Organisation profile

The Chair for Sustainability Management at the CSM is an internationally oriented professorship leading in research, continuing education and knowledge transfer in the field of corporate sustainability management. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, approximately 30 members of the Centre from a number of different disciplines (including environmental sciences, business administration, political science and cultural sciences) collaborate in interdisciplinary research projects. 

The mission of the Chair in Sustainability Management includes both theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

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The Chair for Sustainability Management at the CSM is an internationally oriented professorship leading in research, continuing education and knowledge transfer in the field of corporate sustainability management. Under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, about 30 researchers of the Centre from a number of different disciplines (including environmental sciences, business administration, political science and cultural sciences) collaborate in interdisciplinary research projects. 

The mission of the Chair in Sustainability Management includes theoretical, transdisciplinary and applied research into corporate sustainability management as well as the initiation and scientific consultation of model projects.

 

Research Areas: Foundations of sustainability management and corporate social responsibility; Measurement, information and communication of sustainability; Management of stakeholder relationships, Conservation management and integrative sustainability management; Continuous education

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

  1. 2009
  2. Developing New Markets for Moist Biomass: An Eco-efficient Approach of Dehydrating Agricultural Biomass

    Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker) & Jan Müller (Speaker)

    30.03.200901.04.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  3. Environmental Accounting and Sustainable Development Indicators Conference - EMAN 2009

    Dimitar Zvezdov (presenter)

    23.04.200924.04.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  4. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    10.05.200914.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  5. Leading Corporate Responsibility: Solutions Between Morality and Profits

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    02.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  6. International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility - 2009

    Sabrina Adamczyk (Speaker), Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Ralf Reichwald (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  7. ISEOR and AoM: International Conference on Evaluation Metrics of CSR

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    08.06.200910.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  8. Critical review of survey based research on Sustainable Supply Chain Management

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Stefan Seuring (Speaker), Stefan Gold (Speaker) & Romy Morana (Speaker)

    14.06.200917.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    18.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  10. 20th International Society for Professional Innovation Management Conference - ISPIM 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    21.06.200924.06.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  11. Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives

    Marianne Esders (Speaker)

    05.07.200908.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. BOP aber wie? Neue Partner zur Entwicklung innovativer Geschäftsmodelle für Menschen in Armut - 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    10.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  13. Social Entrepreneurship: Status Quo - 2009

    Anica Zeyen (Participant)

    16.07.200917.07.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  14. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Anica Zeyen (Member)

    09.200910.2010

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  15. Internet-Supported Sustainability Reporting: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30

    Christian Herzig (Speaker)

    07.09.200909.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. 8th EABIS Annual Colloquium 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    20.09.200921.09.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. Social Entrepreneurship - an introduction: ERASMUS guest lecture

    Anica Zeyen (Lecturer)

    22.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  18. Social Marketing: ERASMUS guest lecture

    Anica Zeyen (Lecturer)

    24.09.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  19. Herbsttagung der wissenschaftlichen Kommission Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement - 2009

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    05.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. Sustainability Management Accounting: Managing Climate Change Information and other Sustainability Performance Challenges

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    05.10.200906.10.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Research Workshop “Innovation and Value Creation” - 2009

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    12.11.200914.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  22. Vortrag: Management von Nachhaltigkeitsrisiken: Prozess - Instrumente - Organisation

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    12.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  23. Corporate strategy meets green technology

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    23.11.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  24. 2010
  25. 12th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management - EURAM 2012 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  26. 17th European Academy of Management - EURAM 2017 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  27. 41. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik - INFORMATIK 2011 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  28. 70th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - 2010 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  29. 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2011 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  30. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Managment - AOM 2012 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  31. 73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2013 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  32. 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2014 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  33. 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2016 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  34. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT ANNUAL MEETING PROCEEDINGS 2015 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  35. Annual Meeting der Academy of Management 2017 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  36. Bundesdeutscher Arbeitskreis für Umweltbewusstes Management ( B.A.U.M.) e.V. (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  37. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2013 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  38. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2014 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  39. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2016 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2010 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  40. European Group of Organizational Studies (External organisation)

    Erik G. Hansen (Member)

    2010

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  41. German Academic Association for Business Research e.V. (External organisation)

    Erik G. Hansen (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  42. German Academic Association for Business Research e.V. (External organisation)

    Erik G. Hansen (Member)

    20102012

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  43. Hershley (Publisher)

    Erik G. Hansen (Editorial Board)

    20102011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of unfinished anthology/collectionResearch

  44. Stiftung Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis e.V. (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2010 → …

    Activity: MembershipAcademic councils, panels and committeesTransfer

  45. Corporate strategy and sustainability-oriented technologies

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    18.01.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  46. Cranfield University

    Erik G. Hansen (Visiting researcher)

    15.02.201029.06.2010

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  47. 6th Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - EMLS 2010

    Stefan Schaltegger (Organiser), Marianne Esders (Organiser) & Dimitar Zvezdov (Participant)

    21.03.201023.03.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. Corporate Sustainability & Leadership Excellence

    Erik G. Hansen (Lecturer)

    22.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  49. Vortrag: Social Web: Herausforderung für das Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement?

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    25.03.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  50. Workshop: "Gestión sostenible en la administración pública". Metodos y concepciones

    Johanna Klewitz (Organiser)

    24.04.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  51. Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (Organisational unit)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Office)

    05.201007.2011

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  52. European Academy of Management - EURAM 2010 (Event)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    19.05.201022.05.2010

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  53. Management Control in Supply Chain Management: A Concept and first Empirical Insights

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Stefan Seuring (Speaker), Magnus Westhaus (Speaker) & Matthias Freise (Speaker)

    07.06.201008.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  54. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    10.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  55. What Kinds of PV Projects Do Debt Capital Providers Prefer to Finance?

    Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker) & Moritz Loock (Speaker)

    23.06.201026.06.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  56. 26th EGOS Colloquium - EGOS 2010

    Erik G. Hansen (Coauthor)

    01.07.201003.07.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  57. Corporate Responsibility Evolution Models: Concepts, Evidence and Implications

    Heiko Spitzeck (Speaker) & Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker)

    01.07.201003.07.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  58. Carbon Management Accounting

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    01.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  59. Status und zukunftsweisende Ansätze für Nachhaltigkeit in der Wirtschaft

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  60. Sustainability – Fad or trend?

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    15.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  61. Measuring the Impacts of NGO partnerships The Economic and Societal Benefits of Community Involvement at Merck Ltd., Thailand

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    20.09.201022.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  62. 1. Workshop Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand - 2010

    Johanna Klewitz (Moderator)

    22.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  63. Stakeholder Governance - A Longitudinal Analysis of UK-based Companies Listed in the BITC Corporate Responsibility Index

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    22.09.201024.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  64. Conference - Global Economic Symposium 2010 (GES) (Event)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    28.09.201029.09.2010

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsResearch

  65. Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Empirische Studie bei DAX & MDAX - Theorie & Praxis

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    30.09.201001.10.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  66. 4th International Conference on Indicators and Concepts of Innovation - 2010

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    07.10.201008.10.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  67. 26th Annual Conference for the Canadian Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship - 2010

    Johanna Klewitz (Speaker)

    28.10.201030.10.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  68. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.11.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  69. 2. Workshop Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand - 2010

    Johanna Klewitz (Moderator)

    24.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  70. Innovation contests for sustainability innovations: Findings from a worldwide shoe innovation contest

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    25.11.201027.11.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  71. Research Workshop “Innovation & Value Creation"

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    26.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  72. 5. Forschungsseminar „Innovation and Value Creation“ 2010

    Erik G. Hansen (Chair)

    27.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  73. 2011
  74. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  75. African Journal of Business Management (Journal)

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  76. Daimler and Benz Foundation (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2011 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of private companies and organisationsTransfer

  77. European Journal of Innovation Management (Journal)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    20112012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  78. IGI Global Publishing (Publisher)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    2011

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  79. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development (Journal)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    20112012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  80. Journal of Cleaner Production (Journal)

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  81. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Journal)

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    20112012

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  82. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (Journal)

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  83. Exploring the Corporate Practice of Sustainability Accounting

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    22.01.201124.01.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  84. Rolling Out Corporate Sustainability Accounting: A New Set of Challenges for Sustainability Accounting 2011

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Organiser)

    22.01.201124.01.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  85. Audits, Siegel, Zertifikate - Glaubwürdige Nachhaltigkeit? - 2011

    Johanna Klewitz (Participant)

    10.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  86. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    17.02.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  87. Sustainable Supply Chains im globalen Kontext - Lieferantenmanagement in DAX- und MDAX-Unternehmen

    Dorli Harms (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Coauthor)

    15.03.201116.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  88. 4. Workshop: Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand 2011

    Johanna Klewitz (Moderator)

    23.03.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  89. 7th International Environmental Management Leadership Symposium - 2011

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    02.05.201103.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  90. Environmental Sustainability and Supply Chain Management: A Framework of Cross-Functional Integration and Knowledge Transfer

    Dorli Harms (Speaker)

    02.05.201103.05.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  91. Rolling out corporate sustainability accounting: A set of challenges - 2011

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    02.05.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  92. Industry Studies Conference 2011

    Erik G. Hansen (Coauthor)

    31.05.201103.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  93. Innovative supplier management processes for sustainability - Explorative findings from German stock corporations

    Dorli Harms (Speaker) & Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    01.06.201104.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  94. Nachhaltigkeitsinnovation (Sustainability Innovation): Sustainability Leadership Forum

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    09.06.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  95. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    09.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  96. XXII Conference of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management - ISPIM 2011

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    12.06.201115.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  97. 1st Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research - CSEAR France 2011

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Speaker)

    13.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  98. Förderprogramm „Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung im Mittelstand“

    Erik G. Hansen (Reviewer)

    08.2011

    Activity: Other expert activitiesPeer review of project proposalsResearch

  99. Technology Push vs. Demand Pull: The Evolution of Solar Policy in the US, Germany and China

    Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker), Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker), Joel West (Speaker) & Xiahong Quan (Speaker)

    12.08.201116.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  100. Green vs. Jobs: Goal Conflict Inherence in the Solar Policies of California, China and Germany

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    15.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  101. The growing importance of sustainability in European markets and the role of universities in sustainability-oriented management education

    Erik G. Hansen (Speaker)

    31.08.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationtalk or presentation in privat or public eventsTransfer