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.
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Complementarity, impatience, and the resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies
Quaas, M. F., van Soest, D. & Baumgärtner, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 220).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Computer Support for Cooperative Sustainability Communication
Möller, A., 2011, Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, Vol. 1. p. 171-185 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Controlling im Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement: Unterstützung betrieblicher Entscheidungen
Jänicke, N. T., 2011, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 274 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Herzig, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2011, Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Crosscutting Issues and Conservation Strategies
DellaSala, D. A., Alaback, P., Craighead, L., Krestov, P., Moola, F., Nakamura, Y., Nauman, R. S., Noss, R. F., Ronneberg, K., Spribille, T., Tecklin, D., von Wehrden, H., Goward, T., Holien, H., Kirkpatrick, J. & Paquet, P., 2011, Temperate and boreal rainforests of the world: ecology and conservation. DellaSala, D. A. (ed.). Washington: Island Press, p. 243-259 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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CSR und gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung
Beckmann, M., 2011, Was ist Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ?. München: Roman Herzog Institut , p. 16-20 5 p. (Diskussion; no. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Defined mechanochemical reductive dechlorination of 1,3,5-trichlorobenzene at room temperature in a ball mill
Birke, V., Schütt, C., Burmeier, H. & Ruck, W. K. L., 2011, In: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 20, 10a, p. 2794-2805 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Demirovic, Alex, Julia Dück, Florian Becker u. Pauline Bader (Hg.), VielfachKrise im finanzmarktdominierten Kapitalismus, 2011
Friedrich, B., 2011, In: Das Argument. 53, 4, p. 621-623 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Research
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Der Kompass "Nachhaltiger Konsum"
Fischer, D., 2011, Bildungsinstitutionen und nachhaltiger Konsum (Handreichung): Nachhaltigen Konsum fördern und Schulen verändern. Michelsen, G. & Nemnich, C. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Der Nachhaltigkeitsprozess der Universität Graz - analysiert durch das Grazer Modell für Integrative Entwicklung
Mader, C., Mader, M. & Diethart, M., 2011, Nachhaltigkeit - Regionalentwicklung - Tourismus: Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von Friedrich M. Zimmermann. Zimmermann, F. (ed.). Graz: Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung, p. 63 - 69 7 p. (Grazer Schriften der Geographie und Raumforschung; vol. 46).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Energiewende als transdisziplinäre Herausforderung
Heinrichs, H., Fischedick, M., Lechtenböhmer, S., Newig, J., Roßnagel, A., Ruck, W., Schomerus, T. & Thomas, S., 2011, In: GAIA. 20, 3, p. 202 - 204 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Transfer
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Die Kategorie Geschlecht in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Eine andere Perspektive auf nachhaltige Entwicklung
Hofmeister, S. & van Riesen, K., 2011, Vielfalt und Geschlecht - relevante Kategorien in der Wissenschaft. Jansen-Schulz, B. & Ardner, R. (eds.). Opladen, Farmingtin Hills: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die Stilllegung von Industrieanlagen in Umsetzung von Art. 22 der Richtlinie 2010/75/EU über Industrieemissionen
Sanden, J., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Immissionsschutzrecht und Emissionshandel (I+E). 5, p. 232-242 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Die Sustainability Balanced Scorecard als Integrationsrahmen für BUIS
Möller, A. & Schaltegger, S., 2011, Integriertes Umweltcontrolling: Von der Stoffstromanalyse zum Bewertungs- und Informationssystem. Tschandl, M. & Posch, A. (eds.). 2. ed. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, p. 293-317 25 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Die UN-Dekade "Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung" als Plattform für das Thema biologische Vielfalt. Empirische Daten und Erfolgsfaktoren
Adomßent, M., Stoltenberg, U. & Bittner, A., 2011, Frischer Wind und weite Horizonte: 30. Deutscher Naturschutztag 2010, DNT. Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz, p. 28-41 14 p. (Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege; vol. 58,3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Die Vielfalt des Lebens gestalten. Nachruf auf die Ökonomin Christiane Busch-Lüty
Hofmeister, S., von Winterfeld , U. & Biesecker, A., 2011, In: Politische Ökologie. 124, Post-Oil City, p. 142-143 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Does gender matter in gaining advantage in scientific fields of sustainability in Germany? A bibliographical approach
Katz, C. & Thiem, A., 2011, World Wide Women: Globalizzazione, Generi, Linguaggi ; Selected Papers. Calvo, A., Fornengo, G., Raus, R. & Zucco, F. (eds.). CIRSDe – Centro Interdisciplinare di Ricerche e Studi delle Donne, Vol. 1. p. 135-143 (World Wide Women: Globalizzazione, Generi, Linguaggi; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Editorial:Computer- und Internetgebrauch bei Kindern
von Salisch, M., 2011, In: Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie. 60, 9, p. 715-718 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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Educational Organisations as »Cultures of Consumption«: Cultural Contexts of Consumer Learning in Schools
Fischer, D., 2011, In: European Educational Research Journal. 10, 4, p. 595-610 16 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Education and Communication as Prerequisites for and Components of Sustainable Development. Reflections for Policies, Conceptual Work, and Theory, Based on Previous Practises
Stoltenberg, U. & Holz, V., 2011, Sustainable Development – Relationships to Culture, Knowledge and Ethics. Parodi, O., Ayestaran, I. & Banse, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, p. 187-200 13 p. (Karlsruher Studien Technik und Kultur; no. 3).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Effects of an Educational Scenario Exercise on Participants' Competencies of Systemic Thinking
Burandt, S., 2011, In: Journal of Social Science. 7, 1, p. 51-62 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Einem guten Beispiel auf der Spur
Stoltenberg, U. & Thielebein-Pohl, R., 2011, KITA21 – Die Zukunftsgestalter. Mit Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung Gegenwart und Zukunft gestalten. Stoltenberg, U. & Thielebein-Pohl, R. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 9-12 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Einleitung: Nachhaltige Gesellschaft – Gestaltung durch Partizipation und Kooperation?
Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J., 2011, Nachhaltige Gesellschaft : Welche Rolle für Partizipation und Kooperation?. Heinrichs, H., Kuhn, K. & Newig, J. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 11-14 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Ein neuer Blick auf Kitas
Stoltenberg, U., 2011, KITA21 – Die Zukunftsgestalter. Mit Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung Gegenwart und Zukunft gestalten. Stoltenberg, U. & Thielebein-Pohl, R. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 13-20 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Emotional Human-Machine Interaction: Cues from Facial Expressions
Tews, T.-K., Oehl, M., Siebert, F., Höger, R. & Faasch, H., 2011, Human Interface and the Management of Information: Interacting with Information: Symposium on Human Interface 2011, Held as a Part of HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-14, 2011, Proceedings, Part I. Smith, M. J. & Salvendy, G. (eds.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 641-650 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6771 LNCS, no. PART 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Emotional Human-Machine Interaction: Cues from Facial Expressions
Tews, T.-K., Oehl, M., Siebert, F. W., Höger, R. & Faasch, H., 2011, Human interface and the managment of information: Interacting with Information - Symposium on Human Interface 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Proceedings. Smith, M. J. & Salvendy, G. (eds.). Springer Verlag, Vol. 1. p. 641-650 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 6771 LNCS, no. PART 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Entwicklung eines praxisreifen Verfahrens zur Entwässerung von stark wasserhaltigen Biomassen aus der Landwirtschaft: Projektbericht, DBU FKZ 23758
Lüdeke-Freund, F., Müller, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Environmental Management Accounting: A Bibliometric Literature Review
Schaltegger, S., Gibassier, D. & Zvezdov, D., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 36 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Environmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management
Burritt, R. (Editor), Schaltegger, S. (Editor), Bennett, M. (Editor), Pohjola, T. (Editor) & Csutora, M. (Editor), 2011, 1 ed. Dordrecht: Springer Verlag. 376 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; no. 27)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Ethics Education: Unternehmens- und Wirtschaftsethik in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Ausbildung
Haase, M. (Editor), Mirkovic, S. (Editor) & Schuhmann, O. J. (Editor), 2011, München & Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag. 184 p. (sfwu-Schriftenreihe für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik; vol. 22)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Exploring the Corporate Practice of Sustainability Accounting
Bennett, M., Schaltegger, S. & Zvezdov, D., 2011, Accounting for Climate Change: What and How to Measure. Csutora, M. & Kerekes, S. (eds.). Budapest: Corvinus University of Budapest, p. 94-100 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Fälle unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit: Lerninstrumente für Forschung, Lehre und Praxis
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 20 p. (CSM-Newsletter; vol. 1/2011)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Flood risk management via collaborative modelling
Cortes, J., Almoradie, A., Jonoski, A., van Andel, S. J., Evers, M., Langue, L., Dinkneh, A., Maksimović, C., Ochoa, S., Simões, N., Wang, L., Osmani, S. & Makropoulos, C., 2011, Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011. Savic, D., Kapelan, Z. & Buttler, D. (eds.). Exeter: Centre for Water Systems, Vol. Volume 1. 6 p. (Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011; vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Fördert die Ganztagsschule die Entwicklung sozialer und emotionaler Kompetenzen bei Jugendlichen?
Kanevski, R. & von Salisch, M., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. 14, Supplement 3, p. 237-259 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Framework, Drivers and Information Needs for Creating Business Cases for Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., 2011, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Natur: Ansätze zu einem zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaften : Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Eberhard K. Seifert. Pinter, D. & Schubert, U. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 437-451 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Frauen gestalten öffentliche Räume im Ländlichen
Thiem, A., 2011, In: Ländlicher Raum. 4, p. 40-42 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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From Knowledge to Application: Dissemination of Sustainability Management Tools in Large German Companies
Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Herzig, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 32 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Future Challenges of Higher Education in the Context of Sustainable Development from a European Point of View
Michelsen, G., 2011, Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Barth, M., Rieckmann, M. & Sanusi, Z. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 59-76 18 p. (Higher Education for Sustainability; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ganzheitliche Schulansätze zur Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum: Holistyczne programy edukacyjne o tematyce zwównowa´zona konsumpcja
Fischer, D., 2011, Nachhaltiger Konsum? Die Entwicklung des Verbraucherverhaltens in Polen und Deutschland: Zrównoważona konsumpcja? Rozwój zachowań konsumentów w Polsce i Niemczech. Wachowiak, M., Kiełczewski, D. & Diefenbacher, H. (eds.). Heidelberg: Fest, p. 434-465 31 p. (Texte und Materialien, Reihe A; vol. 54).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Gender Curricula für Bachelor und Master: Umweltwissenschaften: weiter relevant für: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften
Hofmeister, S. & Thiem, A., 2011Research output: other publications › Contributions to online encyclopedia › Transfer
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Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net
Leistert, O. (Editor) & Röhle, T. (Editor), 2011, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 283 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Transfer
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Geschäftsmodelle und Erfolgsfaktoren von deutschen Bioenergiedörfern: Eine empirische Untersuchung
Welz, J., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 152 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Gesellschaftliche Natur- und Geschlechterverhältnisse: Die Ansätze von Adelheid Biesecker/Sabine Hofmeister und Frigga Haug
Friedrich, B., 2011, In: Das Argument. 53, 3, p. 413-420 8 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Globales Lernen und Konsum
Rieckmann, M. (Editor) & Schößwender, B. (Editor), 2011, Münster: Waxmann Verlag. 36 p. (Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik; vol. 34, no. 4)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Good-Practice-Sammlung: Anregungen und Ideen zur Förderung nachhaltigen Konsums
Fischer, D. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Nemnich, C. (Editor) & Freund, E. K. (Contributor), 2011, Bildungsinstitutionen und nachhaltiger Konsum (Handreichung): Nachhaltigen Konsum fördern und Schulen verändern. Michelsen, G. & Nemnich, C. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, 48 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Grundkonzeption eines produktbezogenen Top-Runner Modells auf der EU-Ebene: Umweltforschungsplan des Bundesministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit : Forschungskennzahl 363 01 233 UBA-FB 001502
Jepsen, D., Reintjes, N., Rubik, F., Stecker, R., Engel, F., Eisenhauer, P., Schomerus, T. & Spengler, L., 2011, Dessau-Roßlau: Umweltbundesamt, 155 p. (Texte; vol. 2011, no. 36).Research output: Working paper › Expert opinions
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Grüner Umbau: Neue Allianzen für die Umwelt
Altner, G. (Editor), Leitschuh, H. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Simonis, U. E. (Editor) & Weizsäcker, E. U. V. (Editor), 2011, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 246 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie; vol. 2012)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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"Gute Kinder schlechter Eltern": Familienleben, Jugendfürsorge und Sorgerechtsentzug in Hamburg, 1884 - 1914
Richter, J., 2011, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 666 p. (VS Research)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Herausforderungen einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung im Spannungsfeld von Alltagstauglichkeit, strukturellen Bedingungen und dem Transfer konzeptueller Komplexität
Holz, V. & Stoltenberg, U., 2011, Nachhaltige Entwicklung – transnational. Sichten und Erfahrungen aus Mitteleuropa. Banse, G., Janikowski, R. & Kiepas, A. (eds.). Berlin: edition sigma, p. 179-195 17 p. (Global zukunftsfähige Entwicklung – Nachhaltigkeitsforschung in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft; vol. 16, no. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Barth, M. (Editor), Rieckmann, M. (Editor) & Sanusi, Z. A. (Editor), 2011, Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften. 180 p. (Higher Education for Sustainability; vol. 5)Research output: Books and anthologies › Conference proceedings › Research