In order to create truly sustainable universities, we require new methods of visualizing and interpreting them holistically as institutions built on complex relationships and systems, rather than as individual departments and people operating independently. This book uses a systemic structural constellations approach to demonstrate how we can build more sustainable higher education institutions, both in terms of teaching and research and at an operational level.

Drawing examples from current research and teaching, Systemic Structural Constellations and Sustainability in Academia explores how universities are not only centres of teaching and learning but can also play a crucial role in enabling future decision makers to appreciate and contribute to a more sustainable future.

Marlen Gabriele Arnold is a researcher and course co-ordinator at the Technical University Chemnitz, Germany.

1. Introduction 2. Academia, Corporations and Sustainability 3. An Introduction to Systemic Structural Constellations 4. Levels and Conditions in SysStCs 5. Diverse Settings of SyStCs 6. Scientific Criteria of SyStCs 7. Systems Constellations in Oganizational, Institutional and Academic Contexts 8. Applications and Conditions for Use 9. Conclusion