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

    Naturwald und naturnaher Wirtschaftswald: wie unterscheidet sich die Artenvielfalt der Gefäßpflanzen?

    Oheimb, G., 2003, In: AFZ, der Wald. 58, 21, p. 1086-1088 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  2. Published

    Bildung und Region: ein neues Verhältnis für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung

    Stoltenberg, U., 2007, In: Umwelt & Bildung. 9, 2, p. 10-12 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  3. Published

    Structural pattern of a near-natural beech forest (Fagus sylvatica) (Serrahn, North-east Germany)

    von Oheimb, G., Westphal, C., Tempel, H. & Hardtle, W., 01.07.2005, In: Forest Ecology and Management. 212, 1-3, p. 253-263 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Untersuchungen zur sozialen Organisation einer Herde von Liebenthaler Pferden im Biosphärenreservat Flusslandschaft Elbe-Brandenburg

    Buck-Dobrick, T., Herms, V. & Aßmann, T., 2004, Weidelandschaften und Wildnisgebiete: Vom Experiment zur Praxis. Finck, P., Härdtle, W., Redecker, B. & Riecken, U. (eds.). Münster: BfN-Schriftenvertrieb im Landwirtschaftsverlag, p. 273-280 8 p. (Schriftenreihe für Landschaftspflege und Naturschutz; no. 78).

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

  5. Published

    Time sensitivity: a delicate and crucial starting point of reflexive methods for studying time in management and organisations

    Sabelis, I., 09.09.2008, Time in organizational research. Roe, R. A., Walter, M. J. & Clegg, S. R. (eds.). London [u.a.]: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 167-185 19 p. (Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society; vol. 3).

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

  6. Published

    Entwicklung und Curriculum: Grundlagen einer Sequenzierung von Lehr-/Lernzielen im Bereich des (literarischen) Lesens

    Garbe, C., Holle, K. & Salisch, M., 2006, Empirische Unterrichtsforschung in der Literatur- und Lesedidaktik: Ein Weiterbildungsprogramm . Groeben, N. & Hurrelmann, B. (eds.). Weinheim [u.a.]: Juventa Verlag, p. 115-155 41 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

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    Soil seed banks near rubbing trees indicate dispersal of plant species into forests by wild boar

    Heinken, T., Schmidt, M., Kriebitzsch, W.-U., von Oheimb, G. & Ellenberg, H., 02.01.2006, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 7, 1, p. 31-44 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Stadtwildnis - Konzepte, Projekte und Perspektiven

    Diemer, M., Held, M. & Hofmeister, S., 01.11.2004, In: GAIA. 13, 4, p. 262-270 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. Published

    Naturwissenschaften

    Härdtle, W. (Editor) & Brandt, E. (Editor), 2002, Berlin: Springer Verlag. 233 p. (Studium der Umweltwissenschaften)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

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Researchers

  1. Anne Breimaier

Publications

  1. Die Umwelt
  2. Exports, imports and profitability: First evidence for manufacturing enterprises
  3. Geschlechtergerechtigkeit
  4. Notwendige Differenzbearbeitungen
  5. Editorial: Vigilantismus
  6. Evaluation of strength and power in upper extremities in wheelchair athletes
  7. Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 25.6.2009 – Roda Golf
  8. Zukunftscamp – Future Now 2007
  9. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) communication via social media sites: evidence from the German banking industry
  10. Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965)
  11. Corrigendum to ‘Cold season ammonia emissions from land spreading with anaerobic digestates from biogas production’ [Atmos. Environ. 84 (2014) 35–38]
  12. 'Duty to act' and 'commission by omission' in international criminal law
  13. Teachers in bullying situations (Tibs)
  14. Geschlechterunterschiede beim Einsatz von Lernstrategien in Mathematikveranstaltungen
  15. Does Pinocchio have an Italian passport? What is specifically national and what is international about classics of children's literature
  16. Das Nein der Iren zum Vertrag von Lissabon
  17. Edelweißpiratenfestival
  18. Environmental capacity and European air transport
  19. Literaturbeziehungen
  20. Before-after differences in labor market outcomes for participants in medical rehabilitation in Germany
  21. Anmerkung zu OLG Stuttgart, Beschluss vom 12.02.2008 - 2 Ws 328/07, Urheberrecht und Internet
  22. Editorial: Innovation und Forschung in der Arbeits(zeit)organisation.
  23. The roles of artists in the emergence of creative sustainable cities
  24. Metaphilologisches Erzählen
  25. Dialogorientierte Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung von Hochschulen : eine Untersuchung am Beispiel der Leuphana-Universität Lüneburg
  26. Mit niedergeschlagenen Augen
  27. Unterrichtsqualität durch Bildungsstandards
  28. Green and Sustainable Chemistry Teacher Education
  29. „Digitale Währungen, insbesondere Libra“
  30. Art. 41 CRC: Recht auf gute Verwaltung
  31. Legislative Democracy in the Bundestag After Reunification