What role do financial returns and sustainability impact play as decision-making criteria for private investors?

This research partnership examines the role of economic and environmental criteria in the investment decisions of private investors and explores how private funding sources can be mobilized to close financing gaps for transformation projects. The analysis of investment motives provides valuable insights into the balance between financial incentives and environmental goals.

Determinants of Employees’ Environmentally Sustainable Behavior: What Role Do “Green” Organizational Culture, Leadership, and Their Interaction Play in Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Behavior?

This research partnership investigates the determinants of environmentally sustainable behavior among employees in organizations. The focus is on the potential influence of factors that can be actively shaped, such as organizational culture and leadership behavior, as well as their interaction.

Learning from Nature—Biomimetic Principles as a Catalyst for Designing Nature-Inspired Processes in a World of Emerging Technologies

The Space in Between: An Analysis of the Influence of Biomimetic and Emerging Technology-Focused Perspectives on Procurement Decisions | Competencies and Mental Models for Circular Economy Procurement Processes: Biomimetic Principles and the Potential of Immersive Technologies

This research partnership combines insights from nature with innovative technologies to make decision-making processes in procurement more sustainable, and examines how biomimetic principles and mental models can promote the integration of ecological criteria into economic decisions. Particularly innovative is the examination of the interplay between natural and technological paradigms in the context of the circular economy.

The Use of Immersive Technologies as a Driver of Change Processes in Business and Society for Sustainable Transformation

Integration of immersive technologies into real-world situations to optimize change processes for sustainable transformation | Mixed reality as a collaborative training tool for implementing change processes for sustainable transformation

This research partnership is investigating how immersive technologies (e.g., virtual reality, augmented reality) can support transformation processes aimed at sustainable development. The research examines how these technologies can contribute to optimizing processes in real-world situations and serve as training tools for transformation.