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
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    Risk preferences under heterogeneous environmental risk

    Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F., Haensler, A. & Baumgärtner, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 208).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Seven Building Blocks for an Intergenerationally Just Democracy

    Rose, M. & Hoffmann, J. M., 2020, Stuttgart: Foundation for the Rights of Future Generations, 29 p. (FREG Position Paper)(SSRN eLibrary).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Sharing Economy: Towards a New Culture of Consumption?

    Heinrichs, H. & Grunenberg, H., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 21 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Sharing Economy - Auf dem Weg in eine neue Konsumkultur?

    Heinrichs, H. & Grunenberg, H., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 29 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Sozial orientiertes Informationsmanagement: Diskussionspapier zum Sozialmanagement

    Dubielzig, F., 2006, Winterthur: Institut für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - INE, 85 p. (INE-Reihe: Beiträge zur nachhaltigen Entwicklung; no. 3/2006).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Stakeholder und Unternehmensrisiko: Eine stakeholderbasierte Herleitung des Unternehmensrisikos

    Figge, F., 12.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 30 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Stakeholder Value Matrix: die Verbindung zwischen Shareholder Value und Stakeholder Value

    Figge, F., 05.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 17 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

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    Standortwettbewerb, institutioneller Wandel und private Kommunen

    Schaltegger, S., 1997, Basel: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum (WWZ) der Universität Basel, p. 1-14, 14 p. (WWZ-Discussion Paper; no. 9709).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers