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.
- 2006
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Die Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen: ein (re)produktionstheoretischer Beitrag zur sozial-ökologischen Forschung
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2006, München: oekom verlag GmbH. 199 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Die wichtigsten Waldgesellschaften in der Lüneburger Heide und im Wendland (Laubmischwälder grundwasserferner Standorte, Kiefernwälder, Bruchwälder, Hartholzauen)
Heinken, T., Mast, R. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 127-158 32 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Ecopreneurship and Competitive Strategies: Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability
Petersen, H., 2006, Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance. Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 398-411 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ein neuer Blick auf Inhalte der Grundschule – insbesondere des Sachunterrichts
Stoltenberg, U., 2006, Zukunft gestalten lernen - (k)ein Thema für die Grundschule. Plesse, M. (ed.). Berlin: BLK-Programm Transfer-21, p. 71-74 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Energieversorgungsunternehmen: informationspflichtige Stellen nach dem Umweltinformationsrecht?
Schomerus, T., 2006, In: Zeitschrift für neues Energierecht. 10, 3, p. 223-229 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Entscheidungsdefekte als Barrieren bei der Umsetzung von Nachhaltigkeitsinnovationen
Gerlach, A., 2006, Innovationen für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. Pfriem, R., Antes, R., Fichter, K., Müller, M., Paech, N., Seuring, S. & Siebenhüner, B. (eds.). Gabler Verlag, p. 201-214 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Entwicklung einer Kennartenliste für die ergebnisorientierte Honorierung im Grünland Nordwestdeutschlands
Bathke, M., Brahms, E., Diekmann, M., Garve, E., Gehlken, B., Hertwig, R., Horr, C., Isselstein, J., Keienburg, T., Kleine-Limberg, W., Klimek, S., Most, A., Prüter, J., Richter, A., Schreiner, J., Steinmann, H.-H., Wicke, G., Wittig, B. & Zacharias, D., 2006, Entwicklung und Erprobung von Methoden für die ergebnisorientierte Honorierung ökologischer Leistungen im Grünland Nordwestdeutschlands. Keienburg, T., Most, A. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 20-30 11 p. (NNA-Berichte; vol. 19, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Entwicklung und Curriculum: Grundlagen einer Sequenzierung von Lehr-/Lernzielen im Bereich des (literarischen) Lesens
Garbe, C., Holle, K. & Salisch, M., 2006, Empirische Unterrichtsforschung in der Literatur- und Lesedidaktik: Ein Weiterbildungsprogramm . Groeben, N. & Hurrelmann, B. (eds.). Weinheim [u.a.]: Juventa Verlag, p. 115-155 41 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Environmental assessment in Tsunami-affected Andaman Islands, INDIA
Purvaja, R., Ramesh, R. & Urban, B., 2006, Shaping the earth's surface: dynamics and changing environments: International Conference 2006 and 96th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung E.V., September 25-29, 2006, Postdam, Germany : Programme and Abstracts. Safaricz, M. (ed.). Berlin: GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, p. 82 1 p. (Terra Nostra: Schriften der GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung; no. 03/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Faszination Programmierung: Freude mit Graphik und vielfältigen Konstrukten
Bonin, H. E. G., 2006, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 234 p. (Final).Research output: Working paper › Working papers