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.
- 2009
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Seeing red: behavioral evidence of trichromatic color vision in strepsirrhine primates
Leonhardt, S., Tung, J., Camden, J. B., Leal, M. & Drea, C. M., 2009, In: Behavioral Ecology. 20, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Sich mit dem Klima wandeln! Ein Tourismus-Klimafahrplan für Tourismusdestinationen: Informationsbroschüre des Forschungsprojektes KUNTIKUM der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg und der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Bartels, C., Barth, M., Burandt, S., Carstensen, I., Endler, C., Kreilkamp, E., Matzarakis, A., Möller, A. & Schulz, D., 2009, Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, 60 p.Research output: Working paper › Project reports › Research
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Smart Metering und die Liberalisierung des Messwesens: Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen zur Schaffung von Wettbewerb auf dem deutschen Energiemarkt
Wulf, S., 2009, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 125 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 12)Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Socio-technical instruments in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management
Evers, M., 2009, Environmental Informatics and Industrial Environmental Protection: Concepts, Methods and Tools : EnviroInfo 2009 ; 23rd International Conference on Informatics for Environmental Protection ; proceedings of the 23rd International Conference Environmental Informatics - Informatics for environmental protection, sustainable development and risk management, September 09 - 11, 2009, HTW Berlin, University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Wohlgemuth, V., Page, B. & Voigt, K. (eds.). Shaker Verlag, Vol. Sessions. p. 299-304 8 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Spiele(n) mit geringsten Mitteln: Kinder erfinden aus Alltagsmaterialien eigenes Spielzeug und eigene Spiele
Asmussen, S., 2009, In: Grundschule Sachunterricht. 42, p. 24-26 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Starke Nachhaltigkeit fordert eine Ökonomie der (Re)Produktivität: der Beitrag des Schlüsselbegriffs Naturproduktivität zur Fundierung einer Theorie der Nachhaltigkeit
Biesecker, A. & Hofmeister, S., 2009, Die Greifswalder Theorie starker Nachhaltigkeit: Ausbau, Anwendung, Kritik. Egan-Krieger, T., Schultz, J., Thapa, P. P. & Voget, L. (eds.). Marburg: Metropolis Verlag für Ökonomie, p. 169-192 24 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Strategic Early Options under an Emerging Emissions Trading Scheme: Implications for US Nitric Acid Companies
Debor, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 99 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Strategies for developing and running e-courses for the VCSE
Barth, M., Burandt, S., Pizzera, J. & Görsdorf, E., 2009, Virtual Campus for a Sustainable Europe: VCSE Best Practice Guidebook. Sartzetakis, E. (ed.). University of Macedonia, p. 35-44 9 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to scientific reports › Transfer
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Sustainable and Social Entrepreneurship
Schaltegger, S. (Editor), 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management. 16 p. (CSM-Newsletter; vol. 1/2009)Research output: Books and anthologies › Special Journal issue › Transfer
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Sustainable Energy: Risks and Opportunities of Biomass for Biofuel: The Case of Jatropha Cultivation in India
Latschan, J., 2009, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 182 p.Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Sustainable use of ecosystem services under multiple risks: a survey of commercial cattle farmers in semi-arid rangelands in Namibia
Olbrich, R., Quaas, M. F. & Baumgärtner, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 52 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 137).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Synästhetische Ansätze in der Kunstvermittlung
Hallmann, K., 2009, Die Landung: Projekte der Kunstvermittlung. Maset, P. (ed.). Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH, p. 47-56 10 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The case survey method and applications in political science
Newig, J. & Fritsch, O., 2009, Washington: ASPA - American Political Science Association, 15 p. (APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper.).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The economic insurance value of ecosystem resilience
Baumgärtner, S. & Strunz, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 33 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 132).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The German perspective of education for sustainable development
Adomßent, M., 2009, The Role of Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Report of DAAD/UNU-ViE joint workshops on the occasion of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development. DAAD & UNU-ViE (eds.). p. 16 1 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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The impact of climate change on the external cost of pesticide applications in US agriculture
Koleva, N. G. & Schneider, U. A., 2009, In: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 7, 3, p. 203-216 14 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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The 'Lüneburg Sustainable University' Research and Development Project
Adomßent, M., Barth, M. & Rieckmann, M., 2009, World in Transition: Sustainability Perspectives for Higher Education. Adomßent, M., Beringer, A. & Barth, M. (eds.). Bad Homburg: VAS Verlag für Akademische Schriften, p. 222-227 6 p. (Higher education for sustainability; no. 4).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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The relationship between intra- and intergenerational ecological justice: determinants of goal conflicts and synergies in sustainability policy
Glotzbach, S. & Baumgärtner, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 33 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 141).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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The relationship between resilience and sustainable development of ecological-economic systems
Derissen, S., Quaas, M. & Baumgärtner, S., 2009, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 14 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 146).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Umwälzung der Erde: Konflikte um Ressourcen
Altner, G. (Editor), Leitschuh, H. (Editor), Michelsen, G. (Editor), Simonis, U. E. (Editor) & Weizsäcker, E. U. V. (Editor), 2009, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel Verlag. 248 p. (Jahrbuch Ökologie ...)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research