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
