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 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

Continuing education products

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).

Spin-offs

see projects and MBA Sustainability Management

  1. 2013
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    Nachhaltigkeit - Bislang kein Wettbewerbsfaktor?

    Schaltegger, S., Hörisch, J., Windolph, S. E. & Harms, D., 2013, In: Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften. 02, p. 94 1 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransfer

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    Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement als Treiber von Unternehmenserfolg und Strukturwandel in Regionen

    Schaltegger, S. & Petersen, H., 2013, Unternehmensverantwortung wirkt!: Geteilte Wertschöpfung durch Corporate Responsibility - mit Praxisbeispielen aus der Metropolregion Hamburg. Taubken, N., Schindler, D. & Prigge, S. (eds.). München: oekom verlag GmbH, p. 44-49 6 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Öko-Innovation in KMU: Die Rolle von Public-Private Partnerships im Innovationsprozess

    Hansen, E. G., Klewitz, J. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, In: Industrie Management. 29, 5, p. 43-48 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesTransferpeer-review

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    Pragmatism, Truth and Social Accounting Research

    Baker, M. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, APIRA KOBE 2013: The Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, July 26-28, Kobe International Conference Center, abstracts. Kokubu, K., Sawabe, N. & Sakaue, M. (eds.). Kobe University, p. 115 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Same Play, Different Actors? Comparing the Research-Practice Gap in Management Accounting in Australia and Germany

    Tucker, B. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, APIRA KOBE 2013: The Seventh Asia Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting Conference, July 26-28, Kobe International Conference Center, Abstracts. Kokubu, K., Sawabe, N. & Sakaue, M. (eds.). Kobe University, p. 110 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Sustainability Accounting

    Zvezdov, D. & Schaltegger, S., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer, p. 2363-2370 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Sustainability Management

    Schaltegger, S., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer, p. 2384-2388 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticles for encyclopediaResearch

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    Sustainability-Oriented Innovation

    Hansen, E. G. & Grosse-Dunker, F., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg, New York: Springer, Vol. Volume 1. p. 2407–2417 11 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

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    Sustainable Entrepreneurship

    Schaltegger, S., 2013, Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Idowu, S. O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L. & Das Gupta, A. (eds.). Heidelberg: Springer, p. 2458-2462 5 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review