Partners
DLR – Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics
The Institute of Engineering Thermodynamics at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt -DLR) does research in the field of efficient energy storage systems that conserve natural resources, and next generation energy conversion technologies with a staff of 150 scientific and technical employees, engineers and doctoral candidates at Stuttgart, Köln-Porz, Ulm, and Hamburg.
GWS – Institute of Economic Structures Research
The Institute of Economic Structures Research (GWS) is a private, independent economic research and business and policy consultant. Our goal is to provide objective, impartial, factual consultancy to aid social transformation and development processes.
INATECH – Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering
The Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering INATECH is a newly founded institute of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Freiburg. Our vision is to establish the guiding principles in the development of technical systems. Here we present ourselves with excellent research. In the teaching, we train highly qualified engineers who are capable and motivated to shape a sustainable future.
INEC – Institute for Industrial Ecology
The Institute for Industrial Ecology (INEC) is a research institute at Pforzheim University and was founded in 2010. Research areas include energy and material flows analyses at the interface of technosphere and ecosphere, ecological and economic optimization of product life cycles and operational production processes, and many other aspects of industrial ecology and quantitative sustainability assessment.
ITAS – Department for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis
The ITAS investigates scientific and technological developments with a focus on their impacts and possible systemic and unintended effects. It produces analytical knowledge and assessments of socio-technical developments in order to provide policy and design options for decision-makers.
ZIRIUS – Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Research
ZIRIUS, the Center for Interdisciplinary Risk and Innovation Research, is a transdisciplinary research center of the University of Stuttgart.