Sustainable innovations | Getting started
The fabric of the future
The fabric of the future Innovations for sustainability: a shift in mindset is also evident in the fashion industry
Eco-friendly, ethical and affordable – the concept of greater sustainability is being embraced by the fashion industry, too. In October, the DWIH New York spent two days exploring whether this vision would involve using new materials such as the seaweed and mycelium that Aradhita Parasrampuria uses in her designer wear, or improving supply chains. “Fabricating the Future” – how do we want to shape the future in an era characterised by the climate crisis, the pandemic and growing conflicts? Interdisciplinary collaboration and innovations could provide some answers, and many DAAD alumnae and alumni are conducting research at the cutting edge in their quest for ideas to make the world a better place. The DAAD is also funding a wide range of different approaches with its scholarships, projects and programmes. We present a few of the alumnae and alumni and their groundbreaking research. Enjoy discovering! —
Sustainable innovations | Interview
Making cities crisis-resilient
At the University of Bonn, meteorologist and DAAD alumna Dr Lisa Schielicke studies how to mitigate the impacts of climate change on cities.
Sustainable innovations | Overview
Research for sustainability
Overcoming today’s ecological crises will be virtually impossible without the innovative impetus of international scientists. The DAAD is making an important contribution with its funding programmes – while reforming its own organisation at the same time.
Sustainable innovations | Engaging in exchange
Centres for innovation
The German Centres for Research and Innovation bring science, business and politics together – this year’s focus is on the highly topical area of Sustainable Innovations.
Sustainable innovations | Engaging in exchange
Answer to pressing issues
Jointly overcoming global challenges: the DAAD is funding Global Centres in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Two researchers share insights into their work.
Sustainable innovations | Food for thought
A complete reorientation
How water use, mobility and energy production could help rather than harm the environment – and why this would require a cultural revolution.
Sustainable innovations | In action
The futurologist
Global megatrends such as the climate crisis or species extinction are her day-to-day business: Professor Anna-Katharina Hornidge, DAAD alumna and director of the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), is working for a more sustainable and fairer future.
Sustainable innovations | In dialogue
Collective knowledge for glacier research
When groups of researchers measure glaciers in the mountains of Sweden or the Himalayas, it is important for them to work as a team, including with local people. A dialogue between the Indian glacier expert Dr Shaktiman Singh from the University of Aberdeen and his former German intern Martha Schuchardt.
Sustainable innovations | Keeping in touch
Sustainability creates new opportunities
The urgency for and opportunities created by sustainable development are particularly visible in sub-Saharan Africa. Beate Schindler-Kovats, Director of the DAAD Regional Office Nairobi, talks about current goals and challenges.
