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.
Water reuse for green hydrogen production (WtR4GH2)
Adisorn, T. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)
01.10.24 → …
Project: Dissertation project
The Sufficiency Perspective on Climate Change Mitigation - Policy Measures towards Transformation in Germany
Hartmann, E. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)
01.10.23 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Sensorische Ethnographie und künstlerische Intervention
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 30.09.23
Project: Research
DAS: Studienpfad für den Beruf als kommunale*r Klimamanager*in
Hörisch, J. (Project manager, academic), Möller, S. (Project staff) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)
01.10.22 → 31.03.25
Project: Research
Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie Niedersachsen
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic), Hartmann, E. (Project staff) & Redenius, P. (Project staff)
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony
01.01.22 → 31.12.25
Project: Research
A Change in Perspective - The Role of Photography in Environmental Communication
Brosien, P. N. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)
01.05.20 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Politik- und Öffentlichkeitsberatung
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.03.20 → 28.02.21
Project: Research
Political Leadership as a Key Driver towards Sustainability.
von Stauffenberg, A.-K. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.19 → 12.12.23
Project: Dissertation project
Resonanztheorie in der Nachhaltigkeit
Gehlen, Y. (Project staff) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
01.01.19 → 31.12.20
Project: Dissertation project
Durchführung innovativer Bildungsmaßnahmen und Erprobung neuer Bildungsformate zur Förderung von Nachhaltigkeitshandeln in Kommunen am Beispiel Niedersachsen
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Laws, N. (Project manager, academic)
German Federal Environmental Foundation
09.04.18 → 31.01.20
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Textile-Transformation
Beyers, F. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project staff)
01.11.17 → 31.10.20
Project: Dissertation project
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)
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Can Subjective Indicators Make Sustainability Assessment More Community Relevant? The Important Role of the Stakeholders’ Participation and the Use of Indicators Set towards the Localization of Sustainable Development
Hatakeyama, T. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → 28.02.22
Project: Dissertation project
Der partizipative Weg in die nachhaltige Gesellschaft? Formative Evaluation der Gestaltung neuer Partizipationssituationen in Politik und Wirtschaft zur Förderung nachhaltiger Entwicklung auf der Basis systemübergreifender Prinzipien der Partizipation
Basmer-Birkenfeld, S.-V. (Project manager, academic), Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Wulfsberg, J. P. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.16 → …
Project: Dissertation project
Designing knowledge-action networks for supporting energy focused sociotechnical change in illiberal democracies: Interfacing science, policy and transformation processes towards sustainability in Andean Countries.
Noboa, E. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
05.10.15 → 04.06.19
Project: Dissertation project
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)
01.07.15 → 01.01.17
Project: Research
Transitionsgestaltung für nachhaltige Innovationen - Initiativen in den kommunal geprägten Handlungsfeldern Energie, Wasser, Bauen und Wohnen - TP 3
Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic) & Laws, N. (Project staff)
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
01.05.15 → 30.04.18
Project: Research
2042: A transformative longitudinal study - Collaborative Economy
Soetebeer, I. (Project staff) & Burandt, S. (Project manager, academic)
31.03.15 → 31.03.18
Project: Research
Die Berücksichtigung gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen in der Konzeption des Integrated Reporting
Augustine, S. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → 14.12.17
Project: Dissertation project
Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen von Führungspersonen in Kommunalverwaltungen
Plawitzki, J. (Project manager, academic) & Heinrichs, H. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.14 → 31.03.18
Project: Dissertation project