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. 2021
  2. Published

    Following Health Measures in the Pandemic: A Matter of Values?

    Schuster, C., 14.09.2021, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 12, 17 p., 731799.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Learning to collaborate from diverse interactions in project-based sustainability courses

    Konrad, T., Wiek, A. & Barth, M., 02.09.2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 17, 15 p., 9884.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Actors in transitions: narratives of roles and change in the German e-mobility transition

    Upham, P. & Gathen, L., 01.09.2021, In: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 40, p. 450-460 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Added value of convection-permitting simulations for understanding future urban humidity extremes: case studies for Berlin and its surroundings

    Langendijk, G. S., Rechid, D., Sieck, K. & Jacob, D., 01.09.2021, In: Weather and Climate Extremes. 33, 14 p., 100367.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    “Beyond nature and culture: relational perspectives on the Wadden Sea landscape”

    Döring, M., Walsh, C. & Egberts, L., 01.09.2021, In: Maritime Studies. 20, 3, p. 225-234 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  7. Published

    Biophysical variability and politico-economic singularity: Responses of livestock numbers in South Mongolian nomadic pastoralism

    Engler, J. O., Wesche, K., Kaczensky, P., Dhakal, P., Chuluunkhuyag, O. & von Wehrden, H., 01.09.2021, In: Ecological Economics. 187, 13 p., 107073.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Collaborative design prototyping in transdisciplinary research: An approach to heterogeneity and unknowns

    Peukert, D. & Vilsmaier, U., 01.09.2021, In: Futures. 132, 10 p., 102808.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published
  10. Published

    Diversity matters: the influence of gender diversity on the environmental orientation of entrepreneurial ventures

    Tenner, I. & Hörisch, J., 01.09.2021, In: Journal of Business Economics. 91, 7, p. 1005-1023 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Learning spaces in multi-stakeholder initiatives: The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles as a platform for dialogue and learning?

    Beyers, F. & Leventon, J., 01.09.2021, In: Earth System Governance. 9, 13 p., 100113.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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Publications

  1. Toward Holistic Stakeholder Engagement
  2. Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Hochschulen : eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg
  3. Datenbasierte Entscheidungsfindung trifft Digitalisierung - Einblicke in die prozesshafte unterrichtliche Nutzung digitaler Lerndaten durch Grundschullehrkräfte
  4. Methode zur Erzeugung von diskontinuierlichen Profilquerschnitten durch eine Kombination aus dem Umformverfahren Strangpressen und dem Urformverfahren Kunststoffextrusion
  5. § 286 bis § 292 BGB Verzug des Schuldners
  6. Verbundvorteile für den Börsengang der Deutschen Bahn ausreichend berücksichtigt?
  7. Zum Erkenntnispotenzial von künstlichen Bildsystemen
  8. Entrance fees as a subjective barrier to visiting museums
  9. Ludwig Adolf Petri (1803-1873)
  10. § 32 Solare Strahlungsenergie
  11. Wirkung von Lehrerfortbildungen auf Expertise von Lehrkräften zu formativem Assessment im kompetenzorientierten Mathematikunterricht
  12. Lehrergesundheit als kollegiale Aufgabe
  13. Variation in wood density across South American tropical forests
  14. Green chemistry and the leisure industry
  15. Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How they all connect
  16. Bildungspersonal in der beruflichen Integrationsförderung: Forschungsfragen und -desiderata
  17. Not without music business. The higher education of musicians and music industry workers in Germany
  18. Das Recht auf Zugang zu Informationen und auf ihre Verwertung nach der europäischen REACH-Verordnung
  19. Zum Verhältnisbegriff im Mathematikunterricht
  20. Gender wage discrimination
  21. Environmental governance
  22. Liebe in Zeiten pädagogischer Professionalisierung
  23. Interessenpolitisch orientiertes Umweltmanagement