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.

  1. Working papers › Research
  2. Published

    Economics of Life Cycle Assessment: Inefficiency of the Present Approach

    Schaltegger, S., 1995, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, 11 p. (WWZ-Discussion Paper; no. 9515).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published

    Ecopreneurship - Konzept und Typologie

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2001, Lüneburg / Luzern: Centre for Sustainability Management, 65 p. (R.I.O Management Forum 2000).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  4. Published

    Educating Change Agents for Sustainability: Learnings from CSM’s MBA in Sustainability Management

    Hesselbarth, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 37 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  5. Published

    Education on the path to sustainability: Proposal of an indicator set to evaluate education for sustainable development

    Di Giulio, A., Ruesch Schweizer, C., Adomßent, M., Blaser, M., Bormann, I., Burandt, S., Fischbach, R., Kaufmann-Hayoz, R., Krikser, T., Künzli David, C., Michelsen, G., Rammel, C. & Streissler, A., 2012, Bern: University of Bern, Interdisciplinary Centre of General Ecology (IKAÖ), 68 p. (Allgemeine Ökologie zur Diskussion gestellt; no. 13).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Ein Ansatz zur Messung der Nachhaltigkeit von Events: Kernziele eines Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements von Events und Indikatoren zur Messung der Nachhaltigkeit

    Wall, A. & Behr, F., 2010, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 41 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Empfehlungen für die marktbezogene Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation großer Reiseveranstalter: Untersucht am Beispiel der Kuoni Reisen AG, Schweiz

    Pieper, E., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 154 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  8. Published

    Empirical Identification of Corporate Environmental Strategies: Their Determinants and Effects for Firms in the United Kingdom and Germany

    Wagner, M., 03.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 55 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  9. Published

    Entwicklung eines Bildungskonzepts für Nachhaltigkeit für Institutionen des Elementarbereichs

    Adomßent, M. & Rieckmann, M., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 48 p. (INFU-DISKUSSIONSBEITRÄGE; no. 26/05).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Entwicklung eines Nachhaltigkeitskommunikationskonzepts für Unternehmen: Modellanwendung am Beispiel T-Mobile Deutschland GmbH

    Lühmann, B., 08.2003, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 135 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Entwicklung und Erprobung des Fernstudienganges "Kommunaler Umweltschutz" (FKU). Abschlussbericht für den Zeitraum von 01.09.1997 bis 31.12.1999.

    Adomßent, M., Lütkemöller, D. & Schwiersch, A., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge; vol. 11).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers