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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Nachhaltigkeitsmarketing
Petersen, H. & Schock, M., 2015, Nachhaltige Unternehmensentwicklung im Mittelstand: Mit Innovationskraft zukunftsfähig wirtschaften. Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 77-90 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien erfolgreich entwickeln: Grundlagen, Analysen und Gestaltungsoptionen
Heinrichs, H. & Laws, N., 2015, Gütersloh: WBV Bertelsmann Verlag, 214 p.Research output: Working paper › Research communication reports › Research
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Naturschutz, Landnutzung und Geschlechterverhältnisse – theoretische Orientierungen und politische Befunde
Mölders, T., 2015, Nachhaltigkeit anders denken: Veränderungspotenziale durch Geschlechterperspektiven. Katz, C., Heilmann, S., Thiem, A., Moths, K., Koch, L. & Hofmeister, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 159-168 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Neugierig unterwegs mit dem Innovationsverbund nachhaltiger Mittelstand
Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2015, Nachhaltige Unternehmensentwicklung im Mittelstand: Mit Innovationskraft zukunftsfähig wirtschaften. Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 9-13 5 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer
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Öffentliche Beschaffung nachhaltig gestalten
Heinrichs, H. & Sühlsen, K., 2015, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, p. 1-30, 30 p.Research output: Working paper › Research communication reports › Transfer
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Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht
Oberrath, J.-D., Schmidt, A. & Schomerus, T., 2015, 4. ed. Stuttgart: Boorberg-Verlag. 128 p. (Arbeitsbücher Wirtschaftsrecht)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Education
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Politikbarometer Biologische Vielfalt in Deutschland
Heinrichs, H., Laws, N. & Mitlacher, G., 2015, Verantwortung für die Zukunft: Naturschutz im Spannungsfeld gesellschaftlicher Interessen. Bonn: Bundesverband Beruflicher Naturschutz, p. 124-131 8 p. (Jahrbuch für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege; vol. 60).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Power-to-Gas – Ein ‚Business Case for Sustainability’? Untersuchung alternativer Modelle für eine CO2-neutrale Raumwärmeversorgung für Haushaltskunden eines deutschen Energieversorgers
Congdon, M., 2015, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 130 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Prediction of nanoparticle transport behavior from physicochemical properties: Machine learning provides insights to guide the next generation of transport models
Goldberg, E., Scheringer, M., Bucheli, T. D. & Hungerbühler, K., 2015, In: Environmental Sciences: Nano. 2, 4, p. 352-360 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Preise für den nachhaltigen Mehrwert
Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S., 2015, Nachhaltige Unternehmensentwicklung im Mittelstand: Mit Innovationskraft zukunftsfähig wirtschaften. Petersen, H. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 159-177 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer