Organisation profile

The Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) at Leuphana University Lüneburg is an internationally oriented centre of excellence in research, teaching and academic training as well as in knowledge transfer in the fields of entrepreneurial sustainability management, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship.

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The Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM) at Leuphana University Lüneburg is an internationally oriented centre of excellence in research, teaching and academic training as well as in knowledge transfer in the fields of entrepreneurial sustainability management, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and social entrepreneurship.

Research areas: Foundations of sustainability management and corporate social responsibility; Measurement, information and communication of sustainability; Management of stakeholder relationships; Conservation management and integrative sustainability management; Continuous education; Perspectives of social entrepreneurship research; SCHub:Social Change Hub; Evolutionary agents; Ashoka Youth Venture

Continuing education products

The MBA in Sustainability Management is the first university MBA in sustainability management and corporate social responsibility (CSR) worldwide. The e-learning supported distance learning degree programme can be completed in either part-time (two years) or full-time (one year). The MBA in Sustainability Management is accredited according to European guidelines and leads to the internationally recognised degree "Master of Business Administration" (MBA).

The CSM is also active in a number of other international continuing education programmes in CSR and sustainability management. For years the Centre has collaborated in continuing education and distance programmes with the FernUniversität Hagen (Germany’s leading open university) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology (UMSICHT). The CSM organises the whole area of environmental management for their interdisciplinary programme of studies in environmental sciences (the Infernum Master of Science in Environmental Sciences at the UMSICHT Fraunhofer Institute).

  1. 2017
  2. Published

    Value Creation Architectures for the Circular Economy: A Make-or-Buy Analysis in the Smartphone Industry

    Revellio, F. & Hansen, E. G., 2017, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 48 p.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  3. Published
  4. Published

    Relational leadership for strategic sustainability: practices and capabilities to advance the design and assessment of sustainable business models

    Kurucz, E. C., Colbert, B. A., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Upward, A. & Willard, B., 01.01.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 140, p. 189-204 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    What influences environmental entrepreneurship? A multilevel analysis of the determinants of entrepreneurs’ environmental orientation

    Hörisch, J., Kollat, J. & Brieger, S. A., 01.01.2017, In: Small Business Economics. 48, 1, p. 47-69 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Developing sustainable business experimentation capability – A case study

    Weissbrod, I. & Bocken, N. M. P., 20.01.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 142, 4, p. 2663-2676 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Knowledge acquisition and development in sustainability-oriented small and medium-sized enterprises: Exploring the practices, capabilities and cooperation

    Johnson, M., 20.01.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 142, 4, p. 3769-3781 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Leverage points for sustainability transformation

    Abson, D. J., Fischer, J., Leventon, J., Newig, J., Schomerus, T., Vilsmaier, U., von Wehrden, H., Abernethy, P., Ives, C. D., Jager, N. W. & Lang, D. J., 01.02.2017, In: Ambio. 46, 1, p. 30-39 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Sustainability and management control. Exploring and theorizing control patterns in large European firms

    Crutzen, N., Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 01.02.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 143, p. 1291-1301 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Innovating Corporate Accounting and Reporting for Sustainability: Attributes and Challenges

    Schaltegger, S., Álvarez-Etxeberria, I. & Ortas, E., 01.03.2017, In: Sustainable Development. 25, 2, p. 113-122 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Innovative Measurement for Corporate Sustainability: Editorial

    Álvarez-Etxeberria, I., Ortas, E. & Schaltegger, S., 01.03.2017, In: Sustainable Development. 25 , 2, p. 111-112 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsOther (editorial matter etc.)Research

  12. Published

    Energy transitions and national development indicators: A global review of nuclear energy production

    Gralla, F., Abson, D. J., Møller, A. P., Lang, D. J. & von Wehrden, H., 04.2017, In: Renewable & Sustainble Energy Reviews. 70, p. 1251-1265 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  13. Published

    Mapping and analysing historical indicators of ecosystem services in Germany

    Dittrich, A., von Wehrden, H., Abson, D. J., Bartkowski, B., Cord, A. F., Fust, P., Hoyer, C., Kambach, S., Meyer, M. A., Radzevičiūtė, R., Nieto-Romero, M., Seppelt, R. & Beckmann, M., 01.04.2017, In: Ecological Indicators. 75, p. 101-110 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Assessing sustainable biophysical human-nature connectedness at regional scales

    Dorninger, C., Abson, D. J., Fischer, J. & von Wehrden, H., 24.04.2017, In: Environmental Research Letters. 12, 5, p. 1-11 11 p., 055001.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Collaboration or fragmentation? Biodiversity management through the common agricultural policy

    Mildorfová-Leventon, J., Schaal, T., Velten, S., Dänhardt, J., Fischer, J., Abson, D. & Newig, J., 01.05.2017, In: Land Use Policy. 64, p. 1-12 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Human–nature connection: a multidisciplinary review

    Ives, C. D., Giusti, M., Fischer, J., Abson, D. J., Klaniecki, K., Dorninger, C., Laudan, J., Barthel, S., Abernethy, P., Martín-López, B., Raymond, C. M., Kendal, D. & von Wehrden, H., 06.2017, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27, June 2017, p. 106-113 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  17. Published

    An economic perspective on land use decisions in agricultural landscapes: Insights from the TEEB Germany Study

    Albert, C., Schröter-Schlaack, C., Hansjürgens, B., Dehnhardt, A., Döring, R., Job, H., Köppel, J., Krätzig, S., Matzdorf, B., Reutter, M., Schaltegger, S., Scholz, M., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Wiggering, H., Woltering, M. & von Haaren, C., 01.06.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 25, p. 69-78 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Refocusing ecosystem services towards sustainability

    Schröter, M., Stumpf, K. H., Loos, J., van Oudenhoven, A. P. E., Böhnke-Henrichs, A. & Abson, D. J., 01.06.2017, In: Ecosystem Services. 25, p. 35-43 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Revisiting Carbon Disclosure and Performance: Legitimacy and Management Views

    Qian, W. & Schaltegger, S., 07.2017, In: The British Accounting Review. 49, 4, p. 365–379 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Sustainability as a Fundamental Challenge for Management Accountants

    Schaltegger, S., 01.09.2017, The Role of the Management Accountant: Local Variations and Global Influences. Goretzki, L. & Strauss, E. (eds.). London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, p. 274-291 18 p. (Routledge studies in accounting; vol. 26).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  21. Published

    Quantitative and qualitative insights into consumers’ sustainable purchasing behaviour: A segmentation approach based on motives and heuristic cues

    Eberhart, A. K. & Naderer, G., 02.09.2017, In: Journal of Marketing Management. 33, 13-14, p. 1149-1169 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Managing and Measuring the Business Case for Sustainability: Capturing the Relationship between Sustainability Performance, Business Competitiveness and Economic Performance

    Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M., 08.09.2017, Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance. Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 1-27 27 p.

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

  23. Published

    Mapping the Links of Corporate Sustainability: Sustainability Balanced Scorecards as a Tool for Sustainability Performance Measurement and Management

    Wagner, M. & Schaltegger, S., 08.09.2017, Managing the Business Case for Sustainability: The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance. Schaltegger, S. & Wagner, M. (eds.). Sheffield: Greenleaf Publishing, p. 108-126 21 p.

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

  24. Published

    Clean energy storage technology in the making: An innovation systems perspective on flywheel energy storage

    Wicki, S. & Hansen, E., 20.09.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 162, p. 1118-1134 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    In Search of the Dominant Rationale in Sustainability Management: Legitimacy- or Profit-Seeking?

    Schaltegger, S. & Hörisch, J., 01.10.2017, In: Journal of Business Ethics. 145, 2, p. 259-276 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Grazing, exploring and networking for sustainability-oriented innovations in learning-action networks: an SME perspective

    Klewitz, J., 02.10.2017, In: Innovation - The European Journal of Social Science Research. 30, 4, p. 476 - 503 28 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  27. Published

    Social entrepreneurship orientation: development of a measurement scale

    Kraus, S., Niemand, T., Halberstadt, J., Shaw, E. & Syrjä, P., 16.10.2017, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research. 23, 6, p. 977-997 21 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Business Model Experimentation for Circularity: Driving sustainability in a large international clothing retailer

    Bocken, N. M. P., Miller, K., Weissbrod, I., Holgado, M. & Evans, S., 12.2017, In: Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment. 2017, 1, p. 85-122 38 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Upsides and downsides of the sharing economy: Collaborative consumption business models’ stakeholder value impacts and their relationship to context

    Dreyer, B., Lüdeke-Freund, F., Hamann, R. & Faccer, K., 12.2017, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 125, p. 87-104 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Sustainable business model research and practice: Emerging field or passing fancy?

    Lüdeke-Freund, F. & Dembek, K., 01.12.2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 168, p. 1668-1678 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    ‘It's the Psychology, Stupid!’: Understanding Human Cognition Biases to Inform Sustainable Behavior

    Engler, J-O., Abson, D. & Wehrden, H., 14.12.2017, Rochester: SSRN Social Science Research Network, 23 p. (SSRN; no. 3086532).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  32. 2018
  33. Published

    Accounting for Sustainability: Asia Pacific Perspectives

    Lee, K-H. (ed.) & Schaltegger, S. (ed.), 2018, Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 305 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 33)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  34. Published

    Asia Pacific Perspectives on Accounting for Sustainability: An Introduction

    Lee, K-H. & Schaltegger, S., 2018, Accounting for Sustainability : Asia Pacific Perspectives. Lee, K-H. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 1-8 8 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 33).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Collaborative entrepreneurship for sustainability. Creating solutions in light of the UN sustainable development goals

    Schaltegger, S., Beckmann, M. & Hockerts, K., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 131-152 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  36. Published
  37. Published

    Kampf der Megatrends

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2018, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 1, p. 22-24 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

  38. Published

    Managing Eco-efficiency Development for Sustainability: An Investigation of Top Carbon Polluters in Australia

    Qian, W., Kaur, A. & Schaltegger, S., 2018, Accounting for Sustainability : Asia Pacific Perspectives. Lee, K-H. & Schaltegger, S. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, p. 103-124 22 p. (Eco-efficiency in industry and science; vol. 33).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    RSE, management responsable et isomorphisme institutionnel : une analyse à partir des résultats d’une enquête internationale

    Ben Rhouma, A., Koleva, P. & Schaltegger, S., 2018, In: Management International. 22, 3, p. 65-78 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    SHEstainability: How relationship networks influence the idea generation in opportunity recognition process by female social entrepreneurs

    Spiegler, A. B. & Halberstadt, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 202-235 34 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Slow Fashion Geschäftsmodelle: Ein morphologischer Kasten für Gründer_innen

    Kohlhase, E. & Freudenreich, B., 2018, Lüneburg: Centre for Sustainability Management, 16 p.

    Research output: Working paperProject reportsResearch

  42. Published

    Steigerung der Sensibilität für nachhaltige Mobilität durch die mobile Reiseapplikation Guyde

    Sandau, A., Dietrich, B., Akyol, A. & Vom Berg, B. W., 2018, MKWI 2018 - Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik: Data driven X - Turning Data into Value. Drews, P., Funk, B., Niemeyer, P. & Xie, L. (eds.). Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Vol. 5. p. 1137-1148 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Creating Environmental Solutions: Part 1

    Schaltegger, S. (ed.), Beckmann, M. (ed.) & Hockerts, K. (ed.), 2018, Olney: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. 129 p. (International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing; vol. 10, no. 1)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueResearch

  44. Published

    Sustainable entrepreneurship: creating environmental solutions in light of planetary boundaries

    Schaltegger, S., Beckmann, M. & Hockerts, K., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  45. Published
  46. Published

    Toward comparative institutional analysis of polycentric social-ecological systems governance

    Thiel, A. & Moser, C., 2018, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 28, 4, p. 269-283 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Unternehmerische Verantwortungsübernahme für gesellschaftlichen Nutzen: Business Case for Sustainability als Mittel nachhaltiger Entwicklung

    Schaltegger, S., 2018, Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung von Unternehmen in Deutschland: Ein Kompendium zur Erschließung eines sich entwickelnden Themenfeldes. Backhaus-Maul, H., Kunze, M. & Nährlich, S. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 351-364 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Wer berichtet, wird besser

    Schaltegger, S. & Qian, W., 2018, In: Controlling & Management Review. 62, 1, p. 48-51 4 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    What drives social entrepreneurial appraisal among hearing-impaired individuals?

    Jasniak, M., Ermakova, T., Baierl, R. & Halberstadt, J., 2018, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. 10, 2, p. 236-255 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    A social-ecological typology of rangelands based on rainfall variability and farming type

    Engler, J-O., Abson, D. J., Feller, R., Hanspach, J. & von Wehrden, H., 01.01.2018, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 148, p. 65 - 73 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  51. Published

    Stakeholder Engagement for Corporate Sustainability: A Comparative Analysis of B2C and B2B Companies

    Johnson, M., Redlbacher, F. & Schaltegger, S., 01.01.2018, In: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 25, 4, p. 659-673 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  52. Published

    The economic drivers and consequences of agricultural specialization

    Abson, D. J., 01.01.2018, Agroecosystem Diversity: Reconciling Contemporary Agriculture and Environmental Quality. Lemaire, G., Carvalho, P., Kronberg, S. & Recous, S. (eds.). Academic Press Inc., p. 301-315 15 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review