About TRA Sustainable Futures
The Transdisciplinary Research Area “Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Futures” (TRA Sustainable Futures) at the University of Bonn is a research alliance focusing on inter- and transdisciplinary research to find sustainable and healthy solutions for pressing global challenges in the research topics Agriculture, Climate and Ecosystems and Sustainable Healthy Diets. This includes research in the fields of Transformative Technologies and Societal Change and Innovations as two cross-cutting research areas, which play a crucial role in the above mentioned reserach topics. Representatives from the University of Bonn drawn from the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Law and Economics, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bonn and non-university research organizations are involved in this TRA.
The most important academic and structural aims of the TRA are:
- Establishing an internationally-visible, interdisciplinary and inter-faculty research portfolio with a focus on:
- Transformative Technologies
- Societal Change and Innovations
- Agriculture, Climate and Ecosystems
- Sustainable Healthy Diets
- Identification and recruiting of excellent scientists
- Funding collaborative research projects
- The development of innovative research areas with the potential to contribute to sustainable transformation and transition processes.
The TRA works on the basis of its statute.
The TRA is managed by the two speakers, the steering committee as well as the general assembly.
Speakers, Steering Committee and Management
Prof. Dr. Jan Börner (ILR - Institute of Food and Resource Economics)
Prof. Dr. Ute Nöthlings (IEL - Institute for Nutritional and Food Science)
The Steering Committee consists of the following members:
- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Wolfram Barfuss (Argelander Professorship "Integrated System Modeling for Sustainability Transitions")
- Prof. Dr. Jan Börner (Speaker, Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences)
- Prof. Dr. Ina Danquah (Hertz Chair "Innovation for Planetary Health")
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Durner (Representative of the dean of the Faculty of Law and Economics)
- Dr. Clarissa Glaser (Representative of academic staff)
- Christian Hoffmann (Representative of administrative and technical staff)
- Prof. Dr. Carla Jaimes Betancourt (Representative of the dean of the Faculty of Arts)
- Prof. Dr. Anna-Katharina Hornidge (Faculty of Arts)
- Prof. Dr. Julian Klaus (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
- Prof. Dr. Heiner Kuhlmann (Spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob)
- Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kusche (Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences)
- Prof. Dr. Detlef Müller-Mahn (Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences/Faculty of Arts)
- Prof. Dr. Nico Mutters (Faculty of Medicine)
- Prof. Dr. Ute Nöthlings (Speaker, Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences)
- Prof. Dr. Ribana Roscher (Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences)
- Prof. Dr. Heiko Schoof (Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences)
- Simon Sommerfeld (Representative of students)
- Prof. Dr. Cyrill Stachniss (Spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence PhenoRob)
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Weber (Dean of the Faculty of Medicine)
- Prof. Dr. Walter Witke (Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences)
Here you can find the directory of the more than 220 members of TRA Sustainable Futures. In addition to their names and contact details, you can find out about the institutes they belong to and their research interests. To the members.
Ruben Greif, Strategic Development and Quality Assurance
Phone: +49 228 73 54476
Mobile: +49 151 705 055 73
Hanna Zimmermann, Strategic Development and Quality Assurance
Phone: +49 228 73 54469
Mobile: +49 151 221 406 26
Email: tra6@uni-bonn.de
Network
PhenoRob
With the PhenoRob Excelence Cluster, world-leading research is being conducted at the University of Bonn in the field of robotics and phenotyping for sustainable crop production. Scientists from the fields of computer science, geodesy, robotics, plant and soil sciences, economics and environmental sciences work together in a transdisciplinary manner.
CESOC (Center for Earth System Observation and Computational Analysis)
The University of Bonn, the University of Cologne and Forschungszentrum Jülich have founded a joint Center for Earth System Observation and Computational Analysis (CESOC). This creates a high-profile international focal point in the Rhineland for global Earth system observation with the aim of making strides toward a comprehensive understanding of our planet and better predicting changes.
Bonn Research Alliance (BORA)
For decades, the University of Bonn has maintained strong collaborations with a large number of non-university research institutions in the Bonn region. In order to provide these collaborations with more visibility and a stronger framework, the University of Bonn initiated the Bonn Research Alliance (BORA) in 2018. The network currently consists of 12 scientific institutions in the region, belonging to the four national research communities Fraunhofer, Helmholtz, Leibniz and Max Planck, the regional Johannes Rau Research Foundation and the United Nations University (UNU).
Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research
The Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research was founded in November 2017 at COP23 under the leadership of the University of Bonn with the aim of strengthening knowledge and competences for sustainable development. Six established Bonn institutions are behind this alliance: BICC (Bonn International Center for Conflict Studies), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein Sieg, University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS), the Institute for Environment and Human Security of the United Nations University (UNU-EHS) and the University of Bonn with its Center for Development Research (ZEF).
The other TRAs at the University of Bonn
In addition to the TRA Sustainable Future, there are five other transdisciplinary research areas at the University of Bonn. The TRA management is happy to support you in establishing contact with the researchers of the five other TRAs and in developing innovative collaborations.