News
SusTec's Lucas appointed as Communication Editor
SusTec's Lucas Miehé joins Technological Forecast and Social Change as communication editor, starting in August 2025.
SusTec co-organized a multi-stakeholder webinar on the upcoming Plastics Treaty Negotiations (INC5.2)
SusTec’s Ricarda Fieber co-organized a global, multi-stakeholder dialogue in preparation for the final round of Plastic Treaty Negotiations (INC-5.2), exploring stakeholder priorities and challenges to achieve a meaningful outcome. The perspectives represented include international law, government, science, civil society and business.
Research seminar at SusTec with Fabian Takacs and Lucrezia Sgambaro
We had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Fabian Takacs from the University of St. Gallen and Lucrezia Sgambaro from Politecnico di Milano to visit us at SusTec and present their recent research in a lunch seminar on 8th May 2025.
Conference Track on Sustainable Innovation in R&D Management Conference
SusTec researchers Jenni, Sophie, and Lucas hosted a conference track on sustainable innovation beyond firm boundaries at the annual R&D Management Conference in Pisa on 01 July 2025.
Electrification, Flexibility, or Both? New Study Maps Europe’s Policy Evolution
SusTec researchers Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Siobhan Powell and Jochen Markard collaborated on a comprehensive mapping of 400+ European electrification and flexibility policies that exposes misalignments across countries and technologies.
SusTec welcomes Maximilian Olmos van Velden as a project manager!
Maximilian joined the group in July 2025 as a project manager at the Sustainability in Business Lab (sus.lab).
SusTec at IST Conference 2025, Lisbon
SusTec researchers Jochen Markard, Alejandro Nuñez-Jimenez, Alberto Arcà, and James Kneebone presented their latest work at the 16th International Sustainability Transitions (IST) Conference, held in Lisbon from June 24 to 26, 2025.
Our Team at the NCCR Catalysis Annual Meeting 2025
Our SusTec colleagues Ricarda Fieber, Jenni Kaipainen, and Catharina Bening participated in and contributed to the first Phase II NCCR Catalysis Annual Meeting, held at ETH Zurich, and returned with new insights, ideas for future collaborations, and an award.
SusTec at E-Waste World Conference in Frankfurt
Together with Fraunhofer IZM researcher Theresa Aigner, our PhD candidate David Pfeffer presented ongoing research on the economic and environmental performance of producing high-quality plastic recyclates from e-waste.
PhD Honors Program AMBITION Concludes with High School Teaching and Final Conference at KNUST.
Our PhD candidate David Pfeffer participated in the PhD Honors Program AMBassadors for sustaInable transition (AMBITION), an EU-funded project bringing together PhD students from Europe and Africa to learn about sustainable development from different disciplines and contexts and develop educational content for younger generations.