
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.
Identifier code: SSE_79110
Current lecture series: Winter semester 2022/23
Sustainability Talks
22/23
Start:
6:15 pm
Location of the attendance events:
Faculty of Engineering
Building 101
Large lecture hall (Room SR 00-010/14)
Georges-Köhler-Allee 101
79110 Freiburg, Germany
Zoom link:
Streaming of the event
Identifier code: SSE_79110
Meeting-ID: 836 3128 6240
08.11.22, 18:15, online
Life cycle sustainability assessment in the building sector
Prof. Dr. Mariza Traverso, RWTH Aachen University
22.11.22, 18:15, on site
The power of narrative in creating a circular economy
Prof. Dr. Sina Leipold, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ Leipzig
13.12.22, 18:15, online
Sustainablity assessment of recycling processes
Prof. Dr. Gesa Beck, SRH Berlin University of Applied Science
17.01.23, 18:15, online
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, 18:15, online
Circular economy: a story of less and more
Prof. Dr. Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University: Maastricht Sustainability Institute (MSI)
31.01.23, 18:15, on site
Developing sustainability as a brand in applied research
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Weidner, Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits -und Energietechnik UMSICHT

Previous events
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
INATECH CIG
Chair for Control and Integration of Grids
Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg
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Viola Gartner
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