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. 2014
  2. Supply Chain Management (Journal)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Editor)

    2014

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workEditor of journalsResearch

  3. Legitimierung oder Gewinn: Was motiviert große deutsche Unternehmen für Nachhaltigkeit?

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    06.05.201407.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Exploration deficiency: lessons learned from an unsuccessful sustainable energy technology innovation

    Samuel Wicki (Speaker)

    08.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Systematic Review of Its Use in Research and Practice

    Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    11.06.201413.06.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. The Relative Importance of Behavioral Factors in Solar Photovoltaic Project Financing

    Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker) & Nina Hampl (Speaker)

    22.09.201424.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Exploration of sustainable technologies and Learnings from a failed small wind energy project

    Samuel Wicki (Speaker), Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    08.10.201409.10.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. G-Forum, 18. Forum Gründungsforschung - Interdisziplinäre Entrepreneurship Jahreskonferenz

    Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker), Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker) & Sabine Mirkovic (Speaker)

    13.11.201414.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  9. 2015
  10. Federal Ministry of Education and Research (External organisation)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipBodies of public institutionsResearch

  11. Exploration of green technologies in SMEs: the role of ambidexterity, domain separation and commercialization

    Samuel Wicki (Speaker), Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    14.06.201517.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. Functions of Innovation Systems: the Case of Flywheel Energy Storage

    Samuel Wicki (Speaker), Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker) & Felix Czernin (Speaker)

    14.06.201517.06.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. 20 Years of Performance Measurement in Sustainable Supply Chain Management: What has been achieved?

    Philip Beske-Janssen (Speaker), Matthew Johnson (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Does ISO 14001 Lead the Way? Investigating the Application of relevant Sustainability Management Tools

    Jacob Hörisch (Speaker), Matthew Johnson (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    29.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Management Competencies of Change Agents for Corporate Sustainability: A Systematic Literature Review and Conceptualization

    Maike Buhr (Speaker), Dorli Harms (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    29.09.201530.09.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Change agents for corporate sustainability: the role of competencies in sustainability transformations

    Maike Buhr (Speaker)

    05.10.201507.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. From Fast to Slow Fashion: Management Challenges for the Sustainability Transformation of Business Models

    Birte Freudenreich (Speaker), Ulrike Kaspar (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    20.10.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. 2016
  19. School of Sustainability (Organisational unit)

    Stefan Schaltegger (Office)

    2016 → …

    Activity: MembershipLeuphana academic councils and committeesLeuphana Academic Committees

  20. Vortrag: Corporate Volunteering. Konzepte und Fallstricke

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    02.03.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  21. Deciphering Sustainable Consumption: Understanding, Motives and Heuristic Cues in the Context of Personal Care Product. Poster Presentation

    Andrea K. Moser (Speaker)

    24.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationPresentations (poster etc.)Research

  22. Value creation through business models - A stakeholder perspective

    Birte Freudenreich (Speaker), Florian Lüdeke-Freund (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    25.05.201627.05.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. Green Innovation Processes in SMEs: Anatomy of a Learning Journey

    Samuel Wicki (Speaker) & Erik Gunnar Hansen (Speaker)

    03.07.201606.07.2016

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch