Our Research

At the Wuppertal Institute, we understand sustainability research as

• oriented on applicability in real life
• integrative and cross-sectional
• interdisciplinary and based on systems analysis
• oriented on long-term ecological developments
• based on teamwork across the classic scientific disciplines
• relying on a network of partners in science, business and policy
• independent and committed
  

Research Strategy

In the Research Groups, scientists with backgrounds in a wide range of disciplines collaborate in projects on international, national and regional levels. Focus Projects bring together core issues addressed by the research groups. In the Cross-Cutting Subjects scientists from different Research Groups join forces.

Projects in the field of the international climate policy and global governance are also carried out in the Berlin Office.