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.
- 2009
- Published
Die New Governance-Ansätze in der Europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik am Beispiel der Energiepolitik
Sanden, J., 2009, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 465 p. (Wissenschaftliche Beiträge aus dem Tectum Verlag: Politikwissenschaften; vol. 18)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
- Published
Die Operationalisierung nachhaltiger Strategiepfade für die deutsche Energieversorgung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der erneuerbaren Energien
Unger, G., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 136 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Die Pflicht zur Information der Öffentlichkeit nach § 39 KrW-/AbfG - eine überflüssige Norm?
Schomerus, T., 2009, In: AbfallR. 8, 5, p. 223-228 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Prinzipien des Umweltgesetzbuchs: eine kritische Betrachtung aus rechtstheoretischer Sicht
Sanden, J., 2009, In: ZUR - Zeitschrift für Umweltrecht. 1, p. 3-9 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die "Sustainable University" als informeller Lernkontext
Adomßent, M., Michelsen, G., Rieckmann, M. & Stoltenberg, U., 2009, Informelles Lernen und Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Beiträge aus Theorie und Praxis . Brodowski, M., Devers-Kanoglu, U., Overwien, B., Rohs, M., Salinger, S. & Walser, M. (eds.). Opladen [u.a.]: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 247-254 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Weiterbildung zum "Zertifikat Waldpädagogik" in Sachsen-Anhalt 2007 - 2008: Eine qualitative Auswertung auf der Basis von Telefoninterviews mit Teilnehmenden
Mayer, M., Katz, C., Freund, E. K. & Roth, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 46 p. (Werkstattberichte Umweltstrategien).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Die Zinnoberrote Röhrenspinne Eresus cinnaberinus im Raum Lüneburger Heide – alte Funde und neue Nachweise
Aßmann, T. & Krause, R.-H., 2009, In: Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851. 44, p. 71-76 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
- Published
Diversion
Plewig, H.-J., 2009, In: Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe. 20, 4, p. 276 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
- Published
Drei Gesetze - ein Anspruch: das Recht auf Informationszugang nach IFG, UIG und VIG
Schomerus, T., 2009, Internationales Symposium Informationsfreiheit und Datenschutz, Zugang zu Umweltinformationen - Informationsfreiheit für den Umweltschutz?. p. 49-79 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Durchströmte Reinigungswände zur in situ-Behandlung von kontaminierten Grundwässern - Aufgaben, Ziele und Ergebnisse des BMBF -Förderschwerpunktes "RUBIN" 2000-2010
Viegelahn, L., Burmeier, H., Mänz, J. S., Schlanges, I., Palm, W.-U., Ruck, W., Birke, V. & Schütt, C., 2009, Altlasten 2009: 10 Jahre BBodSchV in Deutschland ; Auswirkungen auf die Altlastenbewertung ; Spannungsfeld zwischen Gefahrenabwehr, Verhältnismäßigkeit und Investorenziel Altlastenfreiheit. Eggloffstein, T. & Burkhardt, G. (eds.). Karlsruhe: ICP-Eigenverlag Bauen und Umwelt, p. 111-118 8 p. (ICP-Eigenverlag Bauen und Umwelt; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research