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Topics in the News - Our Expertise
- Health Care Reform
- Economic Transformation, Labor Market, Innovation
- Water, Drought, Heat, Climate Change
- Renewable Energy, Grids
- Transportation, Mobility, Electric Drives
- School, Education
- Infrastructure, Materials of the Future
- IT Technology Design, Data Protection
- Sustainable Finance
- Agricultural Science, Plant Protection
- Design, Sustainable Design
Health Care Reform
Institute for Social Work
Biography: Professor of Health Care Theory and Research; former director of a public health department
Economic Transformation, Labor Market, Innovation
Kassel Institute for Sustainability
Biography: Head of the Sustainable Technology DesignDivision ; former Head of the Future Energy and Industrial Systems Department at the Wuppertal Institute
Biography: Head of the Economic Policy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Division. Member of the EFI Expert Commission
International Center for Higher Education Research (INCHER)
Biography: Professor of “Higher Education and the Labor Market” and researcher at the Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Water, Drought, Heat, Climate Change
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Prof . Dr. Matthias Gaßmann is the head of the Hydrology and Material Cycle Division at the University of Kassel.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Head of the Urban Water ManagementDivision
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Head of the Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management Division; author of numerous studies on flood protection along German rivers
Renewable Energy, Grids
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Biography: Martin Braun heads the Sustainable Electrical Energy Systems research group, which is part of the Competence Center for Decentralized Electrical Energy Supply Technology (KDEE). He also serves as director of Fraunhofer IEE.
Transportation, Mobility, Electric Drives
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Head of the Transportation Planning and Transportation SystemsDivision
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Head of the Bicycle Traffic and Local Mobility Division. Germany’s first “bicycle professor”
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Biography: Jens Friebe heads the Power Electronics Division and focuses on active and passive components for the development and operation of electrical power supply systems in electric vehicles.
School, Education
Department of Human Sciences
Biography: Professor of Education with a focus on elementary school pedagogy
Infrastructure, Materials of the Future
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Head of the Structural Mechanics/Structural Dynamics Division.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biography: Head of the Materials Science and Construction ChemistryDivision
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Biography: Hans-Peter Heim heads the Plastics Engineering Division and coordinates research and development in the areas of materials, structures, digitalization, and the functional integration of plastics.
IT Technology Design, Data Protection
Department of Economics
Biography: Head of the Public Law, IT Law, and Environmental Law Division
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Biography: Head of the Deep Semantic Learning Research Group, member of the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence (hessian.AI), member of the Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG)
Sustainable Finance
Agricultural Science, Plant Protection
Ecological Agricultural Sciences
Biography: Head of the Organic Plant ProtectionDivision
Design, Sustainable Design
Art College
Biography: Susanne Ritzmann holds a professorship in Sustainable Product Design. She is a member of the German Society for Design Theory and Research (dgtf).