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.
- 2015
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Herkunftsnachweise und verpflichtende Direktvermarktung: Die Zeit ist reif für eine differenzierte Grünstromkennzeichnung
Meister, M., Kott, T. & Obbelode, F., 2015, In: Fachzeitschrift für Energierecht. 03, p. 105-110 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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'Homestory Deutschland' Schwarze Biografien in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Empowerment im Klassenraum (der Grundschule)
Golly, N., 2015, Wie Rassismus aus Schulbüchern spricht : Kritische Auseinandersetzung mit »Afrika«-Bildern und Schwarz-Weiß-Konstruktionen in der Schule – Ursachen, Auswirkungen und Handlungsansätze für die pädagogische Praxis. Marmer, E. & Sow, P. (eds.). Weinheim: Julius Beltz Verlag, p. 241-254 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Hydrologische Auswirkungen des Klimawandels: Fallbeispiel Wasserbauliche Maßnahmen zur Sicherung des ökologisch notwendigen Mindestabflusses kleiner Fließgewässer.
Reusch, H., Heuer-Jungemann, H. & Urban, B., 2015, Klimaanpassung in der Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung: Ansätze, Instrumente, Maßnahmen und Beispiele. Knieling, J. & Müller, B. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, Vol. 7. p. 355-376 22 p. (Klimawandel in Regionen zukunftsfähig gestalten; vol. 7).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Hydrology and flood probability of the monsoon-dominated Chindwin River in northern Myanmar
Latt, Z. Z. & Wittenberg, H., 2015, In: Journal of Water and Climate Change. 6, 1, p. 144-160 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Hygieneanforderungen für handwerklich strukturierte Schlachtbetriebe
Schäffler, A. & Schomerus, C.-T., 2015, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 110 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; vol. 29)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Hygienerecht in Landschlachtereien: Anforderungen an kleine handwerklich strukturierte Betriebe
Schäffler, A. & Petersen, H., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 28 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Transfer
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‚Ich sehe was, was Du nicht siehst‘: Potenziale einer feministisch-postkolonialen Perspektive für den genderorientierten Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs
Koch, L. M. & Roth, S., 2015, Nachhaltigkeit anders denken: Veränderungspotenziale durch Geschlechterperspektiven. Katz, C., Heilmann, S., Thiem, A., Moths, K., Koch, L. & Hofmeister, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 43-60 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Identitäten und Identifizierungen: Geschlechter- und Sexualitätenarrangements als Gegenstand der politischen Bildung
Offen, S., 2015, Identität(en) aus Sicht der Politischen Bildung. Fischer, C., Gerhard, U., Partetzke, M. & Schmitt, S. (eds.). 1 ed. Schwalbach am Taunus: Wochenschau-Verlag, p. 67-81 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education: Learning in an Age of Transformation
Barth, M., 2015, London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 220 p. (Routledge studies in sustainable development)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education › peer-review
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In Memoriam; Zum Tode von Hans Primas, 1928 bis 2014: Mut zur Ganzheit: Wie ist Naturverständnis möglich ohne Naturbeherrschung?
Scheringer, M. & Jaeger, J., 2015, In: GAIA. 24, 1, p. 7 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review