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.
- 2005
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Politikberatung in den USA: Ein Vorbild für Europa?
Heinrichs, H., 01.01.2005, Wozu Experten?: Ambivalenzen der Beziehung von Wissenschaft und Politik. Bogner, A. & Torgersen, H. (eds.). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, p. 291-313 23 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Sustainability and Competitive Advantage: Empirical Evidence on the Influence of Strategic Choices between Environmental Management Approaches
Wagner, M., 01.01.2005, In: Environmental Quality Management. 14, 3, p. 31-48 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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Development and characterisation of a new interface for coupling capillary LC with collision-cell ICPMS and its application for phosphorylation profiling of tryptic protein digests
Profrock, D., Leonhard, P., Ruck, W. & Prange, A., 01.2005, In: Analytical & Bioanalytical Chemistry. 381, 1, p. 194-204 11 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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10 Jahre Wirtschaftsrecht in Lüneburg
Schomerus, T. (Editor) & Zenz, E. (Editor), 2005, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 103 p. (Lüneburger Schriften zum Wirtschaftsrecht; no. 1)Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research
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14 Internetportale im Bereich Bildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung: Ergebnisse einer Studie und Konsequenzen für die Unweltkommunikation
Barth, M., 2005, Erfolgreiche Umweltkommunikation im Internet: Internetanwendungen im Natur- und Umweltschutz. Peters, U. (ed.). Berlin: Erich Schmidt Verlag, p. 157-167 11 p. (Initiativen zum Umweltschutz; vol. 63).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Abfluss von Urbanflächen
Bronstert, A., Wittenberg, H. & Niehoff, D., 2005, Abflussbildung: Prozessbeschreibung und Fallbeispiele. Bronstert, A. (ed.). Hennef: Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall, p. 40-46 7 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Abschluss mit Anschluss: Wissenschaft und Bildung
Stoltenberg, U. & Bolscho, D., 2005, Baustelle Hochschule: Nachhaltigkeit als neues Fundament für Lehre und Forschung. Altner, G. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). München: Oekom Verlag, p. 44-46 3 p. (Politische Ökologie; vol. 93).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Advisory systems in pluralistic knowledge societies: An indicator-based typology to assess and optimize environmental policy advice
Heinrichs, H., 2005, Democratization of Expertise?: Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Decision-Making. Maasen, S. & Weingart, P. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 41-61 21 p. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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AG Frauen: Vielfältiger Auftakt – Weshalb eine Schnecke Gender Mainstreaming symbolisiert
Grüning, J., Thiem, A. & Mayer, M., 2005, In: Rundbrief Forum Umwelt und Entwicklung. 10 Jahre WTO. Kein Grund zum Feiern, 01, p. 23 1 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Transfer
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Analyse erfolgversprechender Förderpfade in der Umweltpolitik: Stakeholder-Links zwischen Regierung, Management und Intermediären am Beispiel des betrieblichen Umweltrechnungswesens
Schaltegger, S., Hahn, T. & Burritt, R., 2005, In: Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht. 28, 2, p. 193-210 18 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review