Fields of work

Corporate sustainability performance management, measurement and assessment
Positive sustainability performance, e.g. handprint
Sustainability transformation

Current projects

Connect to transform: Enabling transitions via quadruple-helix co-creation
Yig Prep Pro at KIT

On the internet

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Scientific networks:
ResearchGate

Social networks:
LinkedIn

Professional background

2015 - 2019	Scientific staff member Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM), Leuphana University Lüneburg Research project “Positive contributions to sustainable development” (Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes GCSO) Research project “Handprint” (BMBF German Research Council / FONA) Research project “ecoInnovateIT” (VW foundation) EU funded transfer project “Social and Environmental Accounting”; academic exchange with Turkey and Slovakia Organizing 20th Environmental and Sustainability Management Accounting Network (EMAN) Conference
since 2017	Guest lecturer Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen; ESCP Business School, Berlin Topical focus: Corporate Sustainability Accounting and Controlling, Integrated Reporting, Sustainability - Concepts, practice, policies
2012 - 2015	Management consultant Accenture Strategy & Sustainability, Berlin, Germany

2016 - 2021	PhD studies “Managing, measuring and assessing sustainability performance” Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
2012 - 2014	Selected courses from the Master of Liberal Arts Sustainability and Environmental Management Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
2010 - 2012	Master of Science International Business Studies Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2007 - 2010	Double Bachelor degree programme Bachelor of Arts International Business Studies Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Bachelor of Science with Honours Accounting (First Class) University of Hull, United Kingdom

Selected publications

Silva, S.; Nuzum, A.-K.; Schaltegger, S. (2019)
Stakeholder expectations on sustainability performance measurement and assessment. A systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 217, 204–215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.203

Silva, S.; Schaltegger, S. (2019)
Social assessment and management of conflict minerals. A systematic literature review. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 10 (1), 157-182. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-02-2018-0029

Kühnen, M.; Silva, S.; Beckmann, J.; Eberle, U.; Hahn, R.; Hermann, C.; Schaltegger, S.; Schmid, M. (2019)
Contributions to the sustainable development goals in life cycle sustainability assessment: Insights from the Handprint research project. Umweltwirtschaftsforum / Sustainability Management Forum Journal, 27 (1), 65-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00550-019-00484-y

Silva, S.; Günther, E. (2018)
Setting the research agenda for measuring sustainability performance–systematic application of the world café method. Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, 9(4), 455-469. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAMPJ-06-2017-0060