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. 2018
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    Collaborative energy visioning under conditions of illiberal democracy: Results and recommendations from Ecuador

    Noboa, E., Upham, P. J. & Heinrichs, H., 08.10.2018, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 8, 1, 17 p., 31.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sustainable development indicators: Conceptual frameworks of comparative indicators sets for local administrations in Japan

    Hatakeyama, T., 01.11.2018, In: Sustainable Development. 26, 6, p. 683-690 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Energy policy and transdisciplinary transition management arenas in illiberal democracies: A conceptual framework

    Noboa, E. & Upham, P., 01.12.2018, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 46, p. 114-124 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsScientific review articlesResearch

  6. 2019
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    Kommunalspezifische Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung: Erfahrungen und Empfehlungen

    Kirst, E., Lang, D. J., Heinrichs, H. & Plawitzki, J., 01.2019, In: GAIA. 28, 2, p. 151-159 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  9. Published

    Collaborative governance towards cities sustainability transition

    Conti, D. D. M., de Hoyos Guevara, A. J., Heinrichs, H., da Silva, L. F., Quaresma, C. C. & Bete, T. D. S., 01.01.2019, In: URBE - Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana. 11, 19 p., e20190046.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Nachhaltige Verwaltung

    Heinrichs, H. & Schuster, F., 11.01.2019, Handbuch zur Verwaltungsreform. Veit, S., Reichard, C. & Wewer, G. (eds.). Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag, p. 1-11 11 p. (Springer Reference Sozialwissenschaften)(Springer Reference Live).

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

  11. Published

    Building a Coalition with Depoliticized Sustainability Discourse: The Case of a Transdisciplinary Transition Management Arena in Peru

    Noboa, E., Upham, P. J. & Heinrichs, H., 31.01.2019, In: Journal of Sustainable Development. 12, 1, p. 84-107 24 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Strengthening Sensory Sustainability Science - Theoretical and Methodological Considerations

    Heinrichs, H., 01.02.2019, In: Sustainability. 11, 3, 16 p., 769.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review