Excellent research team

Hello, we are a research team at the University of Graz, experts in various fields (see below) and we would be interested in joining a consortium.

Our research topics mainly cover the following topics:

1. Sustainability strategies and sustainable business models ​

   Understanding of sustainability, organizational culture, and change processes ​

   Drivers, barriers, and success factors of sustainable business models ​

2. Corporate sustainability management

   Environmental Management Systems

   Corporate Social Responsibility

3. Sustainability assessment ​

   Life cycle assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) and Systemic Sustainability Assessment of products, technologies, and organizations ​

4. Sustainable innovation processes​

   Identification of innovation processes related to sustainability, with a focus on open innovation.​

5. Sustainable product design​

   Identification and development of conditions and tools that can integrate sustainability issues into product design processes and optimize them, considering cross-functional conflicts. ​

6. Circular Economy and sustainable supply chain management​

   Coordination of actors in a network of companies regarding sustainability issues (i.e., how sustainability impacts in supply chains can be measured, industrial networks and supply chains coordinated, and relevant data managed for cross-organizational management).​

7. Digitalization

   Digital Product Passports / Digital Battery Passports

If someone is interested and looking for a partner, we would be happy to hear from you!

Best wishes from Graz,

Martina