"If you plan for one year, sow grain; if you plan for a decade, plant trees; if you plan for a lifetime, educate people."
(Guanzi, † 645 BC)
Welcome to the pages of the Chair
Business Administration – Business Environmental Economics and Sustainability
News and Important Information
„Everyone has the right to their own opinion, but not to their own facts.“ (Eckart von Hirschhausen)
Research and Knowledge Transfer
Save the date: Special issue call for papers “Systems Thinking in Sustainability Management” in
Journal of Business Economics (Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft) - Paper submission deadline: 31/01/2026
A new issue of our BIKE Bande is online: The BIKE Bande - the mini comic from Chemnitz: "Sustainable mobility in the school environment of the future" (Issue 2026)
The Sustainability Working Group meets on Tue, 12/05/2026 and Wed, 15/07/2026 from 10:00–12:00 in room 310 ThW7 and via BBB (link upon request).
Follow us: TUC Sustainability
Prof. Dr. Marlen Arnold is an Ambassador of the Saxony Environmental and Climate Alliance (2023-2028).
Teaching
Our teaching activities follow the UN initiative Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).
Virtual Sustainability - Dive into a digital world of sustainability (open access)
Test global knowledge
ESD and Sustainability Quiz
We wish our students every success in their exams!
Lecture overview Winter term 2025/26 - for tutorials & seminars, enter instructor Weidenhagen/Meisinger
For lectures and tutorials, please register in OPAL - all information is provided there.
Students who write academic papers (seminars, projects, theses) at our chair must familiarize themselves with our guidelines and our requirements.
Summer semester/Summer term 2026
Business Environmental Economics and Sustainability Management
Guest lecture on Mon, xx.0x.2026:
Tools in Environmental and Sustainability Management
Guest lecture on Tue, xx.0x.2026:
Sustainability Management
Guest lecture on Tue, xx.0x.2026:
BWL BF-Seminar SoS2026: Kick-off on 08/04/2026 at 11:30
BWL BF-Project SoS2026: Kick-off on 08/04/2026 at 11:30
Academic Writing (seminars and theses at the chair)
The introduction to the seminars/projects and to academic writing will take place after announcement.
AWP
Winter semester/Winter term 2025/26
Sustainability Management of Innovations
Fundamentals of Business Administration for technically oriented degree programs (Part B)
BWL BF Seminar
BWL BF Project
Academic Writing (seminars and theses at the chair)
MA Seminar Sustainability (Business & Economics)
The introduction to the seminars/projects and to academic writing will take place after announcement.
AWP
Responsible decision-making
Academic papers at the chair
Please observe the guidelines for the submission of exposés for writing theses as well as the notes on academic writing.
If you would like to write a seminar paper, project report, term paper or thesis at our chair, please read the linked pages (Academic Writing, Theses and Exposé) in full and pay attention to news and dates in the OPAL course for seminar papers, project reports and theses.
