Research groups

Research is the institute’s central objective. Fields of study are involved in the research work that stipulate ten specific long-term research groups of the institute. Within these fields of study and beyond their limits, research work is project bound.

• Digital Technologies and Societal Change
• Radioactive Waste Management as a Socio-Technical Project
• Research for Sustainable Energy Technologies
• Life, Innovation, Health, and Technology
• Mobility Futures
• Sustainable Bioeconomy
• Sustainability and Social Transformation
• Philosophy of Engineering, Technology Assessment, and Science
• Socio-Technical Energy Futures
• Socio-Technical Futures and Policies
• Sylvanus – Increasing resilience and reducing trade-offs during forest transformations