Ph.D. in the Sustainability Research Initiative

Ph.D. research, both in the natural sciences and in the human sciences, is regularly carried out and completed within the Academic Initiative on Sustainability. The foundation of the doctoral study and the Ph.D. procedure are the doctoral guidelines. The faculty can grant the following doctoral degrees in so far as they comply with the conditions (cfr. § 1 Paragraph 1. of the doctoral guidelines): Dr.rer.nat., Dr. rer.pol., Dr, pfil. and Dr. jur. (Environmental Sciences).

If you want to pursue a doctoral degree in the academic initiative on sustainability, then it is important that you find a faculty advisor for you proposed project before you apply.

You may chose from the professors in the academic initiative on sustainability, who research in their respective discipline and teach in the Master’s program of Leuphana University Lüneburg.

The topic of the dissertation must be chosen from the respective concentrations of the initiative on sustainability and must have a connection to the topic of sustainability, conservation of the environment and nature. External students interested in the doctoral program, please note: Your topic must fit with the academic profile of your potential advisor, to that end Please contact him or her directly. If you have any questions, please contact Wolfgang Ruck, the chairman of the doctoral commission. Further details can be found in the doctoral guidelines for the Leuphana University Lüneburg faculty for environment and engineering. The current doctoral guidelines were published in the official bulletin of the Leuphana University Lüneburg corporation and foundation, Nr. 11/09, June 9, 2009.  more

In this regard, please also note the Leuphana University Lüneburg guidelines for maintaining good quality academic practices, published in the official bulletin of the  Leuphana University Lüneburg corporation and foundation, Nr. 10/09, June 8, 2009. more

If you have specific content-related questions regarding the design of a dissertation project please feel free to contact any of the participants in the academic initiative on sustainability. Just give us a call or send us an email.