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G20 Insights > Think Tanks > Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam)

The Potsdam Nobel Laureates Symposium “Global Sustainability – A Nobel Cause” brought together internationally renowned scientists and decision-makers under the patronage of German Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel in 2007. The symposium produced the highly regarded Potsdam Memorandum, which calls for a joint effort to tap into “all sources of innovation and invention” to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. Specifically, it identifies the need for a new “global contract” to increase sustainability in the age of the Anthropocene.

From this starting point, representatives of the German Science Alliance developed a concept for a novel research institute in 2008, from which the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) emerged. The IASS was officially founded in 2009 as a joint initiative of the German Federal Government, the Federal State of Brandenburg and the research organisations of the German Science Alliance. Potsdam was chosen as the location for the institute due to its excellent research landscape with world-class research institutions such as the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam – GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, as well as its close proximity to politics, media and non-governmental organisations in Berlin.

In its research the IASS aims to merge all relevant types of knowledge – both within and outside science – in order to jointly find solutions that help us initiate, support and scientifically accompany the transformation to sustainable development. In accordance with its mission, the IASS involves a wide range of stakeholders from all parts of society in a transdisciplinary process with the goal of developing solutions, and it does not view these stakeholders as mere addressees of the institute’s findings at the end of the research process. Our transdisciplinary research processes are based on excellent disciplinary and interdisciplinary research; at the same time, the questions they raise and the results they produce feed into such research. The IASS does not merely work to create the knowledge needed for action; it also discusses its findings with representatives of politics, industry and civil society and furthers the transformation process through this kind of consultation.

www.iass-potsdam.de/de


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    • Helmut Anheier (Hertie School)
    • Stefanie Schmidt (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
  • The Ocean Dimension of the 2030 Agenda: Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Ocean, Seas, and Marine Resources for Sustainable Development
    • Martin Visbeck (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)
    • Sebastian Unger (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • R. Andreas Kraemer (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
    • Jane Lubchenco (Oregon State University)
    • Alexander Müller (ThinkTank for Sustainability)
    • Barbara Neumann (Kiel University)
    • Julien Rochette (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI))
    • Stefanie Schmidt (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
  • Sustainable Ocean Economy, Innovation and Growth: A G20 Initiative for the 7th Largest Economy in the World
    • John Virdin (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions)
    • Kristian Teleki (Prince of Wales’ Charities International Sustainability Unit (ISU))
    • Anna-Kathrina Hornidge (Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT))
    • Michael K. Orbach (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions)
    • Mia Pantzar (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP))
    • Daniela Russi (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP))
    • Andrew Farmer (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP))
    • Martin Visbeck (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel)
    • Patrick ten Brink (Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP))
    • Rajni Bakshi (Gateway House)
    • Rajiv Bhatia (Gateway House)
    • Benjamin Boteler (Ecologic Institute)
    • Miguel Herédia (Fundação Ocean Azul – Oceano Azul Foundation)
    • R. Andreas Kraemer (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
    • Ina Krüger (Ecologic Institute)
    • Grit Martinez (Ecologic Institute)
    • Akshay Mathur (Gateway House)
    • Linwood Pendleton (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions)
    • Tiago Pitta e Cunha (Fundação Ocean Azul – Oceano Azul Foundation)
    • Julien Rochette (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI))
    • Cyrus Rustomjee (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
    • Torsten Thiele (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • Scott Vaughan (International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD))
  • Green Shift to Sustainability: Co-Benefits & Impacts of Energy Transformation on Resource Industries, Trade, Growth, and Taxes
    • Fernando Blumenschein (Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV))
    • Clara Brandi (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
    • Barry Carin (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
    • Renato Flores (Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV))
    • Max Gruenig (Ecologic Institute)
    • Sebastian Helgenberger (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • R. Andreas Kraemer (Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI))
    • Akshay Mathur (Gateway House)
    • Hermann Ott (Wuppertal Institute)
    • Rainer Quitzow (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • Joël Ruet (The Bridge Tank)
    • Thomas Spencer (The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI))
    • Sonja Thielges (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • Scott Vaughan (International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD))
    • Shelagh Whitley (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES))
  • The G20’s role in improving quality of life through sustainable energy and urban infrastructure in Africa
    • Shingirirai S Mutanga (Africa Institute of South Africa)
    • Rainer Quitzow (Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS Potsdam))
    • Jan Christoph Steckel (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC))

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