ISO 14001
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1998, Zürich: vdf Hochschulverlag an der ETH Zürich. 163 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Economics Today: Konsens und Kontroverse in der modernen Ökonomie
Brunetti, A. (Editor), Kugler, P. (Editor), Schaltegger, S. (Editor) & Weder, B. (Editor), 1998, Zürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 256 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Effects of lead and cadmium uptake on the metabolic rate of the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (crustacea, isopoda: Oniscidea)
Coenen-Stass, D., 1998, In: Israel Journal of Zoology. 44, 3-4, p. 439-444 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Makroökonomische Wirkungen umweltökonomischer Instrumente: eine Untersuchung der Substitutionseffekte anhand ausgewählter volkswirtschaftlicher Modelle für Deutschland
Kemfert, C., 1998, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag. 280 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Umweltökonomik und politische Ökonomie des Umweltschutzes: Ökonomik zwischen Ökologie und Ökopolitik
Schaltegger, S., 1998, Economics Today: Konsens und Kontroverse in der modernen Ökonomie. Brunetti, A., Peter, K., Schaltegger, S. & Weder, B. (eds.). Zürich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, p. 157-176Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wasserversorgung
Damrath, H. & Cord-Landwehr, K., 1998, Stuttgart: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. 330 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- 1997
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Information Costs, Quality of Information and Stakeholder Involvement - The Necessity of International Standards of Ecological Accounting
Schaltegger, S., 01.11.1997, In: Eco-Management and Auditing. 4, November, p. 87-97Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Propagation of particles injected from interplanetary shocks: A black box model and its consequences for acceleration theory and data interpretation
Kallenrode, M. B. & Wibberenz, G., 01.10.1997, In: Journal of Geophysical Research A: Space Physics. 102, A10, p. 22311-22334 24 p., 97JA01677.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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The temporal and spatial development of MeV proton acceleration at interplanetary shocks
Kallenrode, M. B., 01.10.1997, In: Journal of Geophysical Research A: Space Physics. 102, A10, p. 22347-22363 17 p., 97JA01678.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review