The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich is a public research university in Munich,Germany. Originally established as the University of Ingolstadt in 1472 by Duke Ludwig IX of Bavaria-Landshut,it is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operation.
The University of Freiburg,officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg,is a public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau,Baden-Württemberg,Germany. The university was founded in 1457 by the Habsburg dynasty as the second university in Austrian-Habsburg territory after the University of Vienna. Today,Freiburg is the fifth-oldest university in Germany,with a long tradition of teaching the humanities,social sciences and natural sciences and technology and enjoys a high academic reputation both nationally and internationally. The university is made up of 11 faculties and attracts students from across Germany as well as from over 120 other countries. Foreign students constitute about 18.2% of total student numbers.
The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,Vienna,or simply BOKU,founded in 1872,is an education and research centre for renewable resources in Vienna,Austria. BOKU combines expertise in the fields of natural sciences,engineering and biotechnology as well as social and economic sciences. In research and teaching,it focuses on
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg is a public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria,Germany. The name Friedrich–Alexander comes from the university's first founder Friedrich,Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth,and its benefactor Alexander,Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Clean technology,also called cleantech or climatetech,is any process,product,or service that reduces negative environmental impacts through significant energy efficiency improvements,the sustainable use of resources,or environmental protection activities. Clean technology includes a broad range of technology related to recycling,renewable energy,information technology,green transportation,electric motors,green chemistry,lighting,grey water,and more. Environmental finance is a method by which new clean technology projects can obtain financing through the generation of carbon credits. A project that is developed with concern for climate change mitigation is also known as a carbon project.
David Elliott is Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University. He has created several courses in Design and Innovation,with special emphasis on how the innovation development process can be directed towards sustainable technologies. Elliott's main research interests include the development of sustainable energy technologies,particularly renewable energy systems.
The University of Freiburg Faculty of Medicine is the medical school and dental school of the University of Freiburg and forms university's biomedical research unit together the University Medical Center Freiburg. The faculty was founded in 1457 as one of Germany's oldest and is regarded among its most distinguished. Institutes and buildings are located at the Medical Center campus in Freiburg's Stühlinger district and in the Institute Quarter in the Neuburg district. The Faculty of Medicine consistently ranks very highly in a variety of national and international rankings,such as those published by the German periodicals Der Spiegel and Focus. The University of Freiburg is ranked 4th in Germany in funding for life sciences research by the German Research Foundation overall and ranked 2nd in funding per professor.
The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy is one of twelve faculties at the University of Heidelberg. It comprises the Kirchhoff Institute of Physics,the Institute of Physics,Theoretical Physics,Environmental Physics and Theoretical Astrophysics.
Ralf Reski is a German professor of plant biotechnology and former dean of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Freiburg. He is also affiliated to the French École supérieure de biotechnologie Strasbourg (ESBS) and Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies.
Modul University Vienna is a private university established in 2007 in Vienna,Austria,that focuses on social and economic development. In particular,it focuses on the areas of tourism,new media information technology,sustainability,business management,and public governance.
Joachim Luther received his PhD in experimental physics at the Leibniz University Hannover in 1970.
The CBS International Business School (CBS) is a state-recognised,private business school which emerged in 2020 from the individual brands Cologne Business School (CBS) and European Management School (EMS). At its locations in Cologne,Mainz,Potsdam,Aachen,Brühl,Neuss and Solingen,it offers approximately 3,000 students its predominantly English-language business management study courses with the academic degrees Bachelor of Arts,Bachelor of Science,Master of Arts,Master of Science and MBA. The CBS Cologne Business School GmbH is the responsible body of the university.
Patrizia Nanz is a political scientist and an expert in public participation and democratic innovations. She has provided expertise to businesses,state agencies,and governments in various European countries.
Barbara K. Buchner is an Austrian economist,with a doctorate in economics from the University of Graz. She specializes in climate finance,and is the global managing director and the executive director for the climate finance division of the Climate Policy Initiative. In 2014,the International Council for Science listed her on its Road to Paris website among twenty women influential in climate change.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research is part of the Fraunhofer Society for the promotion of Applied Research e.V. (FhG),Europe’s largest application-oriented research organization. The institute is based in Karlsruhe. It conducts applied research and development on innovation in engineering,economics,the natural sciences and social sciences. The Fraunhofer ISI is one of the leading institutes for innovation research in Europe.
Petra Döll is a German hydrologist whose research focuses on global water resources and methods for transdisciplinary knowledge integration. She is a professor of hydrology at the Institute of Physical Geography,Goethe University Frankfurt.
Karen Ching-Yee Seto is a geographer,urbanisation and land change scientist,and Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanisation Science at Yale University. She is an expert on urbanisation and sustainability,and satellite remote sensing. She was the co-lead for the chapter on urban mitigation in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 6th Assessment Report and IPCC 5th Assessment Report. From 2014 to 2020,she was the co-editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Global Environmental Change. She is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS),the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE),the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,the Council on Foreign Relations,and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Kerstin Krieglstein is a German neuroscientist. She is the head of the University of Freiburg since 2020,after serving in the same position at the University of Konstanz from 2018 to 2020.
The Institute for Energy Efficiency (IEE) is a research institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). IEE is an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to the development of science and technologies that increase energy efficiency,reduce energy consumption,and support an efficient and sustainable energy future.
Albert Gollhofer is a German sport scientist and academic scholar.
