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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Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: von der Theorie zur Umsetzung
Hahn, T. & Wagner, M., 09.2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 18 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Managing Biodiversity Correctly: Efficient Portfolio Management as an Effective Way of Protecting Species
Figge, F., 2002, Köln: Gerling Versicherungs-Beteiligungs-AG, 34 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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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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Die Einführung des Emissionshandels in Deutschland: eine polit-ökonomische Analyse unternehmerischer Interessenvertretung am Beispiel der Elektrizitätswirtschaft
Zöckler, J., 2004, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 85 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften im Handwerk: Stand der Praxis in Hamburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen und Thüringen
Herzig, C., Rheingans-Heintze, A., Schaltegger, S. & Jeuthe, K., 06.2003, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 47 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Baustelle Hochschule: Nachhaltigkeit als neues Fundament für Lehre und Forschung
Altner, G. (Editor) & Michelsen, G. (Editor), 2005, München: Oekom Verlag. 81 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 93, no. 02/2005)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Research
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Citizen relationship management
Bonin, H. E. G., 2000, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 11 p. (Final).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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What is Stakeholder Value? Developing a Catchphrase into a Benchmarking Tool
Figge, F. & Schaltegger, S., 2000, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 57 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement in Unternehmen: von der Idee zur Praxis: Managementansätze zur Umsetzung von Corporate Social Responsibility und Corporate Sustainability
Schaltegger, S., Herzig, C., Kleiber, O., Klinke, T. & Müller, J., 2007, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 188 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The Forgotten Link between "Green" and Economic Success: Environmental Management as the Crucial Trigger between Environmental and Economic Performance
Schaltegger, S. & Synnestvedt, T., 2001, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 16 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers