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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Shedding light on trophic interactions: A field experiment on the effect of human population between latitudes on herbivory and predation patterns
Alonso-Crespo, I. M. & Hernández-Agüero, J. A., 01.09.2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 9, 13 p., e10449.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sharing Economy - Auf dem Weg in eine neue Konsumkultur?
Heinrichs, H. & Grunenberg, H., 2012, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 29 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sharing Economy: Towards a New Culture of Consumption?
Heinrichs, H. & Grunenberg, H., 2013, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 21 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sharing Economy: A Potential New Pathway to Sustainability
Heinrichs, H., 17.12.2013, In: GAIA. 22, 4, p. 228-231 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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Sharing Economy: Potenzial für eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft
Heinrichs, H., 2014, In: ifo Schnelldienst. 67, 21/2014, p. 15-17 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Sharing economy: crowd-based capitalism as association of free individuals? Review of the manuscript “sharing economy? The future of crowd-based capitalism”
Heinrichs, H., 15.04.2017, In: Local Environment. 22, 8, p. 1037 - 1039 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Critical reviews › Transfer
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Sex und Gender im Natur- und Umweltschutz
Thiem, A., Grüning, J., Mayer, M. & Katz, C., 2005, In: DNR Deutschland-Rundbrief. 11, 05, p. 3Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Transfer
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Sexualitäten, Geschlechter und Identitäten: 8 Bausteine für die schulische und außerschulische politische Bildung
Bager, K., Bauer, M., Krößmann, I., Donett, M., Kalmbach, K., Küppers, C., Beer, D. L., Lücke, M., Offen, S. & Remus, J., 2018, Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. 114 p. (Themen und Materialien)Research output: Books and anthologies › Compendium/lecture notes › Transfer
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Severely burdened individuals do not need to be excluded from internet-based and mobile-based stress management: Effect modifiers of treatment outcomes from three randomized controlled trials
Weisel, K. K., Lehr, D., Heber, E., Zarski, A. C., Berking, M., Riper, H. & Ebert, D. D., 19.06.2018, In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20, 6, e211.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Seven years of the GAIA Masters Student Paper Award
Fischer, D., 25.03.2021, In: GAIA. 30, 1, p. 1-1 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research