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CEC – job posting Student Assistant
The professorship for Circular Economy is looking for a Student Assistant Digital Teaching (f/m/d)
Please read on for the detailed job description and contact information.
Research project on circular timber frame elements launched
On February 1st, 2023, the Kick-off Meeting for the research project “Timber Use and Maintain – TU&M”, started on January 1st the same year, was held at the Wood Research Institute in Munich. The project aims to develop circular timber frame elements considering their technical, environmental and economic feasibility.
Circular Consumer Electronics (CiCEL) Action Track Workshop Berlin
Organized by Circularity e.V., a professional network and innovative do tank in the field of Circular Economy, and with the collaboration of Vanessa Heinrich (Professorship Circular Economy), more than 45 company representatives from the entire value chain of the consumer electronics industry came together for two days on January 10-11, 23.
Project studies „Tennis and Sustainability” in cooperation with Amundi and GreenGame
Together with Amundi, the leading European asset manager, and GreenGame, a young consultancy in the field of sustainable sponsoring, Vanessa Heinrich (Chair of Circular Economy) supervised the project studies in the winter semester 2022/23 on the topic of “Tennis and Sustainability”.
Design Thinking Workshop – 19.12. – 20.12.2022
Within the module „Sustainable Production“ the students’ were offered the possibility to participate in a Design Thinking workshop, led by Vanessa Heinrich (Chair of Circular Economy).
Cooperation Lounge Bavaria – Africa: R &I for Global Climate Action 23.11.-24.11.2022
Together with African and Bavarian, but also European and international actors from science, industry and the public sector, the Chair of Circular Economy participated in the Cooperation Lounge Bavaria – Africa, organized by the Bavarian Research Alliance (BayFor).
Guest lecture BMW „Aspects of Product Sustainability in the Automotive Industry”
On 14.11.22, students of the modules Sustainable Production and Environmental Management had the opportunity to learn more about BMW’s current sustainability strategy.
CEC – job posting
The professorship for Circular Economy and the chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics are looking for a “„Coordinator (f/m/d) for the TUM Mission Network Circular Economy”
Please read on for the detailed job description and contact information.
CEC – job posting
The professorship for Circular Economy is looking for a Research Associate (f/m/d) “Life Cycle Assessment of Future Sustainable Car Material”
Please read on for the detailed job description and contact information.
Formation of new ISIE section on Sustainable Circular Economy
In May a membership survey of the International Society for Industrial Ecology indicated large interest in new crosscutting sections and in particular one on Sustainable Circular Economy. As a consequence, a well-attended meeting was held at the Gordon Research...
New publication in the International Journal of Industrial Ecology
In a new publication Raoul Voss, Roh-Pin Lee and Magnus Fröhling developed a new assessment approach to determine the potential of chemical recycling via gasification. The publication A consequential approach to life cycle sustainability assessment with an agent-based...
Prof. Fröhling new chair of the Scientific Commission Sustainability Management of the VHB e.V.
Prof. Fröhling was elected chair of the Scientific Commission Sustainability Management in the German A German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB). Together with Erik Hansen (JKU Linz) he will chair the section for the term 10/2022-09/2024.Further...
Dual Circularity – Paper Presentation at the Design 2022 Conference
This May (25.05.2022) Julija Metic (DTU) and Svenja Klose (TUM) presented their recent paper at the DESIGN 2022 Conference (https://www.designconference.org/). The paper was written in collaboration with the co-authors and supervisors Prof. Magnus Fröhling (TUM),...
Circular Slam – Science meets Industry
Science meets industry - at our Circular Science Slam in the Audimax of the TUM (Arcisstraße 21) on 01 June 2022! Our slammers focus on refurbish, recycle, reduce, reuse and other topics in their projects and research fields, which they will present to us in...
New Book TUM Forum Sustainability – Circular Economy published
We are happy to share that the Book TUM Forum Sustainability – Circular Economy, edited by Ralf Reichwald, Magnus Fröhling, Birgit Herbst-Gaebel, Michael Molls and Peter Wilderer has been published. The book summarizes the findings of the 2021 TUM Forum Sustainability...