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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Wertschaffendes Umweltmanagement: Keine Nachhaltigkeit ohne ökonomischen Erfolg. Kein ökonomischer Erfolg ohne Nachhaltigkeit
Figge, F., 2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 45 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Zur Herleitung von Gesetzgebungskompetenzen im Umweltschutz
Fischer, C., 2001, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 299 p. (Schriftenreihe Recht, Ökonomie und Umwelt; vol. 11)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Zur Käferfauna von Sandtrockenrasen und Heidegesellschaften in Hudelandschaften des Emslandes (Nordwest-Deutschland)
Falke, B. & Aßmann, T., 2001, In: Drosera. 1/2, p. 35-52 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Zwischen Klugheits- und Moralgebot: Das Leitbild Nachhaltige Entwicklung als Herausforderung zur Erneuerung der Ökonomie jenseits ihrer Bindungen an die dichotomen Konstrukte des sozialen Geschlechter- und Naturverhältnisses
Hofmeister, S., 2001, Ethik und Nachhaltigkeit: Grundsatzfragen und Handlungsperspektiven im universitären Agendaprozess.. Altner, G. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Frankfurt a.M.: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 155-173 19 p. (Innovation in den Hochschulen: nachhaltige Entwicklung ; vol. 5).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Zwischenzeiten - Zwischenräume: Übergänge: Fokus von Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien
Hofmeister, S., 2001, Kompetenz und Kreativität: eine Universität in Entwicklung ; Hartwig Donner zum 60. Geburtstag. Heilmann, J. (ed.). Lüneburg: UNIBUCH Verlag, p. 349-367 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
- 2000
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Auf dem Weg von der Durchflußökonomie zur nachhaltigen Stoffwirtschaft: ein Vorschlag zur Weiterentwicklung der grundlegenden Regeln
Held, M., Hofmeister, S., Kümmerer, K. & Schmid, B., 01.12.2000, In: GAIA. 9, 4, p. 257-266 10 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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A world of abundance
McDonough, W. & Braungart, M., 01.06.2000, In: Interfaces. 30, 3, p. 55-65 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Wohin führt die Entwicklung der Analysemethoden für nachhaltige Finanzdienstleistungen?
Schaltegger, S. & Figge, F., 01.06.2000, In: GAIA. 9, 2, p. 122-127 6 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Die bewegten Gründer: löst die Neue Wirtschaft die Ökologiebewegung ab? ; eine Polemik
Petersen, H., 01.04.2000, In: Ökologisches Wirtschaften. 15, 2, p. 4-5 2 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research
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Nachträge zur Liste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen des Naturschutzgebietes "Lüneburger Heide"
Härdtle, W., Dierßen, K. & Romahn, K. S., 04.2000, In: Floristische Notizen aus der Lüneburger Heide aus der Regionalstelle 8 für die Floristische Kartierung Niedersachsens. 8, p. 15-19 5 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research