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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Biographie als Schlüsseldimension für berufliche Bildung
Mayer, M., 2002, Wandel und Perspektiven von Frauenberufstätigkeit im Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen einer ländlich geprägten Region: Abschlussbericht des Forschungsschwerpunktes "Frauenberufstätigkeit im Regionalen Sozial- und Gesundheitswesen" der Fachhochschule Nordostniedersachsen; Lüneburg 1997 - 2002 . Waller, H., Henschel, A. & Sturm, N. (eds.). Lüneburg: Zentrum für Angewandte Gesundheitswissenschaften Lüneburg, p. 115-140 26 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Bio-Vielfalt im Portofolio
Figge, F., 2002, In: Umwelt. 10, p. 7 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Bottom-up creation of allele frequency differentiation in Carabus auronitens
Hinsch, M. & Aßmann, T., 2002, Scales, hierarchies and emergent properties in ecological models. Hölker, F. (ed.). Frankfurt am Main [u.a.]: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 71-82 12 p. (Theorie in der Ökologie; vol. 6).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Chancen und Probleme des betriebsinternen CO2-Zertifikatehandels am Beispiel des Otto Versand, Hamburg
Trautwein, S., 2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 157 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Coastal Energy Management: Integration erneuerbarer Energieerzeugung an der Küste
Runge, K. (Editor), 2002, Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. 92 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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Corporate Environmental Performance Evaluation: Evidence from the Mepi Project
Tyteca, D., Carlens, J., Berkhout, F., Hertin, J., Wehrmeyer, W. & Wagner, M., 2002, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 11, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Daseinsvorsorge, Wettbewerbsentwicklungen und die Sozialberufe – Sozialmanagerinnen in Europa
Mayer, M. & Herrenbrück, S., 2002, European Services of General Interest : Touchstone for the German Social Economy: Europäische Daseinsvorsorge : Prüfsteine für die deutsche Sozialwirtschaft. Herrmann, P. (ed.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 106-121 15 p. (Editon SocialManagement; no. 18).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Deckschichten an Wasserstrassen
Brinkmann, B., Trentmann, J. & Saathoff, F., 2002, In: Binnenschifffahrt. 57, 6Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Dehalogenation of polychlorinated aromatics using the APEG-PLUS™ technology
Birke, V., 2002, Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds - 2002: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Gavaskar, A. R. & Chen, A. S. C. (eds.). Battelle Presse, p. 2167-2175 9 p. (Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Determination of pesticide fluxes in beech forests
Bernhardt, A., Palm, W.-U. & Ruck, W., 2002, Slowly degradable organics in the atmospheric environment and air-sea exchange: Proceedings of the international Workshop 26 September 2001. Lammel, G. (ed.). Hamburg: Max-Planck Institut für Meteorologie, p. 29-32 4 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research