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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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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Practical critique: Bridging the gap between critical and practice oriented REDD+ research communities’
McGregor, A., Weaver, S., Challies, E., Howson, P., Astuti, R. & Haalboom, B., 01.12.2014, In: Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 55, 3, p. 277-291 15 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science
Caniglia, G., Freeth, R., Lüderitz, C., Leventon, J., West, S. P., John, B., Peukert, D., Lang, D. J., von Wehrden, H., Martín-López, B., Fazey, I., Russo, F., von Wirth, T., Schlüter, M. & Vogel, C., 05.2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 5, p. 493-501 9 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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PragmatiKK: Target Group-specific Approach in a web-based Stress Prevention Platform for Micro and Small Companies
Engels, M., Boß, L., Engels, J., Kuhlmann, R., Kuske, J., Lesener, L., Pavlista, V., Scheepers, L., Schmidt-Stiedenroth, K., Schwens, C., Wulf, I. C. & Dragano, N., 01.08.2022, In: Gesundheitswesen. 84, 08/09, p. 862-862 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Pragmatism and new Directions in Social and Environmental Accountability Research
Baker, M. & Schaltegger, S., 16.02.2015, In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal. 28, 2, p. 263-294 32 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Pragmatism, Truth and Social Accounting Research
Baker, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, APIRA KOBE 2013: The Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, July 26-28, Kobe International Conference Center, abstracts. Kokubu, K., Sawabe, N. & Sakaue, M. (eds.). Kobe University, p. 115 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Präventive Diagnostik für Kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen auf Basis Probabilistischer und Beschreibungslogischer Verfahren
Weiss, C., Busch, B. H., Welge, R. & Bette, M., 2010, INFORMATIK 2010 - Service Science - Neue Perspektiven fur die Informatik, Beitrage der 40. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI). Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Vol. 1. p. 51-56 6 p. (INFORMATIK 2010 - Service Science - Neue Perspektiven fur die Informatik, Beitrage der 40. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft fur Informatik e.V. (GI); vol. 1).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Praxis essen Wissenschaft auf? Von den Gefahren des Gelingens einer transdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit
Nemnich, C. & Fischer, D., 2016, Transdisziplinär forschen - zwischen Ideal und gelebter Praxis: Hotspots, Geschichten, Wirkungen. Defila, R. & Di Giulio, A. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Campus Verlag, p. 145-187 43 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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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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Praxis-Wörterbuch Umwelt, Naturschutz, Nachhaltigkeit: Deutsch-Englisch
Schreiner, J. & Hutter, C.-P., 2008, 2. ed. Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. 729 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research