Professorship for Sustainability Management

Organisational unit: Professoship

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

Main research areas

Areas of research

Foundations of Sustainability Management

Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Transformation & Innovation

Concepts & Instruments of Sustainability Management

Sustainability Accounting, Performance Management & Finance

Stakeholder Relationships, Communication & Reporting

Management of Natural Resources

Advanced Education & Capacity Building

Continuing education programmes

Das Fernstudium MBA Sustainability Management ist der weltweit erste universitäre MBA für Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2003 ist er einer der führenden „Green MBA“ durch eine einzigartige und optimale Kombination aus Managementwissen, Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, Soft Skills und verantwortungsvoller Unternehmensführung

Die hohe Qualität des Weiterbildungsstudiums wird durch die Kompetenz der Dozierenden sowie vielfältige Praxispartnerschaften garantiert. Der MBA Sustainability Management ist akkreditiert und wurde zudem als UNESCO-Dekade-Projekt ausgezeichnet.

Das CSM ist darüber hinaus in weiteren internationalen Weiterbildungsprogrammen zu CSR und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement aktiv. Seit Jahren arbeitet es erfolgreich in der Weiter- und Fernbildung mit der FernUniversität Hagen und dem Fraunhofer Institut für Umwelt, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik (UMSICHT) zusammen. Das CSM betreut u.a. den gesamten Bereich des Umweltmanagements für deren interdisziplinären Studiengang Umweltwissenschaften (infernum, Master of Environmental Sciences, MSc).

  1. Implementing Sustainability Strategies Through Accounting Controls: An Exploration of Practices in Seven Multinational Corporations

    Crutzen, N. (Speaker) & Schaltegger, S. (Speaker)

    06.05.201308.05.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Indicators in Sustainability Management

    Zvezdov, D. (Lecturer)

    01.11.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  3. Industry Studies Conference 2011

    Hansen, E. G. (Coauthor)

    31.05.201103.06.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

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

    Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    25.11.201027.11.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Innovation in sustainable supply chains – A reflection on resources and SME collaboration with supply chain stakeholders

    Harms, D. (Speaker)

    06.06.201208.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. Innovation Potential for Sustainability Management Methods

    Schaltegger, S. (Speaker), Hörisch, J. (Speaker), Herzig, C. (Speaker) & Klewitz, J. (Speaker)

    02.07.201204.07.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Innovations for Sustainability through Multi-Stakeholder Innovation Initiatives

    Esders, M. (Speaker)

    05.07.200908.07.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. Innovationsverbund Nachhaltiger Mittelstand 2012

    Klewitz, J. (Moderator)

    21.11.2012

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

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

    Harms, D. (Speaker) & Hansen, E. G. (Speaker)

    01.06.201104.06.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  10. Interactive Value Creation & Sustainability: Guest lecture “Innovation Strategy“

    Hansen, E. G. (Lecturer)

    03.02.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

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Publications

  1. Response to Turnhout et al.’s rethinking biodiversity: From goods and services to “living with”
  2. Seeing polycentrically
  3. On the effects of redistribution on growth and entrepreneurial risk-taking
  4. “First come, first served" or “the more, the merrier"?
  5. Concentration of ciprofloxacin in Brazilian hospital effluent and preliminary risk assessment
  6. The outcome of coaching and training for self-employment. A statistical evaluation of outside assistance support programs for unemployed business founders in Germany
  7. Nutzungskonflikte zwischen Freizeitnutzern
  8. Affective States and Risky Driving Behavior of Novice and Young Drivers
  9. Understanding relational values in cultural landscapes in Romania and Germany
  10. Multiple components of plant diversity loss determine herbivore phylogenetic diversity in a subtropical forest experiment
  11. Identifikation der Erfolgsrelevanz sozialer Themen
  12. Open participation network and school health programs - Review of the BLK experiment OPUS (1997-2000) for health promotion
  13. Die neue Datenschutzverbandsklage
  14. E-textile technology
  15. Das Driving Emotion Wheel
  16. Plant functional traits explain species abundance patterns and strategies shifts among saplings and adult trees in Araucaria forests
  17. Interdisziplinär und international
  18. A longitudinal study of teachers' occupational well-being
  19. Transdisciplinarity and Protected Areas
  20. The Rise and Fall of Electricity Distribution Cooperatives in Germany
  21. XXD11
  22. Mental health – backbone of the soul
  23. Erziehen - Lehren - Lernen
  24. Tanz. Kommunikation. Praxis
  25. Concepts of Citizenship in the Educational Materials of the EU and the Council of Europe
  26. Implementing Sustainability in Higher Education
  27. Das Zuhause als mediatisierte Welt im Wandel