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. 2004
  2. Published

    Sustainable Value Added: Measuring Corporate Contributions to Sustainability Beyond Eco-Efficiency

    Figge, F. & Hahn, T., 20.02.2004, In: Ecological Economics. 48, 2, p. 173-187 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Bioassay-directed chemical analysis utilizing LC-MS: a tool for identifying estrogenic compounds in water samples?

    Heisterkamp, I., Gandrass, J. & Ruck, W., 01.02.2004, In: Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry. 378, 3, p. 709-715 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published
  5. Published

    Relationship between pH-values and nutrient availability in forest soils - the consequences for the use of ecograms in forest ecology

    Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Westphal, C. & Hartmut, M., 01.01.2004, In: Flora. 199, 2, p. 134-142 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Sensitive, simultaneous determination of P, S, Cl, Br and I containing pesticides in environmental samples by GC hyphenated with collision-cell ICP-MS

    Pröfrock, D., Leonhard, P., Wilbur, S. & Prange, A., 01.01.2004, In: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. 19, 5, p. 623-631 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Stochastic environmental policy, risk-taking, and growth: Discretion versus commitment

    Soretz, S., 01.01.2004, In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues. 4, 1-3, p. 58-72 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Treue Töchter der frommen Natur? Der Beitrag feministischer Ansätze zu einer emanzipatorischen Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

    Hofmeister, S., 01.01.2004, Räume der Emanzipation. Bauhardt, C. (ed.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 102-124 23 p.

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

  9. Published

    Corporate Volunteering in Germany: Survey and Empirical Evidence

    Herzig, C., 01.2004, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 37 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Lehrerinnen - Umwelt - Bildungsprozesse: Ergebnisse einer Studie und Konsequenzen für Lehrerbildung

    Godemann, J., Michelsen, G. & Stoltenberg, U., 01.2004, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 41 p. (INFU-DISKUSSIONSBEITRÄGE; no. 21/04).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  11. Published

    AG Frauen - Die Weltfrauenkonferenz von Peking jährt sich zum zehnten Mal

    Grüning, J. & Mölders, T., 2004, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 4, p. 22-

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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Researchers

  1. Dahlit Brin

Publications

  1. »Freihandel und Investitionen auf fremden Märkten«
  2. Mathematical Literacy von Erwachsenen
  3. 7. Socio-Cultural and Religious Views on Prenatal Diagnosis in Israel and Germany
  4. Socio-economic analysis for the authorisation of chemicals under REACH
  5. Untergrundbewußtsein
  6. Von der Herrschaft der Technik zum Parlament der Dinge
  7. Basic Cost Accounting Terminology: An English-German Dictionary
  8. Führt die Neuordnung der Berufsaufsicht und externen Qualitätskontrolle der Wirtschaftsprüfer nach dem APAReG zu einer erhöhten Prüfungsqualität?
  9. Conserving the World's Finest Grassland Amidst Ambitious National Development
  10. Artikel 40 EUV [Kompetenzabgrenzung]
  11. Quelques considérations sur la fonction et la théorie du coup d'Ètat
  12. Schulinspektion - Fluch und Segen externer Evaluation
  13. Sustainable forest management augments diversity of vascular plants in German forests
  14. Der Traum vom „besseren“ Menschen
  15. Bildungskooperation international
  16. Das Existenzgründungsrisiko im Handwerk
  17. Über Kunst schreiben
  18. Triathlon - ein Wechsel zwischen Disziplinen als Inhalt eines variablen Kinderleichtathletiktrainings
  19. Aufgaben- und Rollenpluralität des beruflichen Bildungspersonals
  20. Klimaschutz - Goodies statt Sanktionen?
  21. "Das ist einfach nur unprofessionell"
  22. Geschäftschancen durch Finanzierung Erneuerbarer-Energien-Anlagen
  23. Grundwissen - öffentliches Recht: Der Vorrang des Unionsrechts
  24. Mentale Modelle und Vertrauensbildung
  25. Sustainable Use of Water in the Food and Beverage Sector through Product Water Footprint Labeling
  26. Too much R & D
  27. "Wahrheit für die Phantasie"
  28. Strukturen fächerübergreifender und fachlicher Problemlösekompetenz Analyse von Aufgabenprofilen
  29. Forschung zur Heimerziehung. Eine vergleichende Bilanzierung in Großbritannien und Deutschland
  30. Geschlecht und Ethnizität in audiovisuellen Medien
  31. Measuring Health Literacy in Childhood and Adolescence with the Scale Health Literacy in School-Aged Children - German Version The Psychometric Properties of the German-Language Version of the WHO Health Survey Scale HLSAC
  32. Divergent Perceptions of Peace in Post-Conflict Societies:
  33. Lehren für und Lernen in heterogene(n) Gruppen