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.
- 2001
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Umweltmanagement in deutschen Unternehmen - der aktuelle Stand der Praxis
Wagner, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2001, Umweltmanagement-Barometer 2001 ; Tagung am 4. September 2001, St. Gallen. Baumast, A. & Dyllick, T. (eds.). Hochschule St. Gallen, p. 5-15 11 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Umweltrechnungswesen und Umweltindikatoren
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 2001, Hagen: FernUniversität in Hagen. (Interdisziplinäres Fernstudium Umweltwissenschaften - Infernum)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Education
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Umweltrechtssicherheit für Unternehmen: Management produktbezogener umweltrechtlicher Informationen für die Produktentwicklung
Hahn, T., 2001, Hagen: Peter Lang Verlag. 220 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Umweltverträglichkeitsuntersuchung von Offshore Windparks in der Deutschen Nord- und Ostsee: ein Baustein zum Coastal Energy Management
Runge, K., 2001, Handbuch Energiemanagement: Loseblattsammlung. Beck, H.-P., Brandt, E. & Salander, C. (eds.). Heidelberg: C.F. MüllerResearch output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Untersuchungs- und Monitoringkonzept zur Abschätzung der Auswirkungen von Offshore-Windparks auf die marine Umwelt
Ehrich, S., Hoffmann, J., Kafemann, R., Piper, W., Runge, K., Thomsen, F. & Zauke, G.-P., 2001, Hamburg: Bundesforschungsanstalt für Fischerei. 28 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Struktur und Vegetation von Natur- und Wirtschaftswäldern des Tieflandes auf der Grundlage räumlich expliziter Vegetationsmodelle
Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 2001, Berichte der Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft. Pott, R. (ed.). Hannover: Reinhold-Tüxen-Gesellschaft , Vol. 13. p. 183-196 14 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vom nachhaltigen Naturkapital zur Einheit von Produktivität und Reproduktivität - Reproduktion als grundlegende Kategorie des Wirtschaftens
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2001, Nachhaltiges Naturkapital: Ökonomik und zukunftsfähige Entwicklung . Held, M. & Nutzinger, H. G. (eds.). Frankfurt, Main: Campus Verlag, p. 155-178 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Vorwort
Michelsen, G. & Chantelau, F., 2001, Umweltmanagement an Hochschulen: Dokumentation eines Workshops vom Januar 2000 an der Universität Lüneburg. Müller, J., H. G. & Bastenhorst, K.-O. (eds.). Frankfurt/Main: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 7-8 2 p. (Innovation in den Hochschule: Nachhaltige Entwicklung; vol. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Other › Transfer
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Waldlaufkäfer im Naturschutzgebiet Lüneburger Heide: von der Verbreitung zur populationsbiologischen Analyse (Coleoptera, Carabidae)
Aßmann, T., Bresemann, J., Kopp, A., Persigehl, M., Rosenkranz, B. & Günther, J., 2001, Wald und Naturschutz: Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Niedersächsischen Forstamt Sellhorn. Wübbenhorst, J. (ed.). Schneverdingen: Alfred Toepfer Akademie für Naturschutz, p. 119-126 8 p. (NNA Berichte; vol. 14, no. 2).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Wertorientiertes Umweltmanagement
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2001, Betriebliches Umweltmanagement: Digitale Fachbibliothek auf CD-ROM. Döttinger, K., Lutz, U. & Roth, K. (eds.). Bochum: Gonimos Publishing, 18 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research