Felix Rauschmayer is a senior research fellow at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany. Ines Omann is a senior researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria. She is also a lecturer in ecological economics and sustainability at the University of Graz and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria. Johannes Frühmann is a researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria.

'The collection of essays in this volume represents a significant and admirable effort to explore these links between capabilities, needs, and well-being and sustainable development. There is a fundamental connection between the two, but for too long the discussions of these have generally been kept separate.' - Dale S. Rothman (Denver University)'The audacity, personal involvement and academic rigor of the editors of this volume make it a reference work for researchers and policy advisors interested in sustainable development and human flourishing.' - Mònica Guillen-Royo (University of Bath)'This book provides an informative first step to a hopefully very lively debate of relevance for sustainability science, developmental politics, ecological economics and (environmental) ethics alike." - Lieske Voget-Kleschin (University of Greifswald)

• Preface: The Death and Rebirth of Economics 1. Needs, Capabilities, and Quality of Life: Refocusing Sustainable Development 2. The Overshadowing of Needs 3. Sustainability as a Challenge to the Capability Approach 4. From Individual Well-Being to Sustainable Development: A Path Where Psychologists and Economist Meet 5. The Life-Chances Concept: A Sociological Perspective on Equity and Sustainable Development 6. Human Needs Frameworks and Their Contribution as Analytical Instruments in Sustainable Development Policy-Making 7. A Plea for the Self-Aware Sustainability Researcher: Learning from Business Transformation Processes for Transitions to Sustainable Development 8. Transition Towards Sustainable Development: Which Tensions Emerge? How To Deal With Them?

Felix Rauschmayer is a senior research fellow at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany. Ines Omann is a senior researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria. She is also a lecturer in ecological economics and sustainability at the University of Graz and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria. Johannes Frühmann is a researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria.

'The collection of essays in this volume represents a significant and admirable effort to explore these links between capabilities, needs, and well-being and sustainable development. There is a fundamental connection between the two, but for too long the discussions of these have generally been kept separate.' - Dale S. Rothman (Denver University)'The audacity, personal involvement and academic rigor of the editors of this volume make it a reference work for researchers and policy advisors interested in sustainable development and human flourishing.' - Mònica Guillen-Royo (University of Bath)'This book provides an informative first step to a hopefully very lively debate of relevance for sustainability science, developmental politics, ecological economics and (environmental) ethics alike." - Lieske Voget-Kleschin (University of Greifswald)

• Preface: The Death and Rebirth of Economics 1. Needs, Capabilities, and Quality of Life: Refocusing Sustainable Development 2. The Overshadowing of Needs 3. Sustainability as a Challenge to the Capability Approach 4. From Individual Well-Being to Sustainable Development: A Path Where Psychologists and Economist Meet 5. The Life-Chances Concept: A Sociological Perspective on Equity and Sustainable Development 6. Human Needs Frameworks and Their Contribution as Analytical Instruments in Sustainable Development Policy-Making 7. A Plea for the Self-Aware Sustainability Researcher: Learning from Business Transformation Processes for Transitions to Sustainable Development 8. Transition Towards Sustainable Development: Which Tensions Emerge? How To Deal With Them?

Felix Rauschmayer is a senior research fellow at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany. Ines Omann is a senior researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria. She is also a lecturer in ecological economics and sustainability at the University of Graz and the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Austria. Johannes Frühmann is a researcher at the Sustainable Europe Research Institute, Austria.

'The collection of essays in this volume represents a significant and admirable effort to explore these links between capabilities, needs, and well-being and sustainable development. There is a fundamental connection between the two, but for too long the discussions of these have generally been kept separate.' - Dale S. Rothman (Denver University)'The audacity, personal involvement and academic rigor of the editors of this volume make it a reference work for researchers and policy advisors interested in sustainable development and human flourishing.' - Mònica Guillen-Royo (University of Bath)'This book provides an informative first step to a hopefully very lively debate of relevance for sustainability science, developmental politics, ecological economics and (environmental) ethics alike." - Lieske Voget-Kleschin (University of Greifswald)

• Preface: The Death and Rebirth of Economics 1. Needs, Capabilities, and Quality of Life: Refocusing Sustainable Development 2. The Overshadowing of Needs 3. Sustainability as a Challenge to the Capability Approach 4. From Individual Well-Being to Sustainable Development: A Path Where Psychologists and Economist Meet 5. The Life-Chances Concept: A Sociological Perspective on Equity and Sustainable Development 6. Human Needs Frameworks and Their Contribution as Analytical Instruments in Sustainable Development Policy-Making 7. A Plea for the Self-Aware Sustainability Researcher: Learning from Business Transformation Processes for Transitions to Sustainable Development 8. Transition Towards Sustainable Development: Which Tensions Emerge? How To Deal With Them?