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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Die mittelpleistozäne Leck-Formation und ihre Bedeutung für die Klimastratigraphie Mitteleuropas, Teil 2: Palynologie
Urban, B., 2008, Tagungsband und Exkursionsführer: 75. Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Norddeutscher Geologen. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Norddeutscher Geologen, p. 35 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Published abstract in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Kalkausscheidungen an Sichtmauerwerk aus Beton-Vormauersteinen: ein bekanntes Phänomen, in der Praxis noch nicht optimal gelöst
Quitmann, H.-D. & Schumann, I., 01.08.2004, In: Mauerwerk. 8, 4, p. 166-169 4 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research
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Kulturelle Vielfalt und Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung
Stoltenberg, U., 2007, Kulturelle Vielfalt - Unser gemeinsamer Reichtum. Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission, p. 241-246 6 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Strategic environmental assessment for the utilization of offshore wind energy
Schomerus, T., Runge, K., Nehls, G. & Toland, A., 2007, 2nd Scientific Conference on the Use of Offshore Wind Energy by the Federal Ministry for the Environment 20. and 21. February 2007 in Berlin: Conference Proceedings. Morkel, L., Toland, A., Wende, W. & Köppel, J. (eds.). Technische Universität Berlin, p. 73-81 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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The role and benefits of population biological research for nature conservation monitoring
Aßmann, T. & Günther, J., 2000, European monitoring for nature conservation: Proceedings of the International Symposium “Monitoring for Nature Conservation at a European Level”, Isle of Vilm, Germany, 1-5 March 1999. Bischoff, C. & Dröschmeister, R. (eds.). Bonn, Bad Godesberg: Bundesamt für Naturschutz, p. 127-139 13 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz; vol. 62).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Ausbildung professioneller Nachhaltigkeitskommunikatoren: innovativ, interdisziplinär, international
Godemann, J. & Franz-Balsen, A., 2003, Neue Chemie: Reagenzien eines nachhaltigen Umgangs mit Stoffen . Mertz, T. (ed.). Oekom Verlag, p. 7-9 3 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 86, no. 6/2003).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The effects of light and soil conditions on the species richness of the ground vegetation of deciduous forests in northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Hardtle, W., von Oheimb, G. & Westphal, C., 03.09.2003, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 182, 1-3, p. 327-338 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Nutzungskonflikte zwischen Freizeitnutzern
Kleiber, O. & Bilecen, E., 2003, Freizeitaktivitäten im Baselbieter Wald: Ökologische Auswirkungen und ökonomische Folgen. Baur, B. (ed.). Liestal: Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, p. 129-133 5 p. (Quellen und Forschungen zur Geschichte und Landeskunde des Kantons Basel-Landschaft; vol. 84).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Patterns of species composition and species richness in moist (ash-alder) forests of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)
Härdtle, W., Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Westphal, C., 01.12.2003, In: Feddes Repertorium. 114, 7/8, p. 574-586 13 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Campus im Spannungsfeld: sustainable university Lüneburg
Godemann, J. & Adomßent, M., 2005, Baustelle Hochschule: Nachhaltigkeit als neues Fundament für Lehre und Forschung. Altner, G. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 52-53 2 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 93, no. 02-2005).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research