TU Ilmenau starts Scientific Year „Sustainability“

In the Scientific Year "Sustainability", TU Ilmenau will focus throughout 2023 on research projects that develop innovative technological solutions to preserve our natural foundations of life - resource-saving approaches in energy technology, medical technology, industrial production and computer science. New technologies that record and regulate the state of plant and animal life in our ecosystems will be presented, as well as new methods for an effective working environment, in digitalization or in communication for the energy transition. Researchers at TU Ilmenau are working on processes for the production of green hydrogen, making our power grids fit for the demands of the energy transition or further developing electromobility.

The Scientific Year "Sustainability" will be openedwill open on January 11 at 5 p.m. in the university's Audimax with a lecture by Prof. Jens Wolling, head of the Group for Media Research and Political Communication. In it, he asks whether global crises such as the climate crisis, the energy crisis, species extinction or hunger can be countered with more sustainability at the local level. Prof. Wolling argues that sustainability as a guideline for action cannot be "ordered", but must be wanted, supported and actively lived by all those involved.

As part of the project "KLIMA-Netzwerk für mehr Nachhaltigkeit in Thüringen. Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung", which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, scientists in Wolling's field are investigating how the changes required for a sustainable community can be promoted through communication and implemented in practice. To this end, a Sustainability Communication Unit is being established at TU Ilmenau.

Prof. Jens Wolling's lecture can be followed via video conference on the WebEx internet platform. The lecture will be followed by a discussion in which all participants can take part. WebEx dial-in:

https://tu-ilmenau.webex.com/tu-ilmenau/j.php?MTID=m06febaca86e7ea76e48b47b99e20c1be

Meeting ID number (access code): 2734 721 0146

Meeting password: k4wZJYcvd72