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. E-pub ahead of print

    Sustainability Strategies: What's in a Name? A Conceptual Restatement of Fundamental Mechanisms Toward Sustainability

    Hartmann, E., 27.03.2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Development. 15 p., sd.3443.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. 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

  3. Published

    Sustainable development through aesthetic expertise? Results and reflection of an experimental case study on arts-science policy intervention.

    Heinrichs, H. & Hoernemann, D., 06.03.2023, In: Visions for Sustainability. 19, p. 125-151 27 p., 7311.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

  4. Published

    Sustainable Public Administration, Special Issue in Sustainability

    Heinrichs, H. (Editor) & Laws, N. (Editor), 04.06.2021, Basel: MDPI AG. (Sustainability; vol. 13, no. 11)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesSpecial Journal issueTransfer

  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

    Sustainable Tourism: A Multi-Stakeholder Involvement in Coral Reefs Conservation in Malaysia

    Mohamad Saleh, M. S. & Nik Hasan, N. N., 2014, In: International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences. 4, 3, p. 158-174 17 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Symbolische Politik oder echter Einfluss? Die europäische Beschäftigungsstrategie in Deutschland und Frankreich

    Huber, A., 2008, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 161 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Tackling the knowledge-action gap in sustainable consumption: insights from a participatory school programme

    Barth, M., Fischer, D., Michelsen, G., Nemnich, C. & Rode, H., 01.09.2012, In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. 6, 2, p. 301-312 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. 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

  10. Published

    The Diversity of environmental justice: Towards a European Approach

    Elvers, H.-D., Heinrichs, H. & Groß, M., 01.12.2008, In: European Societies. 10, 5, p. 835-856 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review