Quratul Aan, Jessica Geraldo Schwengber (eds.): Transcultural Perspectives on Sustainability and Knowledge Exchange

Quratul Aan, Jessica Geraldo Schwengber (eds.)

Transcultural Perspectives on Sustainability and Knowledge Exchange

„Transcultural Management Series“ · volume 12

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472 pp.
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ISBN: 978-3-7316-1630-6
Published: 2026/09/30

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Global interconnections are increasingly shaping sustainability challenges. Technological change, energy transitions, social transformations, and climate change call for new forms of collaboration that transcend political, cultural, economic, and disciplinary boundaries. Addressing these complex challenges requires transcultural competence, the willingness and capacity to develop commonalities while respecting cultural diversity. Beyond sustainability, transcultural competence also enables the exchange and co-creation of knowledge by bringing together different perspectives, experiences, and forms of expertise.

This book is the result of the learning and knowledge-exchange journeys of the Transcultural Student Research Groups 2024 and 2025 of the Transcultural Caravan Network (TCN), a project of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung. Twenty-eight students from diverse countries and universities collaborated through joint research, academic exchange, and intercultural learning, complemented by international research trips to South Africa and Vietnam. Through these experiences, the students explored sustainability and knowledge exchange from transcultural perspectives, learning from different contexts while developing shared understandings and new insights.

The book brings together three interconnected themes: Sustainable Energy Transitions; Business, Supply Chains, and Corporate Sustainability; and Indigenous, Transcultural, and Relational Knowledge. Across these themes, the contributions demonstrate how transcultural dialogue can enrich understandings of sustainability while enabling mutual learning, knowledge exchange, and co-creation. Ultimately, the book highlights how collaboration across cultures, borders, disciplines, and institutions can foster shared knowledge and contribute to more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient futures.

Section I - Sustainable Energy Transitions

David von Brück, Nikita Sukhadeve and Isadora Mendes de Moraes Soares
Sustainable Futures Beyond the Grid? A Relational Perspective on Energy and Communities: A Case Study of the Global South and Global North

Zuzanna Bakalarz, Annemarie Reinet le Roux and Tran Diem Quynh
A Sustainable Hydrogen Future: Comparative Development Pathways in the Global North and South

Hannah Brown, Johannes Sonneborn and Kashama Dodo Muyemba
Flows Beyond Borders: A Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Usage in the Renewable Energy Sector in South Africa and Germany

Ferdinand Kohler and Shrinidhi Kamalakar
What Are the Socio-Economic Implications of Renewable Energy Adoption in Vietnam for Investors and Residents?

Section II - Business, Supply Chains, and Corporate Sustainability

Adivhaho Mudanalwo and Gian Luca Lunau
The Influence of National Culture on Corporate Social Responsibility: Insights from South Africa and Germany

Omolemo Job and David Seeger
The Influence of Transcultural Knowledge Management in Sustainable Global Supply Chains: The case of Food and Agricultural Corporations

Phú Nguyen Ho, Roxana Moshfeghnia and Patience Sunday Skosana
The Role of Transcultural Competence in Facilitating Knowledge Exchange in Global Supply Chains

Section III - Indigenous, Transcultural, and Relational Knowledge

Arushi Chakravarty
The Role of Indigenous and Local Knowledge in Shaping Sustainable Futures

Columbo Kodzo Dilfe Amedekanya, Pedro de Melo Pinheiro Pinto and Onthatile Msweli
An Indigenous Contribution to Sustainable Development

Svenja Hoffmann, Jeanie Laubscher and Vo Ngoc Nhan Nguyen
Beyond Representation: Transcultural Dialogue as an Affective-Relational Process in a Vietnamese Women's Museum

Quy Pham Trong, Sara Hakob and Viola Rochelle Sass
How are Mandatory School-Based Internships Organized in German Comprehensive Secondary Schools and How Applicable are These Practices to Vietnam and South Africa?

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