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Sustainability Talks
at INATECH

Sustainabilty Talks is an interdisciplinary lecture series featuring outstanding researchers from various fields of sustainability.

The events are open to the public. Some talks take place online. They are available to stream via Zoom.

Link to Zoom

Identifier code: SSE_79110

Winter semester 23/24

Sustainability Talks
23/24



Start:
5:15 pm

Location of the attendance events:
Faculty of Engineering
Building 101
Room 02-016/18
Georges-Köhler-Allee 101
79110 Freiburg, Germany


Zoom link:
Streaming of the event

Link to Zoom

Identifier code: SSE_79110
Meeting-ID: 836 3128 6240

09.11.23, 17:15

LCA & BIM - developments in sustainability assessment of building structures

Prof. Dr. Markus Nöldgen, TH Köln


23.11.23, 17:15

Energiewende in Germany - much more than a technological and political challenge (nur online)

Prof. Dr. Manfred Fischedick, Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbh


09.01.24, 17:15

Contribution of Geodesy to Monitoring Climate Change and Natural Hazards

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Harald Schuh, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - GFZ


16.01.24, 17:15

The Materials Science Behind Green Steel

Prof. Dr. Dierk Raabe, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH


23.01.24, 17:15

Technological Learning for Terawatt-Scale Photovoltaics

Prof. Dr. Jan Christoph Goldschmidt, Philipps-Universität Marburg


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Previous events

Sustainability Talks
22/23

08.11.22

Life cycle sustainability assessment in the building sector

Prof. Dr. Mariza Traverso, RWTH Aachen University


22.11.22

The power of narrative in creating a circular economy

Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig


13.12.22

Sustainablity assessment of recycling processes

Prof. Dr. Gesa Beck, SRH Berlin University of Applied Science


17.01.23

Design thinking and circular economy using the example of the C2C project Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg region

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Cornelius Herstatt, Hamburg University of Technology


24.01.23

Circular economy: a story of less and more

Prof. Dr. Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University: Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI)


31.01.23

Developing sustainability as a brand in applied research

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Weidner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits -und Energietechnik UMSICHT



Sustainability Talks
21/22

11.11.21

Paris Target, Climate Litigation, the IPCC, and Transformation Conditions to Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Dr. Felix Ekardt, Research Unit Sustainability and Climate Policy


18.11.21

Unsustainability as a key source of epi- and pandemics. Conclusions for preventive management and public policy

Prof. Dr. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg


09.12.21

Sustainable systems engineering for the local food economy

Prof. Dr. Arnim Wiek, Arizona State University, School of Sustainability


27.01.22

The impact of polymers on ocean pollution: engineering research challenges

Assist. Prof. Francesca Lionetto, PhD, University of Salento


03.02.22

Improving the realism of energy system models

Prof. Dr. Evelina Trutnevyte, University of Geneva



Sustainability Talks
20/21

26.11.20

Cradle to Cradle – beyond sustainability

Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg


10.12.20

Transatlantic climate and sustainability politics after the US presidential election

Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs, Hochschule für Politik München an der Technischen Universität München


17.12.20

Sustainability @ZEISS: A driver for value and innovation

Dr. Nicole Ziegler (replaced by Dr. Roya Akhavan due to illness), Carl Zeiss AG


14.01.21

Innovating for a circular economy

Prof. Dr. Fenna Blomsma, Universität Hamburg


21.01.21

Can we still meet the Paris Agreement? The disputed role of CO2 removal technologies

Prof. Dr. Jan Minx, Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin


28.01.21

How to measure sustainability – status and challenges

Prof. Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner, Technische Universität Berlin



Sustainability Talks
19/20

05.11.19

Understanding complex systems: a transdisciplinary approach to a sustainable energy transition

Prof. Dr. Dr. Ortwin Renn, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies


14.11.19

Zero energy emissions: the missing pieces of the puzzle

Dr. Stefan Pfenninger, ETH Zürich


28.11.19

We must make sustainable technologies and behaviour profitable

Prof. Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker


16.01.20

Going circular in the plastics industry – a business model perspective

Prof. Dr. Katharina Spraul, TU Kaiserslautern


06.02.20

Getting Life Cycle Assessment right – Science-based decision support for the energy transition

Dr. Christopher Lucien Mutel, Paul Scherrer Institut



Sustainability Talks
18/19

22.11.18

Sustainability Assessment of Products and Technologies

Prof. Dr. Rainer Grießhammer, Öko-Institut Freiburg


13.12.18

How can the Idea of Sustainable Development be made operable?

Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald, KIT-ITAS


08.01.19

Ways to a future without waste: A materials scientist view

Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff, Fraunhofer Institut für Silicatforschung (ISC)


17.01.19

Is there really an Energy Efficiency Gap? A Social Science Perspective on Efficiency and Sufficiency

Prof. Dr. Paul Burger, Universität Basel


06.02.19

Insights from Industrial Practice

Andreas Abt, CTO TRUMPF Hüttinger



Contact

Concept

Prof. Dr. Anke Weidlich
anke.weidlich@inatech.uni-freiburg.de

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