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

    Geschlecht als Basiskategorie der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung

    Hofmeister, S. & Mölders, T., 2006, Gender-Perspektiven in der sozial-ökologischen Forschung: Herausforderungen und Erfahrungen aus inter- und transdisziplinären Projekten. Schäfer, M., Schultz, I. & Wendorf, G. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 17-37 21 p. (Ergebnisse sozial-ökologischer Forschung; vol. 1).

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

  2. Published

    Umweltinformationsgesetz: Handkommentar

    Schomerus, T., Schrader, C. & Wegener, B. W., 2002, 2. ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 502 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  3. Published

    Wie teuer ist (uns) die Umwelt? Zur umweltökonomischen Gesamtrechnung in Deutschland

    Bartelmus, P., Albert, J. & Tschochohei, H., 2003, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 26, 3, p. 333-370 38 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Flusslandschaft Elbe zwischen Radegast und Dömitz

    Dengler, J., Fischer, P. & Härdtle, W., 2006, Flora und Vegetation im nordöstlichen Niedersachsen: Sonderheft aus Anlass der 56. Jahrestagung der Floristisch-soziologischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft vom 09. bis 12. Juni 2006 in Lüneburg. Härdtle, W., Horst, K. & Prüter, J. (eds.). Lüneburg: Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für das Fürstentum Lüneburg von 1851 e.V., p. 69-78 10 p. (JAHRBUCH DES NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN VEREINS FÜR DAS FÜRSTENTUM LÜNEBURG VON 1851 E.V.; vol. Sonderheft, no. 1/2006).

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

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    Transdisziplinarität praktizieren

    Hartard, S., Heilmann, C. & Hofmeister, S., 2005, Ökologische Ökonomie: eine neue Wissenschaft? . Plöger, P. & Lang, E. (eds.). Karlsruhe: Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie, p. 52-56 5 p. (Vereinigung für Ökologische Ökonomie: Beiträge und Berichte; vol. 5).

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

  7. Published

    Dynamics in a butterfly-plant-ant system: influence of habitat characteristics on turnover rates of the endangered lycaenid Maculinea alcon

    Habel, J. C., Schmitt, T., Härdtle, W., Lütkepohl, M. & Aßmann, T., 10.2007, In: Ecological Entomology. 32, 5, p. 536-543 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  8. Published

    Konflikte und Konfliktlösungsansätze bei der Planung von Offshore-Windkraftanlagen

    Mölders, T., 2001, In: UVP-Report. 4, p. 209-213 5 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Impact of sheep grazing on nutrient budgets of dry heathlands

    Fottner, S., Härdtle, W., Niemeyer, M., Niemeyer, T., von Oheimb, G., Meyer, H. & Mockenhaupt, M., 12.2007, In: Applied Vegetation Science. 10, 3, p. 391-398 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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