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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Ermittlung von Präferenzen verschiedener Anspruchsgruppen für die Landschaft in einem Schutzgebiet: Anwendung der Conjoint-Analyse am Fallbeispiel der Lüneburger Heide
Hellmann, K., 08.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 114 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Erläuterungen. Annotations.
Gottschlich, D., 2015, Natur und Evolution als ZuMutungen an eine zukunftsfähige Gestaltung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft : 7. Spiekerooger KlimaGespräche, 19.-21. November 2015 : Dokumentation. Pfriem, R. (ed.). Oldenburg: dbv Deutscher Buchverlag GmbH, p. 28-29 2 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Erholung im Wald: Des einen Freud des anderen Leid: Kosten für Waldeigentümer und deren Einflussfaktoren
Bilecen, E. & Kleiber, O., 12.2002, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 27 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Erhalten durch Gestalten: Plädoyer für eine Neuerfindung des Ökonomischen
Hofmeister, S., 2004, Erhalten durch Gestalten: Nachdenken über eine (re)produktive Ökonomie. Biesecker, A. & Elsner, W. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang Verlag, p. 13-34 21 p. (Institutionelle und Sozial-Ökonomie ; vol. 15).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ergebnisse vergleichender Untersuchungen in Natur- und Wirtschaftswäldern und Folgerungen für eine naturnahe Buchenwirtschaft
Oheimb, G., Friedel, A., Tempel, H., Westphal, C. & Härdtle, W., 2005, BMBF-Forschungsverbund "Zukunftsorientierte Waldwirtschaft": Ökologischer Waldumbau im nordostdeutschen Tiefland. Eberswalde, Potsdam: Landesforstanstalt Eberswalde e.V., p. 67-78 12 p. (EBERSWALDER FORSTLICHE SCHRIFTENREIHE; vol. 23).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Ergebnisse einer bundesweiten Evaluation des Greenteamkonzeptes
Degenhardt, L., Godemann, J., Michelsen, G. & Molitor, H., 2001, Lüneburg: Institut für Umweltkommunikation der Universität Lüneburg, 34 p. (INFU-Diskussionsbeiträge).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Erfolgsrelevant: unternehmerische Nachhaltigkeit schaffen
Schaltegger, S., 2008, In: Bankinformation. 35, 7, p. 22-25 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Erfolgskriterien ökologieorientierten Managements: Die Notwendigkeit einer ökologischen Rechnungslegung
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1992, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 15, 2, p. 131-154 24 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Erfolgskriterien ökologieorientierten Managements: Interdependenzen zur staatlichen Umweltpolitik
Schaltegger, S. & Sturm, A., 1992, Ökonomie und Ökologie: Ansätze zu einer ökologisch verpflichteten Marktwirtschaft. von Hauff, M. & Schmid, U. (eds.). Stuttgart: Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, p. 195-218 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Erfolgsfaktoren und Indikatoren für erfolgreiches Wasserressourcenmanagement
Evers, M., Lange, L. & Ramünke, M., 2010, Nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft durch Integration von Hydrologie, Gewässerschutz und Ökonomie : Beiträge zum Tag der Hydrologie am 25./26. März 2010 an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig. Meon, G. (ed.). Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, p. 161-168 8 p. (Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung; vol. 29).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review