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
Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
Müller, B., Quaas, M., Frank, K. & Baumgärtner, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 22 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 149).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Potentiale und Risiken der Nutzung von Methan aus Methanhydraten als Energieträger
Groth, M., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 20 p. (Working Papers Series in Economics; no. 147).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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REACH and the Role of Stakeholders in its Socio-Economic Analysis
Ingerowski, J. B., Kölsch, D. & Tschochohei, H., 2009, In: Journal of Business Chemistry. 6, 2, p. 69-87 19 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Rechtliche Instrumente zur Verbesserung der Energienutzung
Schomerus, T., 2009, In: Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht. 28, 7, p. 418-423 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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"Recht und billig": abschließende Bemerkungen zur ökonomischen Grundbildung mit Kindern
Bolscho, D., 2009, Kinder erfahren nachhaltiges Wirtschaften: eine Handreichung für die Grundschulpraxis . Hauenschild, K. & Monschaw, B. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 123-126 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Reformbedarf für die Regelungen zur Pflichtenübertragung nach den §§ 16-18 KrW-/AbfG?
Claus, O., Schomerus, T. & Versteyl, L.-A., 2009, In: AbfallR. 8, 6, p. 290-297 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Rekonstruktionen des Erwerbs überfachlicher Schlüsselkompetenzen am Beispiel des Erwerbs von Gestaltungskompetenz beim Lernen mit Neuen Medien
Barth, M., 2009, In: ZQF - Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung. 10, 2, p. 241-262 22 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Remote sensing of bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
Schröter, M., Jakoby, O., Olbrich, R., Eichhorn, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 24 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 131).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Renaturierung und Management von Heiden
Härdtle, W., Aßmann, T., van Diggelen, R. & Oheimb, G., 2009, Renaturierung von Ökosystemen in Mitteleuropa. Zerbe, S., Wiegleb, G. & Fronczek, R. (eds.). Heidelberg: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, p. 317-347 31 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Saproxylic beetles: Their role and diversity in European woodland ecosystems. Proceedings of the 5th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles
Buse, J., Alexander, K. N. A., Ranius, T. & Aßmann, T., 2009, Sofia/Moscow: Pensoft Publishers Ltd. 236 p. (Pensoft Series Faunistica; vol. 89)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research