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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Von KITA21 lernen. Gelingensbedingungen für die Implementation von Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung im Elementarbereich
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. 123-160 38 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Von Lebensträumen und prekären Verhältnissen... Politische Jugendbildung für junge Männer zu Berufsorientierung und Lebensplanung
Offen, S. & Schmidt, J., 2007, In: Praxis politische Bildung. 11, 4, p. 262-268 7 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Von Liebhaberei und wirtschaftlichem Nutzen: Wie in der Flusslandschaft Elbe Agrobiodiversität erhalten wird
Burandt, A., 02.2017, Politiken der Naturgestaltung: Ländliche Entwicklung und Agro-Gentechnik zwischen Kritik und Vision. Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 71-92 22 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Von sozialer Verantwortung zu unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit: Bedeutung und Ausgestaltung von „Business Cases for Sustainability“
Schaltegger, S. & Lüdeke-Freund, F., 2013, Sustainability Management: Nachhaltige und Stakeholder-orientierte Wertsteigerung . Keuper, F. & Neumann, F. (eds.). Berlin: Logos Verlag, p. 51-68 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Vorbereitung zur Wiederverwendung: Regelung und Regelungsbedarf - Umsetzungs- und Erfolgsaussichten
Guerra González, J., 02.2013, Lüneburg: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 42 p. (Leuphana Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit & Recht; no. 3).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Vorkommen von heterocyclischen PAK in niedersächsischen Fließgewässern
Siemers, A.-K., Mänz, J. S., Palm, W.-U., Steffen, D. & Ruck, W., 2011, In: Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Umweltchemie und Ökotoxikologie. 17, 4, p. 82-85 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Vorne dran bleiben! das Sustainability Leadership Forum im 7. Jahr
Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2010, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 2, p. 84-85 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Vorschläge für einen klimagerechten Ausbau der Photovoltaik und Windenergie
Bett, A., Erlach, B., Gölz, S., Gutnik, M., Hentschel, A., Hirschl, B., Hübner, G., Kienzlen, V., Matthies, E., Müller, F. J. Y., Münch, W., O'Sullivan, M., Rech, B., Reusswig, F. W., Schöbel-Rutschman, S., Schomerus, T. & Stryi-Hipp, G., 2021, München: acatech - Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften e.V., 5 p. (Impuls; vol. November 2021).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Vorsorgendes Hochwassermanagement im Wandel: ein sozial-ökologisches Raumkonzept für den Umgang mit Hochwasser
Kruse, S., 01.01.2010, 1 ed. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 261 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Vorsorgendes Wirtschaften
Biesecker, A. & Gottschlich, D., 2012, ABC der Alternativen 2.0: Von Alltagskultur bis Zivilgesellschaft. Brand, U., Lösch, B., Opratko, B. & Thimmel, S. (eds.). Hamburg: VSA-Verlag, p. 320-322 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer