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. 2021
  2. Published

    Learning spaces in multi-stakeholder initiatives: The German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles as a platform for dialogue and learning?

    Beyers, F. & Leventon, J., 01.09.2021, In: Earth System Governance. 9, 13 p., 100113.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Teaching Sustainable Development in a Sensory and Artful Way — Concepts, Methods, and Examples

    Heinrichs, H., 01.12.2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 24, 15 p., 13619.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. 2022
  5. Published

    Sustainable Statehood: Reflections on Critical (Pre-)Conditions, Requirements and Design Options

    Heinrichs, H., 02.08.2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 15, 14 p., 9461.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  6. Published

    Transformationsnarrative: Kurzgutachten

    Hartmann, E. & Heinrichs, H., 28.09.2022, Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO), 10 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Gesellschaft; no. 1).

    Research output: Working paperExpert opinions

  7. Published

    Does Sharing with Neighbours Work? Accounts of Success and Failure from Two German Housing Experimentations

    Huber, A., 20.10.2022, In: Housing, Theory and Society. 39, 5, p. 524-554 31 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Indikatoren für kleine und mittlere Kommunen

    Redenius, P. & Heinrichs, H., 24.10.2022, Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO), p. 1-8, 8 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Gesellschaft.; no. 2).

    Research output: Working paperExpert opinions

  9. Published

    The influence of sustainability knowledge and attitude on sustainable intention and behaviour of Malaysian and Indonesian undergraduate students

    Saleh, M. S. M., Mehellou, A., Huang, M. & Briandana, R., 12.2022, In: Research in Comparative and International Education. 17, 4, p. 677-693 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  10. 2023
  11. Published

    Nachhaltigkeit und Weltbeziehung: eine resonanztheoretische Untersuchung

    Gehlen, Y., 01.01.2023, Deutschland: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. 274 p. (Umweltsoziologie; vol. 12)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  12. Published

    Collaborative governance or state regulation? Endless efforts but little capacity for sustainability transformation of the German textile sector

    Beyers, F., Leventon, J. & Heinrichs, H., 02.2023, In: Environmental Policy and Governance. 33, 1, p. 56-77 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Transformation gezielt kommunizieren: Kurzgutachten

    Hartmann, E., Heinrichs, H. & Herzhoff, G., 03.2023, Institut für Nachhaltigkeitssteuerung (INSUGO), 11 p. (Schriftenreihe Nachhaltigkeit, Politik, Gesellschaft; no. 3).

    Research output: Working paperExpert opinions