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. Towards a Better Understanding of the Correlation between Corporate Environmental Sustainability and Financial Performance

    Kai Hockerts (Speaker) & Marcus Wagner (Speaker)

    10.09.200111.09.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  2. Towards a Comprehensive Framework for Environmental Management Accounting: Links between Business Actors and EMA Tools

    Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker), Tobias Hahn (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    15.07.200117.07.2001

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Transdisciplinary Research in Corporate Sustainability. Vision, Verdict, Value

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    29.05.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Transdisciplinary Science Workshop at the Future Africa Campus - 2019

    Matthias Barth (Speaker), Lydia Kater-Wettstädt (Participant), Maike Buhr (Participant), Sadhbh Juarez Bourke (Participant), Karoline Pöggel (Participant), Julius Rathgens (Participant) & Stefan Hilser (Participant)

    27.03.201929.03.2019

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

  5. Trends in sustainability management: Progress and standstill

    Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    30.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Understanding and Supporting Management Decision-Making: South-East-Asian Case Studies on Environmental Management Accounting

    Christian Herzig (Speaker), Tobias Viere (Speaker), Roger Leonard Burritt (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    24.11.200525.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. University-industry collaboration to stimulate learning in the context of sustainability-oriented innovations

    Johanna Klewitz (Speaker)

    01.03.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  8. University of South Australia

    Dimitar Zvezdov (Visiting researcher)

    05.03.201202.04.2012

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  9. (University) support programmes and sustainable regional development: Why, how, and with what impact?

    Marcus Wagner (Speaker), Markus Beckmann (Speaker), Klaus Fichter (Speaker), Erik Hansen (Speaker) & Stefan Schaltegger (Speaker)

    04.10.201706.10.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch