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

    Feuer kann man nicht nur sehen: Kinder erforschen Verbrennungsprozesse

    Bolek, R., 10.2016, In: Grundschule Sachunterricht. 72, p. 10-16 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesEducationpeer-review

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    Fettflecken untersuchen mit Graphical Analysis

    Stinken-Rösner, L., Wilhelm, T. & Kuhn, J., 01.09.2022, In: Physik in unserer Zeit. 53, 5, p. 254-255 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Festschrift zum 150-jährigen Vereinsjubiläum

    Horst, K. (Editor), Härdtle, W. (Editor) & Prüter, J. (Editor), 2001, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V. 289 p. (Jahrbuch des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851; no. 42)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  4. Published

    Fermentative utilization of coffee mucilage using Bacillus coagulans and investigation of down-stream processing of fermentation broth for optically pure L(+)-lactic acid production

    Neu, A.-K., Pleissner, D., Mehlmann, K., Schneider, R., Puerta-Quintero, G. I. & Venus, J., 01.07.2016, In: Bioresource Technology. 211, Juli, p. 398-405 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Fermentative lactic acid production from coffee pulp hydrolysate using Bacillus coagulans at laboratory and pilot scales

    Pleissner, D., Neu, A.-K., Mehlmann, K., Schneider, R., Puerta-Quintero, G. I. & Venus, J., 01.10.2016, In: Bioresource Technology. 218, p. 167-173 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Feministisch ökologische Ökonomik

    Hofmeister, S., 2013, Geschlechterverhältnisse & Nachhaltigkeit: Die Kategorie Geschlecht in den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Hofmeister, S., Katz, C. & Mölders, T. (eds.). Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Verlag Babara Budrich, p. 86-90 4 p.

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

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    Feministischer Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurs zwischen Kritik und Visionen – Who cares?

    Gottschlich, D. & Mölders, T., 2008, Nachhaltig vorsorgen: Dokumentation des 33. Kongresses von Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik. T. N. U. M. N. I. F. E. V. (ed.). Technik, Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik nachhaltig in Frauenhand (TechNaM), Vol. 33. p. 80-85 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

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    Feld oder Assemblage? Die Bildungsbroker des Fachkräftemangels in der Bucht von San Francisco

    Herberg, J., 2017, Macht in Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. : Diskurs- und feldanalytische Perspektiven. Hamann, J., Maeße, J., Gengnagel, V. & Hirschfeld, A. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer VS, p. 259-290 32 p.

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

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    Fehler beim schätzen: (Un)realistische Ergebnisse anhand von Größenvorstellungen ­erkennen

    Stinken-Rösner, L., 07.2020, In: Unterricht Physik. 31, 177/178, p. 64-67 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review