Professorship for Sustainability and Politics

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

How can society and the economy be shaped with foresight and at the same time stabilise the natural foundations of life? The co-optimisation of economic, social and ecological developments is the core issue of sustainable policy. At the Chair of Sustainability and Politics, this question is addressed in research, teaching and practice. 

Main research areas

The four subject areas of sustainable state, sustainable community, climate crisis and transformation as well as cultural innovation and communication take centre stage.

  1. Textile-Transformation

    Beyers, F. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)

    01.11.1731.10.20

    Project: Dissertation project

  2. PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)

    Barth, M. (Project manager, academic), Kater-Wettstädt, L. (Coordination), Fischer, D. (Partner), Halberstadt, J. (Partner), Schaltegger, S. (Partner), Leventon, J. (Partner), Heinrichs, H. (Partner), Lang, D. J. (Partner), Wiek, A. (Partner), Kümmerer, K. (Partner), von Wehrden, H. (Partner), Vilsmaier, U. (Partner), Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G. (Project staff), Pöggel, K. (Project staff), Hübel, C. (Project staff), Buhr, M. (Project staff), Beyers, F. (Project staff), Laudan, J. (Project staff), Albrecht, S. (Project staff), Weber, H. (Project staff), Rathgens, J. (Project staff), Keβler, L. (Project staff), Hilser, S. (Project staff) & Juarez Bourke, S. (Project staff)

    Robert-Bosch Foundation

    08.12.1631.12.21

    Project: Research

  3. Ölpflanzen als Zwischenfrüchte; Teilvorhaben 1: Analyse der Stakeholder-Akzeptanz und politische Rahmenbedingungen

    Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Noboa, E. (Project staff) & Laws, N. (Project staff)

    01.07.1501.01.17

    Project: Research

  4. 2042: A transformative longitudinal study - Collaborative Economy

    Soetebeer, I. (Project staff) & Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic)

    31.03.1531.03.18

    Project: Research

  5. Die Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen in der Konzeption des Integrated Reporting

    Augustine, S. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1414.12.17

    Project: Dissertation project

  6. Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen von Führungspersonen in Kommunalverwaltungen

    Plawitzki, J. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)

    01.04.1431.03.18

    Project: Dissertation project