Erasmus University - Rotterdam

 Two programs are worth noting:

 1.  Launch of RSM's Sustainability and Climate Research Centre  Launched in 2007 to address the question, what do we do next?  Climate change is arguably the biggest management challenge facing the world. Companies are both part of the problem and part of the solution. Yet a recent literature review shows that only 1.3% of articles published in top-tier management journals are focused on environmental issues; an even smaller subset tackle climate change, mostly in practitioner related journals (e.g., Harvard Business Review’s October 2007 special issue on climate). But there is still a large gap in our managerial knowledge base. . .

2.   Off-campus Ph.D. Program on Cleaner Production, Cleaner Products, Industrial Ecology and Sustainability
Introduction  Launched in 1995, early in world society's quickening response to the sustainability challenge, the PhD program supports the development of a scientific program on cleaner production in three respects: (1) establishing a conceptual framework; (2) disseminating core knowledge from natural and social science disciplines, including problem definitions, change strategies, technological and social methodologies; and (3) teaching and applying clear, appropriate methods of evaluating present research and revising the research agenda to reflect lessons learned. The program is specifically designed to provide qualified students the opportunity to pursue substantive research, while continuing to work in their jobs or related occupational settings. Current patterns of industrial and economic growth are causing a mounting burden upon the life support system of nature. It is now increasingly evident that the corrective approaches of pollution control and top-down environmental regulation are not sufficient to solve these problems, and to prevent new ones from arising. There is an urgent need for a paradigm shift to pollution prevention, and for economic development strategies that sharply minimize negative environmental and social impacts while restoring past damage wherever possible. Case studies in Cleaner Production, Eco-Product Design, and Industrial Ecology approaches show considerable promise in what some scientists call “the next industrial revolution.” Interest is mounting on the part of industry, and among governments whose regulatory structures are grossly inadequate to address the scale of environmental degradation that results from existing industrial practices. As a result, there is rapidly growing awareness of the need for in-depth scientific research and theoretical elaboration of the foundations of cleaner production and sustainable development, and thus for a new generation of scientist-practitioners.