UPCOMING BOOK
Upcoming new book
The Century Challenge: Rethinking Sustainability
A broader perspective on the hyper-complex “century issue” of sustainability is essential. Our survival depends on understanding sustainability as an evolving system, one that demands an evolving mindset.
Most traditional approaches prioritize technological fixes over systemic transformation. What is needed is consciousness — the capacity to critically reflect on the destructive dynamics of our civilization. Sustainability spans from material processes to human reflexivity.
An Academic Framework for Sustainable Change
I am currently working on the fourth edition of my established sustainability textbook (UTB / UVK, hardcover, approx. 600 pages; publication planned for 2028). Designed for higher education, the book integrates natural sciences, social sciences, and consciousness studies into a coherent theoretical framework. It offers a comprehensive approach to understanding and shaping sustainable development in the 21st century, connecting empirical insight with systemic thinking and transformative perspective. For students, academia, and educators.
Main Characteristics of the New Edition
The book will be thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect new developments in sustainability research:
- Grounded in science oriented toward transformation
- Interdisciplinary integration of natural and social sciences
- Updated scientific findings or data
- Revised theoretical interpretations
- Newly structured with up to date case studies and examples.
- Aimed at university teaching & executive education
- Recommended as thematic foundation for various sustainability-related study programs
