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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Optimal grazing management rules in semi-arid rangelands with uncertain rainfall
Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 01.2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 27 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Papers Series in Economics; no. 193).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Bush encroachment control and risk management in semi-arid rangelands
Lukomska, N., Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 12.2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 33 p. (University of Lüneburg Working Papers Series in Economics; no. 191).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Pigous Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeitsökonomie
Schröter, M., Groth, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 07.2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 10 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 180).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sustainability economics – general versus specific, and conceptual versus practical
Baumgärtner, S. & Quaas, M. F., 05.2010, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 9 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 169).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Menschenbilder: Der homo sustinens: Studienarbeit
Hetze, K., 2008, Grin Verlag. 24 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung: Perspektive - Public Relations: Studienarbeit
Hetze, K., 2008, Grin Verlag. 23 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Die Bedeutung des Stakeholderdialogs für die Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation von Unternehmen: Veranschaulichung empirischer Befunde unter näherer Betrachtung des Bankensektors
Hetze, K., 2009, Grin Verlag. 126 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research › peer-review
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Climate change as an element of sustainability communication
Newig, J., 2011, Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York: Springer Netherlands, p. 119-128 12 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Anspruch und Wirklichkeit: Befördert Partizipation umweltpolitisch „gute“ Entscheidungen?
Newig, J. & Fritsch, O., 2011, Demokratie und Umweltkrise: Brauchen wir mehr Mitbestimmung?. München: Oekom Verlag, p. 206-211 6 p. (Wissenschaft und Umwelt Interdisziplinär; vol. 14).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The case survey method and applications in political science
Newig, J. & Fritsch, O., 2009, Washington: ASPA - American Political Science Association, 15 p. (APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper.).Research output: Working paper › Working papers