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. 2017
  2. Published

    Innovation durch Nachhaltiges Wirt­schaften: Handlungsempfehlungen

    Thieme, M., von Braun, J., Fischer, H., Günther, E., Hanagarth, H., Hesse, H. J., Jugel, C., Klein, A., Kratz, D., Putz, M., Schaltegger, S., Schauerte, O., Schell, U., Tschimpke, O., Wagner, B. & Werner, G., 2017, Berlin: Hightech-Forum, 16 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsTransfer

  3. Published

    Innovationsverbund Nachhaltige Smartphones: Ergebnisdokumentation Workshop II "Vom Gerät zur Lösung: Produkt-Service Systeme als Basis nachhaltiger Nutzungssysteme"

    Hansen, E. G., Weber, U., Schaltegger, S. & Zufall, J., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 34 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

  4. Published

    Innovationsverbund Nachhaltige Smartphones: Ergebnisdokumentation Workshop III - "Endgeräte als Materialdatenbanken: Wie Altgeräte für die Wertschöpfung erhalten bleiben"

    Hansen, E. G., Eggers, A.-C., Weber, U., Revellio, F. P., Schaltegger, S., Zufall, J. & Norris, S., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 29 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch communication reportsResearch

  5. Published

    Intentionelle Modifizierung des Lipidprofils des initialen oralen Biofilms durch Mundspülung mit Leinöl

    Reich, M., Kümmerer, K., Robertson, J., Hannig, M. & Hannig, C., 2017, In: Deutsche Zahnärztliche Zeitschrift. 72, S, p. D8 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Interacciones entre plantas y animales

    Pacheco, L. F., Aparicio, J., Benavides Frias, C., Escobar, M., Galeón, R., García, E., Guerra, F., Gómez, I., Larrea-Alcázar, D. M., Limachi, M., Maldonado, D., Miranda, B., Morales, D., Moya, M. I., Rico, A., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Tellería, L., 2017, Historia natural del valle de La Paz. Moya, M. I., Meneses, R. I. & Sarmiento, J. (eds.). 3 ed. La Paz: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Bolicia (MNHN), p. 193-199 7 p.

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

  7. Published

    Investigating Internal CSR Communication: Building a Theoretical Framework

    Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., Bögel, P. M. & Koch, C., 2017, Handbook of Integrated CSR Communication. Diehl, S., Karmasin, M., Mueller, B., Terlutter, R. & Weder, F. (eds.). 1. ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 89-107 19 p. (CSR, Sustainability, Ethecs & Governance).

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

  8. Published

    Kommende Nachhaltigkeit: nachhaltige Entwicklung aus kritisch-emanzipatorischer Perspektive

    Gottschlich, D., 2017, 1 ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 576 p. (Feminist and critical political economy; vol. 4)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  9. Published

    Kultur unternehmen! Handlungsfelder, Motive und Eigenschaften von Cultural Entrepreneurs

    Halberstadt, J., 2017, Cultural Entrepreneurship : Gründen in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft. Hausmann, A. & Heinze, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, p. 27-40 14 p.

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

  10. Published

    Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) cleome, nouvelle espèce d‘abeille de l’Afrique du Nord (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae)

    Pauly, A., Ebmer, A. W. & Grabener, S., 2017, In: Belgian Journal of Entomology. 48, p. 1-9 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Legal Systems, Internationalization and Corporate Sustainability: An empirical analysis of the influence of national and international authorities

    Hörisch, J., Burritt, R., Christ, K. & Schaltegger, S., 2017, In: Corporate Governance. 17, 5, p. 861 - 875 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Lohnt sich Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement? Mindsets, "business cases" und Strategie

    Schaltegger, S., 2017, CSR und Strategisches Management: Wie man mit Nachhaltigkeit langfristig im Wettbewerb gewinnt. Wunder, T. (ed.). Heidelberg: Gabler Verlag, p. 81-92 12 p. (Management-Reihe Corporate Social Responsibility).

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

  13. Published

    Mit qualitativen "insights" aus der Nische zum Mainstream: Nachhaltiger Konsum von Körperpflegeprodukten

    Moser, A. K., Naderer, G. & Haubach, C., 2017, Innovation in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Ein Beitrag zur Umsetzung der UNO Nachhaltigkeitsziele. Leal Filho, W. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Spektrum, p. 23-38 16 p. (Theorie und Praxis der Nachhaltigkeit).

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

  14. Published

    Mobile phone signals and protest crowds: Performing an Unstable Post-Media Constellation

    Leistert, O., 2017, Performing the Digital: Performativity and Performance Studies in Digital Cultures. Leeker, M., Schipper, I. & Beyes, T. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 137 - 154 18 p.

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

  15. Published

    My Touchstone Puzzles. W.D. Hamilton work on Social Wasps in the 1960s

    Caniglia, G., 2017, Integrated history and philosophy of science: problems, perspectives, and case studies. Stadler, F. (ed.). Cham: Springer Verlag, p. 31 - 42 12 p. (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook; vol. 20).

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

  16. Published

    Nachhaltigkeit in der Lebensmittelindustrie

    Bertele, M. & Silva, S. L., 2017, Case Study Training: 40 Fallstudien zur Vorbereitung auf das Bewerbungsgespräch im Consulting. Treml, L. & Hies, M. (eds.). München: e-fellows.net Verlag, p. 118-123 6 p.

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

  17. Published

    Nachhaltig transformativ? Wie Geschlechterperspektiven die Transformationsdebatte/n zu transformieren vermögen....

    Amri-Henkel, A., Biesecker, A., Breitenbach, S., Hofmeister, S., Lenz, C. & Moths, K., 2017, Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie, 21 p. (TraVo-Text; no. Mai 2017).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  18. Published

    Neue Wege der Kulturkommunikation: Eine Studie zur Rezeption onlinebasierter Kommunikation von Corporate Cultural Responsibility

    Jakob, L., Bögel, P. M. & Bekmeier-Feuerhahn, S., 2017, Leipzig: Leipziger Universitätsverlag. 135 p. (Weimarer Studien zu Kulturpolitik und Kulturökonomie; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  19. Published
  20. Published

    Offshore Wind-Farm Regulation in Germany

    Schomerus, C.-T. & Maly, C., 2017, The Development of a Comprehensive Legal Framework for the Promotion of Offshore Wind Power: the lessons from Europe and Pacific Asia. Ming-Zhi Gao, A. & Fan, C.-T. (eds.). Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, p. 3-32 30 p.

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

  21. Published

    Realität als Relation: Der Schematismus des Raumes und das Problem der Realität bei Plessner

    Schmieg, G., 2017, Schemata. Asmuth, C. & Gasperoni, L. (eds.). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, p. 177-190 14 p. ( Kultur - System - Geschichte; vol. 11).

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

  22. Published

    Riparian Atlantic Forest restoration: water table depth and planting spacing affected the growth of planted trees

    Weidlich, E. W. A., Curcio, G. R. & Uhlmann, A., 2017, Linking Science and Practise for a Better World: Book of Abstracts; VII World Conference on Ecological Restoration. Durigan, G. (ed.). Sociedad Ibero Americana y der Caribe de Restauracion Ecologica, p. 41 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Rotkohlsaftindikator und Kristalldeo – eine unerklärliche Reaktion? Mit Unterstützung von Modellen eine komplexe Farbreaktion erklären

    Lembens, A., Abels, S. & Steininger, R., 2017, In: Naturwissenschaft im Unterricht - Chemie. 28, 159, p. 34-37 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  24. Published

    Schätzen - Die Kunst des Messens ohne Messgerät

    Stinken-Rösner, L., 2017, In: Praxis der Naturwissenschaften - Physik in der Schule. 66, 2, p. 12-15 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  25. Published

    Simulation und Vorhersage: Zur Adaption epistemischer Verfahren der Meteorologie in Alexander Kluges "Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben"

    Schrickel, I., 2017, Phänomene der Atmosphäre: Ein Kompendium Literarischer Meteorologie. Büttner, U. & Theilen, I. (eds.). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler, p. 41-53 13 p.

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

  26. Published
  27. Published

    Studying gay and straight males' implict gender attitudes to understand previously found gender differences in implicit in-group bias

    Emig, Y. & Jørgensen, Ø., 2017, In: Current Research in Social Psychology. 25, 8, p. 45-55 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment—A Conceptual Foundation

    Lüdeke-Freund, F., Freudenreich, B., Schaltegger, S., Saviuc, I. & Stock, M., 2017, Analytics, Innovation, and Excellence-Driven Enterprise Sustainability. Carayannis, E. G. & Sindakis, S. (eds.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 169-206 38 p. (Palgrave studies in democracy, innovation, and entrepreneurship for growth).

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

  29. Published

    Sustainable Development: Special Issue: Innovative measurement approaches for corporate sustainability

    Álvarez-Etxeberria, I. (Editor), Ortas, E. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2017, Bradford, West Yorkshire: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 55 p. (Sustainable Development; vol. 25, no. 2)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  30. Published

    The glocal curriculum: a practical guide to teaching and learning in an Interconnected world

    John, B., Caniglia, G., Bellina, L., Lang, D. J. & Laubichler, M., 2017, Baden Baden: [sic!] Verlag für kritische Ästhetik. 189 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  31. Published

    Training sessions fostering transdisciplinary collaboration for sustainable development: Albania and Kosovo case studies

    Meyer, J., Mader, M., Zimmermann, F. & Çabiri, K., 2017, In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 18, 5, p. 738-757 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsthemen für die breite Masse: Nachhaltigkeit in Internetunternehmen

    Kern, E., 2017, 47. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik, Informatik 2017. Eibl, M. & Gaedke, M. (eds.). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., p. 1973-1984 12 p. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); vol. 275).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development

    Michelsen, G., Adomßent, M., Mader, M. & Sundermann, A., 2017, Scientific Research for Sustainable Development: UNESCO Chairs in Germany. Römer, K. (ed.). Bonn: German Commission for UNESCO, p. 65-70 6 p.

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

  34. Published

    Unternehmerische Freiheit endogen verwirklichen

    Petersen, H., 2017, Unternehmen der Gesellschaft : Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu einer kritischen Theorie des Unternehmens . F. U. U. G. O. (ed.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag, p. 205-230 26 p. (Theorie der Unternehmung; vol. 65).

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

  35. Published
  36. Published

    Urbane Regenwasserversickerung als Eintragspfad für biozide Wirkstoffe in das Grundwasser?

    Lange, J., Olsson, O., Jackisch, N., Weber, T., Hensen, B., Zieger, F., Schütz, T. & Kümmerer, K., 2017, In: Korrespondenz Wasserwirtschaft. 10, 4, p. 198 - 202 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Value Creation Architectures for the Circular Economy: A Make-or-Buy Analysis in the Smartphone Industry

    Revellio, F. & Hansen, E. G., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  38. Published
  39. Published

    Vielperspektivität auch in der Forschung? Beobachtungen zur Entwicklung der Sachunterrichtsforschung im Rahmen eines "Systematic Reviews"

    Barth, M., Bruhn, K., Bürgener, L., Edelhoff, S. H., Richter, S. & Freund, E. K., 2017, Vielperspektivität im Sachunterricht. Giest, H., Hartinger, A. & Tänzer, S. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Verlag Julius Klinkhardt, Vol. 27. p. 40 - 48 9 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts).

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

  40. Published

    Vom Recht auf Garten: Aneignung urbaner Freiräume als Kritik und Vision gesellschaftlicher Raum-verhältnisse

    Mölders, T. & Kühnemann, P., 2017, Aneignung urbaner Freiräume : Ein Diskurs über städtischen Raum. Hauck, T., Hennecke, S. & Körner, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 281-301 21 p. (Urban studies ).

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

  41. Published

    Vorwort

    Hofmeister, S., 2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung: Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Tanja, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 7-9 3 p.

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

  42. Published

    Warum wir Tiere essen (obwohl wir sie mögen): Sozialpsychologische Erklärungsansätze für das Fleischparadox

    Frank, P., 2017, In: Psychosozial. 40, 148, p. 49-69 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Was wollen Kinder und Jugendliche in Bezug auf Nachhaltigkeit und Konsum wissen, wie kommunizieren sie und wie informieren sie sich? Eine Literaturanalyse

    Fischer, D., Grunenberg, H. & Ruckelshauß, T., 2017, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Umweltkommunikation (INFU), 45 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 40).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  44. 2016
  45. Published

    Sustainability of Off-Grid Photovoltaic Systems for Rural Electrification in Developing Countries: A Review

    Feron, S., 19.12.2016, In: Sustainability. 8, 12, p. 1-26 26 p., 1326.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  46. Published

    Valorization of organic residues for the production of added value chemicals: A contribution to the bio-based economy

    Pleissner, D., Qi, Q., Gao, C., Rivero, C. P., Webb, C., Lin, C. S. K. & Venus, J., 15.12.2016, In: Biochemical Engineering Journal. 116, p. 3-16 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  47. Published

    A new valuation school: Integrating diverse values of nature in resource and land use decisions

    Jacobs, S., Dendoncker, N., Martín-López, B., Barton, D. N., Gomez-Baggethun, E., Boeraeve, F., McGrath, F. L., Vierikko, K., Geneletti, D., Sevecke, K. J., Pipart, N., Primmer, E., Mederly, P., Schmidt, S., Aragão, A., Baral, H., Bark, R. H., Briceno, T., Brogna, D., Cabral, P., De Vreese, R., Liquete, C., Mueller, H., Peh, K. S. H., Phelan, A., Rincón, A. R., Rogers, S. H., Turkelboom, F., Van Reeth, W., van Zanten, B. T., Wam, H. K. & Washbourn, C. L., 01.12.2016, In: Ecosystem Services. 22, Part B, p. 213-220 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    A synthesis of convergent reflections, tensions and silences in linking gender and global environmental change research

    Iniesta-Arandia, I., Ravera, F., Buechler, S., Díaz-Reviriego, I., Fernández-Giménez, M. E., Reed, M. G., Thompson-Hall, M., Wilmer, H., Aregu, L., Cohen, P., Djoudi, H., Lawless, S., Martín-López, B., Smucker, T., Villamor, G. B. & Wangui, E. E., 01.12.2016, In: Ambio. 45, Supplement 3, p. 383-393 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    At the Limit: Introducing Energy with Human Senses

    Stinken, L., Carmesin, H.-O. & Heusler, S., 01.12.2016, In: The Physics Teacher. 54, 9, p. 552-555 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

  50. Published

    Contrasting changes in the abundance and diversity of North American bird assemblages from 1971 to 2010

    Schipper, A. M., Belmaker, J., de Miranda, M. D., Navarro, L. M., Böhning-Gaese, K., Costello, M. J., Dornelas, M., Foppen, R., Hortal, J., Huijbregts, M. A. J., Martín-López, B., Pettorelli, N., Queiroz, C., Rossberg, A. G., Santini, L., Schiffers, K., Steinmann, Z. J. N., Visconti, P., Rondinini, C. & Pereira, H. M., 01.12.2016, In: Global Change Biology. 22, 12, p. 3948-3959 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Disentangling Puzzles of Spatial Scales and Participation in Environmental Governance: The Case of Governance Re-scaling Through the European Water Framework Directive

    Newig, J., Schulz, D. & Jager, N. W., 01.12.2016, In: Environmental Management. 58, 6, p. 998 - 1014 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    Effects of biodiversity strengthen over time as ecosystem functioning declines at low and increases at high biodiversity

    Meyer, S. T., Ebeling, A., Eisenhauer, N., Hertzog, L., Hillebrand, H., Milcu, A., Pompe, S., Abbas, M., Bessler, H., Buchmann, N., De Luca, E., Engels, C., Fischer, M., Gleixner, G., Hudewenz, A., Klein, A.-M., de Kroon, H., Leimer, S., Loranger, H., Mommer, L., Oelmann, Y., Ravenek, J. M., Roscher, C., Rottstock, T., Scherber, D. C., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Scheu, S., Schmid, B., Schulze, E.-D., Staudler, A., Strecker, T., Temperton, V. M., Tscharntke, T., Vogel, A., Voigt, W., Weigelt, A., Wilcke, W. & Weisser, W. W., 01.12.2016, In: Ecosphere - An esa open access journal. 7 , 12, 14 p., 1619.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review