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.
- 2012
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Hydraulic Fracturing: Zusammensetzung und Entsorgung anfallender Abwässer
Olsson, O., Weichgrebe, D. & Rosenwinkel, K.-H., 09.2012, In: Wasser und Abfall. 14, 9, p. 10-15 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Mainstream Economy, Development Politics, Sufficiency: The other way around as only sustainable solution?
Guerra González, J., 09.2012, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 30 p. (Leuphana Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit & Recht; no. 1).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Platform for sustainable aviation fuels-combining ecological research and sustainability management with industrial needs
Walmsley, D., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Schaltegger, S., Plath, M. & Klein, A.-M., 09.2012, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. 42, p. 20 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Ready biodegradability of trifluoromethylated phenothiazine drugs, structural elucidation of their aquatic transformation products, and identification of environmental risks studied by LC-MS( n ) and QSAR
Trautwein, C. & Kümmerer, K., 09.2012, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 19, 8, p. 3162-3177 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Tri‐trophic interaction networks along a tree diversity gradient of BEF‐China
Staab, M., Blüthgen, N. & Klein, A.-M., 09.2012, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. 42, p. 175 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Visiting communities of extrafloral nectaries in a subtropical Chinese forest
Peters, J., Klein, A.-M., Blüthgen, N. & Staab, M., 09.2012, In: Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie. 42, p. 56 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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More effective natural resource management through participatory governance? Taking stock of the conceptual and empirical literature – and moving forward
Newig, J., 31.08.2012, Environmental governance: The challenge of legitimacy and effectiveness. Hogl, K., Kvarda, E., Nordbeck, R. & Pregernig, M. (eds.). Cheltenham et al.: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 46-68 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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Methods for Transdisciplinary Research: A Primer for Practice
Bergmann, M., Jahn, T., Knobloch, T., Krohn, W., Pohl, C. & Schramm, E., 16.08.2012, Campus Verlag. 294 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Sight or scent: lemur sensory reliance in detecting food quality varies with feeding ecology.
Rushmore, J., Leonhardt, S. & Drea, C. M., 03.08.2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 8, 11 p., e41558.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Captopril and its dimer captopril disulfide: Photodegradation, aerobic biodegradation and identification of transformation products by HPLC-UV and LC-ion trap-MS(n)
Mahmoud, W. M. M. & Kümmerer, K., 01.08.2012, In: Chemosphere. 88, 10, p. 1170-1177 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review