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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Partizipation, Kooperation und nachhaltige Entwicklung: Arbeitsprogramm: Forschung, Lehre, Transfer
Heinrichs, H., Grunenberg, H., Kuhn, K., Petersen, I., Weber, M. & Striegnitz, M., 2006, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; no. 29/06).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Partnerships for Sustainable Business Development: Capacity Buildung in South-East Asia
Viere, T., Herzig, C., Schaltegger, S. & Leung, R., 2006, Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Welford, R., Hills, P. R. & Young, W. (eds.). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, p. 4-15 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Persönlichkeitsbildung und Beschäftigungsfähigkeit: Konzeptionen von General Studies und ihre Umsetzungen
Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2006, Wiesbaden: UniversitätsVerlagWebler. 156 p. (Hochschulwesen, Wissenschaft und Praxis : HSW; vol. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Pleased accountants - happy environmentalists: challenges of environmental management accounting for management information systems and tools
Möller, A. & Viere, T., 2006, Managing environmental knowledge: proceedings of the 20th International Conference "Informatics for Environmental Protection" Graz (Austria) / EnviroInfo 2006. Tochtermann, K. & Scharl, A. (eds.). Aachen: Shaker Verlag, p. 307-312 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Pleistocene pollen records from Schöningen, North Germany
Urban, B., 2006, 150 years of Neanderthal discoveries: Early Europeans - Continuity & Discontinuity. von Koenigswald, W. (ed.). Bonn: GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung, Vol. 2. p. 93 1 p. (Terra nostra; vol. 2/2006).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Praxisorientierte Weiterbildung zu nachhaltiger Regionalentwicklung: Projekterfahrungen aus Lettland und der Slowakei.
Adomßent, M., 2006, Umweltkooperationen in der erweiterten Europäischen Union: 11. Internationale Sommerakademie St. Marienthal. Brickwedde, F. & Witte, U. (eds.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 179-184 6 p. (Initiativen zum Umweltschutz; vol. 66).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Questions actuelles sur le système des täches communes à la Fédération et aux Länder d'après la Loi Fondamentale allemande
Schomerus, T., 2006, Contrats, finances, territoires. Leroy, M. (ed.). Paris: L'Harmattan, p. 163-181 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Region und Bildung. Zukunftsfähige Bildung durch Sachunterricht
Stoltenberg, U., 2006, Bildungswert des Sachunterrichts. Cech, D., Fischer, H.-J., Holl-Giese, W., Knörzer, M. & Schrenk, M. (eds.). Bad Heilbrunn: Klinkhardt, p. 117-132 16 p. (Probleme und Perspektiven des Sachunterrichts; vol. 16).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Repowering von Windanlagen in Deutschland: aktuelle Entwicklungen
Runge, K., 2006, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Bd. 1:. Beck, H.-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. MüllerResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Risk Communication about Global Climate Change in the German Mass Media
Peters, H. P., Heinrichs, H. & Hae-Ryong, S., 2006, In: Journal of ELSI Studies. 4, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research