IÖW Press Releases
Berlin, 13 March 2013
CORPUS Policy Brief: Enabling Sustainable Consumption
Consumption Experts Publish Policy Brief for Making Better Use of Research Evidence in Policy-Making // European Three-Years Joint Effort Comes up with Innovative Ways of Knowledge Brokerage // In Search of a Low-Impact Lifestyle
12 November 2012
Making Housing in Europe More Sustainable – Science and Policy Experts Propose New Research Agenda
European knowledge brokerage consortium CORPUS outlines research needs for moving toward sustainable housing in Europe // One third of average citizens’ total environmental impact is caused by housing // More than 100 experts from science and policy involved in the debate
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15 November 2011
Advancing Sustainable Housing: European Experts begin Collaboration
European knowledge brokerage consortium launches a series of “Policy meets Research” workshops on sustainable housing, starting in Helsinki/Finland on 23-25 November 2011
02 August 2011
Shaping Sustainable Food Futures – European Experts call for new Research Policy
Less meat, local food production, reducing food injustice – the European knowledge brokerage consortium CORPUS comes up with a joint research agenda on sustainable food consumption / More than 100 experts from science and policy involved in debating emerging research topics
14 April 2011
Fostering Sustainable Mobility: Policy and Research start European Expert Interchange
European knowledge brokerage consortium launches series of “Policy meets Research” workshops on sustainable mobility starting in Szentendre/Hungary on 5-6 May 2011
4 July 2012
Making Mobility Fit for the Future – European Experts Recommend New Research Agenda
Strengthening Research in Sustainable Mobility – the European knowledge brokerage consortium CORPUS uncovers mobility challenges and comes up with a research agenda for transforming current unsustainable mobility patterns // More than 100 experts from science and policy involved in debating emerging mobility topics
New Knowledge Brokerage Platform on Sustainable Consumption
22 September 2010
Fostering evidence-based policy making: international consortium started / Now online: www.scp-knowledge.eu / Series of “Policy meets research” workshops starting in Vienna on 21-22 October 2010
01 April 2010
Ten Years of the Renewable Energy Act: „ a glimmer of hope in climatic change policies”
Press statement of Dr. Bernd Hirschl, director of the sustainable energy economy and climate protection field of study at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW), on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Renewable Energy Act (EEG).
23 November 2009
German Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Jung awards chemical company and eco-pioneer with first places for their exemplary sustainability reports
A long-established German corporate group and a pioneer of the environmental sector have been distinguished as the best reporters in an evaluation of over one hundred German corporate sustainability reports carried out by the Berlin based Institute for Ecological Economy Research and the business initiative “Future”. On November 23 the winners were awarded by the Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs Franz Josef Jung and Volker Hauff, the Chairman of the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) at RNE’s annual conference in Berlin.
17 June 2009
Sustainability in Policy Evaluation Reviewed
Political decisions more frequently based on systematic Impact Assessments / Experts recommend coordinated improvement and implementation of evaluation methods