During the last eight years, I have peer-reviewed about 100 manuscripts for the industrial ecology […]
Articles
EU28 carbon footprint has stayed constant over the period 1995-2011, material footprint increased by 20%
Environmental footprints measure pressure indicators such as greenhouse gases (GHG), material, land, or water use […]
Why a Two-pillar Model is a Better Choice for Conceptualizing Sustainability…
…than the common three-pillar conceptualisation. The three pillar model, grounding sustainability on economic, environmental and […]
Was eine Steuer auf CO2 leisten könnte – und was nicht
[What a tax on carbon dioxide could achieve, and what not. English summary below] Eine […]
Land-Fußabdruck des Endverbrauchs aller Bundesbürger: Dreimal so groß wie Deutschland!
Deutschland ist ein Netto-Importeur von landwirtschaftlichen Erzeugnissen. Im Jahr 2016 wurden Nahrungsmittel im Wert von […]
Fehlanzeige: Keine Aufnahme der Grundlagenaspekte der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften in den Fächerkanon der DFG
Mit einem offenen Brief an die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) haben mehr als 50 deutsche Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftlerinnen […]
Launching the prototype of an Industrial Ecology Data Inventory
Re-using data and results from other peoples’ research is crucial to consistent and cumulative research, […]
Deutschlands Ressourcen-Fußabdrücke: Notwendig, aber auch nachhaltig?
Wir emittieren Treibhausgase und nutzen Ackerland auf Kosten der Anderen und der nachfolgenden Generationen. [English […]
Joint seminar with Vered Blass and Weiqian Chen
The August edition of the ‘Freiburg Talks on Environment and Society’ featured a combined talk […]
On the future of scientific publishing for sustainability research
When I was introduced to industrial ecology about ten years ago, I never came across […]
Die deutsche Volkswirtschaft muss sich mindestens doppelt so schnell vom CO2 verabschieden wie bisher, wenn die Klimaziele für 2050 erreicht werden sollen
[English summary below] Als reiches Land mit hohen CO2-Emissionen pro Kopf trägt Deutschland eine besondere […]
Offene Forschungsinfrastruktur für Industrial Ecology
Um neue Forschungsfragen zur Nachhaltigkeit zu erschließen und Industrial Ecology als Forschungsfeld sichtbarer zu machen, […]
OASES Project Kickoff Meeting
The Swiss-funded research project OASES (Open assessment of Swiss economy and society) had its kickoff […]
Seminar “Mining and Industrial Ecology” with Stephen Northey
Tuesday, February 20, 4-5 p.m. Herderbau, R200. The mining industry provides many of the raw […]
Launching the Industrial Ecology Open Online Course (IEooc)
To raise the standard of industrial ecology research we need to offer more examples of […]
A note on the differences between process-based LCA and MRIO.
Process-based life cycle assessment (LCA) and monetary multiregional input-output (MRIO) models are widely applied to […]
After two years in Freiburg: Lessons learned.
About two and a half year into my current position as independent researcher at the […]
The Circular Economy: Breakthrough or Distraction?
Our material footprint is expanding (Wiedmann et al., 2015), in-use stocks are growing (Müller et […]
Launching of the CircularSankey web application
Sankey diagrams are an important visualisation tool but drawing them is a tedious job. There […]
Growth of in-use stocks: Central obstacle to closing material cycles
Recycling, re-use, and remanufacturing are central sustainable development strategies. In most cases, they save both: […]