Welcome to IASS Potsdam - Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V.

Inspired by the 2007 Nobel Laureate Symposium “Global Sustainability – A Nobel Cause” held in Potsdam and acting on the initiative of the German Federal Government at the subsequent Climate Research Summit, the Alliance of German Scientific Organisations developed a concept for creating an international, interdisciplinary Institute of excellence for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS).

The Institute will develop challenging and innovative approaches to highly relevant sustainability areas such as climate stability, energy security and resource efficiency. In addition it will address ecological and social-compatible economic growth issues, co-evolution of urban and rural spaces and sustainable technological developments. The IASS is called to make a focal contribution to the development of a national research strategy for climate protection and play a role in the ecological, economic and socio-political dimension of a climate and earth system based on sustainability. The Institute will therefore foster scientific advancement and act as a hub for strategic dialogue and shaping opinion amongst research, politics, economy and public at large.