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. 2011
  2. Published

    Fördert die Ganztagsschule die Entwicklung sozialer und emotionaler Kompetenzen bei Jugendlichen?

    Kanevski, R. & von Salisch, M., 2011, In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. 14, Supplement 3, p. 237-259 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Framework, Drivers and Information Needs for Creating Business Cases for Sustainability

    Schaltegger, S., 2011, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft, Natur: Ansätze zu einem zukunftsfähigen Wirtschaften : Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Eberhard K. Seifert. Pinter, D. & Schubert, U. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 437-451 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Frauen gestalten öffentliche Räume im Ländlichen

    Thiem, A., 2011, In: Ländlicher Raum. 4, p. 40-42 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  5. Published

    From Knowledge to Application: Dissemination of Sustainability Management Tools in Large German Companies

    Schaltegger, S., Windolph, S. E. & Herzig, C., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 32 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  6. Published

    Future Challenges of Higher Education in the Context of Sustainable Development from a European Point of View

    Michelsen, G., 2011, Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Looking Back and Moving Forward. Barth, M., Rieckmann, M. & Sanusi, Z. A. (eds.). 1 ed. Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 59-76 18 p. (Higher Education for Sustainability; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  7. Published

    Ganzheitliche Schulansätze zur Bildung für nachhaltigen Konsum: Holistyczne programy edukacyjne o tematyce zwównowa´zona konsumpcja

    Fischer, D., 2011, Nachhaltiger Konsum? Die Entwicklung des Verbraucherverhaltens in Polen und Deutschland: Zrównoważona konsumpcja? Rozwój zachowań konsumentów w Polsce i Niemczech. Wachowiak, M., Kiełczewski, D. & Diefenbacher, H. (eds.). Heidelberg: Fest, p. 434-465 31 p. (Texte und Materialien, Reihe A; vol. 54).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    Gender Curricula für Bachelor und Master: Umweltwissenschaften: weiter relevant für: Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften

    Hofmeister, S. & Thiem, A., 2011

    Research output: other publicationsContributions to online encyclopediaTransfer

  9. Published

    Generation Facebook: Über das Leben im Social Net

    Leistert, O. (Editor) & Röhle, T. (Editor), 2011, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 283 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesTransfer

  10. Published

    Geschäftsmodelle und Erfolgsfaktoren von deutschen Bioenergiedörfern: Eine empirische Untersuchung

    Welz, J., 2011, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 152 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    Gesellschaftliche Natur- und Geschlechterverhältnisse: Die Ansätze von Adelheid Biesecker/Sabine Hofmeister und Frigga Haug

    Friedrich, B., 2011, In: Das Argument. 53, 3, p. 413-420 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch