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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Permanente Temporarität - Brachflächennutzung als Potenzial für den öffentlichen Stadtraum
Schophaus, M. & Kruse, S., 2003, In: Umweltpsychologie. 7, 1, p. 6-22 17 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Permeable reactive barriers for manufactured gas plants and related sites: Performances achieved and outlook
Birke, V., Burmeier, H., Niederbacher, P., Jefferis, S., Gaboriau, H., Touzé, S. & Chartier, R., 04.2006, In: Land Contamination and Reclamation. 14, 2, p. 634 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs) for Ground Water Remediation at Contaminated Former Manufactured Gasworks Plants (MGPs) and Related Sites: Design Features, Performances achieved, and Outlook
Burmeier, H., Schlanges, I., Palm, W.-U., Ruck, W., Birke, V. & Schütt, C., 2008, Gasworks Europe : edevelopment, site management and contaminant issues of former MGP's and other tar oil polluted sites (proceedings of MGP 2008 conference). Werner, P., Bilitewski, B. & Hüsers, N. (eds.). Forum für Abfallwirtschaft und Altlasten, p. 123 1 p. (Beiträge zu Abfallwirtschaft, Altlasten; vol. 56).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Permeable reactive barrier technologies for groundwater remediation in Germany: Recent progress and new developments
Burmeier, H., Rosenau, D. & Birke, V., 2003, In: Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. 12, 6, p. 623-628 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Persistente organische Schadstoffe in Flusssedimenten Norddeutschlands: Verteilung polyaromatischer Kohlenwasserstoffe (PAK), polychlorierter Biphenyle (PCB) und organochlorierter Pestizide auf die Korngrößenfraktionen
Opel, O., 2008, Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller. 132 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Personalmanagement arbeitsmarktpolitischer Dienstleister: ein Lösungsvorschlag in der Balance marktwirtschaftlicher Anforderung und sozialer Verantwortung
Saathoff, A., Sturm, N. & Walther, K., 2004, Lüneburg: Zentrum für Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Lüneburg, 241 p. (ZAG-Forschungs- und -Arbeitsberichte ).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Personal norms of sustainability and farm management behavior
Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 06.08.2014, In: Sustainability. 6, 8, p. 4990-5017 28 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Personal norms of sustainability and their impact on management – The case of rangeland management in semi-arid regions
Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 41 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 209).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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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Perspectivas urbano-rurales sobre la circulación de dos frutos silvestres del Bosque Altoandino en sistemas agroalimentarios de Bogotá, Colombia
Ortiz-Przychodzka, S., Consuegra, C., van der Hammen, M. C. & Pérez, D., 13.04.2021, In: Revista Etnobiología. 19, 1, p. 81-95 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review