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. Published

    Sustainability-Related Innovation and Sustainability Management: A Quantitative Analysis

    Wagner, M., 2008, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 30 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  2. Published

    Sustainability process assessment on transformative potentials: The Graz Model for Integrative Development

    Mader, C., 06.2013, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 49, June, p. 54-63 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Sustainability Performance and Business Competitiveness

    Wagner, M. (Editor) & Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2003, greener management international.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  4. Published

    Sustainability-oriented technology exploration: managerial values, ambidextrous design, and separation drift

    Hansen, E. G., Wicki, S. & Schaltegger, S., 01.06.2022, In: International Journal of Innovation Management. 26, 5, 27 p., 2240004.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Sustainability-oriented technology exploration: managerial values, ambidextrous design, and separation drift

    Hansen, E. G., Wicki, S. & Schaltegger, S., 31.03.2023, Radical Innovation Challenges: Corporate to Climate. Tidd, J. (ed.). World Scientific Europe, p. 351-377 27 p. (Technology Management; vol. 42).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation of SMEs: A Systematic Review

    Klewitz, J. & Hansen, E. G., 15.02.2014, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 65, p. 57-75 19 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  7. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation in SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review of Existing Practices and Actors Involved

    Klewitz, J. & Hansen, E. G., 2011, Sustainability in Innovation: Innovation Management Challenges . Huizingh, E., Torkelli, M., Conn, S. & Bitran (eds.). International Society for Professional Innovation Management, 28 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation

    Hansen, E. G. & Grosse-Dunker, F., 01.01.2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer Verlag, Vol. Volume 1. p. 2407–2417 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Sustainability-Oriented Business Model Assessment—A Conceptual Foundation

    Lüdeke-Freund, F., Freudenreich, B., Schaltegger, S., Saviuc, I. & Stock, M., 2017, Analytics, Innovation, and Excellence-Driven Enterprise Sustainability. Carayannis, E. G. & Sindakis, S. (eds.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 169-206 38 p. (Palgrave studies in democracy, innovation, and entrepreneurship for growth).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Sustainability of rural electrification programs based on off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems in Chile

    Feron, S., Heinrichs, H. & Cordero, R., 01.12.2016, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 6, 1, 19 p., 32.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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  3. Experimentieren 4.0 – Zum Einsatz von Experimenten im Biologieunterricht
  4. Gesellschaftliche Funktionen von Museen zwischen Assimilation und Akkommodation
  5. Erfolgreicher dank Qualifikation und Mentoring?
  6. Sick, Bastian: Der Dativ ist dem Genitiv sein Tod, Folge 3: Noch mehr Neues aus dem Irrgarten der deutschen Sprache.
  7. Arzneimittelrückstände in Trinkwasser und Gewässern
  8. Böses auf Erden?
  9. Evaluation der Ergebnisqualität des besonderen Heilverfahrens der Gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung
  10. Kompetenzentwicklung von Lehramtsstudierenden in verlängerten Praxisphasen
  11. Active Cityship in the planning process for the future plan "More Altona"
  12. The Influence of Personality on Students‘ Career Decisiveness – A Comparison between Chinese and German Economics and Management Student
  13. Sprechsport
  14. Das Wesen totaler Herrschaft
  15. Consequence evaluations and moral concerns about climate change
  16. Remote sensing of bush encroachment on commercial cattle farms in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
  17. Edutainment in sustainability
  18. Microeconomic Consequences of Exemptions from Value Added Taxation – The Case of Deutsche Post
  19. Wirtschaftsrecht an Fachhochschulen
  20. Are the Rural Electrification Efforts in the Ecuadorian Amazon Sustainable?
  21. Spin-off Gründungen in der Wohlfahrtspflege
  22. Long-term stream invertebrate community alterations induced by the insecticide thiacloprid
  23. Kybernetische Biopolitik
  24. Teacher’s ethnic teasing
  25. Energiekrise, Finanzkrise, Klimakrise