Publications

Sustainable Business Practices in Food Enterprises 

Albrecht, S., & Wiek, A. (2021a). Food forests – their services and sustainability. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 91-105. LINK 

Albrecht, S., & Wiek, A. (2021b). Implementing sustainable food forests – Extracting success factors through a cross-case comparison. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 183-200. LINK 

Weber, H., Wiek, A., & Lang, D.J. (2020). Sustainability entrepreneurship to address large distances in international food supply. Business Strategy and Development, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 318-331. LINK 

Wiek, A., Forrest, N., Femuko, R., Hagmaier, B., Tress Molina, N., Wollesen, G., & Lang, D.J. (2018). Die Bedeutung der Belegschaft für die Nachhaltigkeitsperformance von Unternehmen – Mit Anwendung auf die Bohlsener Mühle [The Importance of the Workforce for Corporate Sustainability Performance – With an Application at the Bohlsener Mühle]. Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation, Arizona State University and Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Tempe AZ, USA. PDF 

Sustainable Business Models for Food Enterprises 

Carvalho, B., Wiek, A., Ness, B. (2022). Can B Corp certification anchor sustainability in SMEs? Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 293-304. LINK 

Forrest, N., Grant, B., Thompson, I., Zah, S. & Wiek, A. (2018). Evidence-based Business Concept for Together We Bake – A Sustainable Local Bakery Cooperative. Sustainable Food Economy Lab, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Tempe AZ, USA. PDF 

Sustainable Food Supply and Value Chains 

Weber, H., & Wiek, A. (2021). Cooperating with ‘open cards’ – the role of small intermediary businesses in realizing sustainable international coffee supply. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 5, 663716. LINK 

Weber, H., Loschelder, D., Lang, D.J., & Wiek, A. (2021). Connecting consumers to producers to foster sustainable consumption in international coffee supply – A marketing intervention study. Journal of Marketing Management, vol. 37, no. 11-12, pp. 1148-1168. LINK 

Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Food Enterprises (Policies, Finance, Training)

Sipple, D., & Wiek, A. (2023). Kommunale Instrumente für die nachhaltige Ernährungswirtschaft [Municipal Tools for the Sustainable Local Food Economy]. University of Freiburg. PDF 

Forrest, N., Wiek, A., & Withycombe Keeler, L. (2022). Accelerating the transformation to a sustainable food economy by strengthening the sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystem. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 6, 970265. LINK 

Michel, S., Wiek, W., Bloemertz, L., et al. (2022). Opportunities and challenges of food policy councils in pursuit of food system sustainability and food democracy – A comparative case study from the Upper-Rhine Region. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 6, 916178. LINK 

Wiek, A., & Albrecht, S. (2022). “Almost there” – on the importance of a comprehensive entrepreneurial ecosystem for developing sustainable urban food forest enterprises. Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, vol. 7, e220025. LINK 

Sustainable Food Economy  

McGreevy, S.R., Rupprecht, C., Niles, D., Wiek, A., Chabay, I., et al. (2022). Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world. Nature Sustainability, vol. 5, pp. 1011-1017. LINK 

Forrest, N., & Wiek, A. (2021). Growing a sustainable local grain economy in Arizona – A multi-dimensional analytical case study of an alternative food network. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 507–528. LINK 

Wiek, A. & Gascón, L. (2021). Sustainable Food System Governance in the Upper-Rhine Region. Report. University of Freiburg: Freiburg i. Br., Germany. PDF 

Weber, H., Pöggel, K., Eakin, H., Fischer, D., Lang, D.J., von Wehrden, H., Wiek, A. (2020). What are the ingredients for food systems change towards sustainability? Insights from the literature. Environmental Research Reviews, vol. 15, no. 11, article 113001. LINK 

Wiek, A. (2020). The Sustainable Food Economy in the Freiburg Region. Report. Sustainable Food Economy Lab, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Tempe AZ, USA. PDF 

Sustainability Education for Food Entrepreneurs and Enterprises 

Schröder, S., Wiek, A., Farny, S., & Luthardt, P. (2023). Toward holistic corporate sustainability—Developing employees’ action competence for sustainability in small and medium-sized enterprises through training. Business Strategy and the Environment, vol. 32, pp. 1650–1669. LINK 

Wiek, A. & Hartland, K. (2022). Evaluation of the Sustainable Cooperative Food Business Incubation and Workforce Training Program. Sustainable Food Economy Lab, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Tempe AZ, USA. PDF 

Redman, A., & Wiek, A. (2021). Competencies for advancing transformations towards sustainability. Frontiers in Education, vol. 6, 785163. LINK 

Foucrier, T., & Wiek, A. (2019). A process-oriented framework of competencies for sustain­ability entrepreneurship. Sustainability, vol. 11, no. 24, 7250. LINK 

Sustainable Food Economy Solutions Research Methodology 

Lang, D.J., & Wiek, A. (2022). Structuring and advancing solution-oriented research for sustainability. Ambio, vol. 51, No. 1, 31–35. LINK 

McGreevy, S.R., Rupprecht, C., Niles, D., Wiek, A., Chabay, I., et al. (2022). Sustainable agrifood systems for a post-growth world. Nature Sustainability, vol. 5, pp. 1011-1017. LINK

Luederitz, C., Schäpke, N., Wiek, A., Lang, D.J., Bergmann, M., et al. (2017). Joint learning through evaluation – A tentative evaluative scheme for sustainability transition experiments. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 169, pp. 61-76. LINK

Wiek, A., & Lang, D.J. (2016). Transformational sustainability research methodology. In: Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G., & Wiek, A. (Eds.) (2016). Sustainability Science – An Introduction. Berlin, New York: Springer. pp. 31-41. LINK

Miller, T.R., Wiek, A., Sarewitz, D., Robinson, J., Olsson, L., Kriebel, D., & Loorbach, D. (2014). The future of sustainability science – A solutions-oriented research agenda. Sustainability Science, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 239–246. LINK

Lang, D.J., Wiek, A., Bergmann, M., Stauffacher, M., Martens, P., Moll, P., Swilling, M., & Thomas, C. (2012). Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science – Practice, principles and challenges. Sustainability Science, vol. 7 (Supplement 1), pp. 25–43. LINK

Wiek, A., Ness, B., Brand, F.S., Schweizer-Ries, P., & Farioli, F. (2012). From complex systems analysis to transformational change: A comparative appraisal of sustainability science projects. Sustainability Science, vol. 7 (Supplement 1), pp. 5-24. LINK