Research networks
The Ruhr-Universität has established several research areas in which sustainability issues are addressed in a centralized and practical manner and in which scientists work together on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis.
Forschungsverbünde wie CURE, ZUM, CCCE und SME bündeln die Kompetenz und langjährige Expertise von Spitzenforschenden unterschiedlicher Fachdisziplinen. Gemeinsam entwickelt man sozial, ökologisch und ökonomisch nachhaltige Lösungen: Wie gelingt der Übergang zu geschlossenen Kohlenstoffkreisläufen? Wie lässt sich Erdwärme umweltschonend und intelligent nutzen? Wie können zukunftsfähige Flusslandschaften geplant werden?
Center for Environmental Management, Resources and Energy (CURE)
CURE is dedicated to the analysis and design of sustainability transformation from a business and economic perspective in an integrated, practical and transfer-oriented manner.
Center for Environmental Resource Management (ZUM)
The Center for Environmental Resource Management conducts national and international research on the conservation and sustainable management of water, land, energy and raw materials and develops interdisciplinary strategic concepts for environmental resource management.
The Research Department: Closed Carbon Cycle Economy (CCCE)
The Research Department CCCE finds cross-faculty solutions for the technical, scientific and social challenges on the way to closed carbon cycles.
Research Department: Subsurface Modeling and Engineering (SME)
In the Research Department Subsurface Modeling and Engineering, researchers use numerical models, laboratory experiments and deep drilling to develop concepts for a more environmentally friendly use of geothermal energy
PlanSmart
The interdisciplinary research group PlanSmart investigates how sustainable river landscapes can be planned and implemented with the help of nature-based solutions.
ADAPTED
The European joint project ADAPTED is a research training group in which international doctoral students work together with European teams of supervisors to search for economic models, political solutions and better legal frameworks to combat poverty.
