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. 2006
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    Field trips in environmental education

    Storksdieck, M., 2006, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 194 p. (Umweltkommunikation; vol. 3)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  3. Published

    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. (Editor), Horst, K. (Editor) & Prüter, J. (Editor), 2006, Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V. 173 p. (Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesConference proceedingsResearch

  4. Published

    Flusslandschaft Elbe zwischen Hitzacker und Gartow

    Härdtle, W. & Aßmann, T., 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. Hassenstein, U. & Härdtle, W. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 79-82 4 p. (Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).

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

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    Flusslandschaft Elbe zwischen Radegast und Dömitz

    Dengler, J., Fischer, P. & 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. 69-78 10 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).

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

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  7. Published

    Für den Naturschutz? - eine carabidologische Langzeituntersuchung im Hofgehölz Möhr

    Drees, C., Aßmann, T., Matern, A. & Günther, J., 2006, 25 Jahre Naturschutzakademie - Zukunft durch Naturschutz. Strohschneider, R. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 37-39 3 p. (Mitteilungen aus der Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz; no. 1/2006).

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

  8. Published

    Gender als Qualitätsmerkmal in der Organisation von Natur- und Umweltschutzverbänden

    Thiem, A., Fischer, K., Grüning, J., Katz, C. & Mayer, M., 2006, Bonn: Deutscher Naturschutzring , 16 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsTransfer

  9. Published

    Gender Issues im Internationalen Studiengang "Integrated Water Resources Management"

    Evers, M., 2006, Hochschuldidaktik und Fachkulturen: Gender als didaktisches Prinzip. Dudeck, A. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: UniversitätsVerlagWebler, p. 119-132 14 p. ( Gestaltung motivierender Lehre in Hochschulen; vol. 5).

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

  10. Published

    Gender Mainstreaming im Natur- und Umweltschutz: Geschlechteraspekte einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung

    Mölders, T., Thiem, A. & Katz, C., 2006, In: Wechselwirkung. 28, 135, p. 53-59 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    General studies an der Universität Lüneburg: Förderung der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit und Persönlichkeitsbildung

    Michelsen, G., 2006, Hochschuldidaktik und Fachkulturen: Gender als didaktisches Prinzip. Dudeck, A. & Jansen-Schulz, B. (eds.). Bielefeld: UniversitätsVerlagWebler, p. 91-103 13 p.

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