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Research




                            The topic of sustainability is particularly relevant to the University’s core tasks of research
                            and teaching. Thematic priorities in research are already contributing to solving issues
                            relevant to the climate and environment, and to achieving sustainability goals. TU Dresden
                            has a great potential for innovation in technology, medicine, and natural sciences, but also
                            in the humanities and social sciences. In research priority areas and emerging fields, topics
                            of ecological sustainability are focused on separately – for example, in materials science, in
                            the research priority area Energy, Mobility and Environment, or in the emerging field of water
                            research – but also far beyond this. Innovative scientific findings in sustainability research –
                            for example, in lightweight construction, the circular economy, or sustainability reporting –
                            make a lasting contribution to how society deals with the challenges of the 21  century.
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                            The development of an energy research strategy will create a binding, cross-disciplinary
                            framework for energy research. TUD also supports its researchers with an effective
                            research and transfer service. International cooperation is crucial to tackling complex global
                            challenges and driving sustainable development forward. By fostering research partnerships
                            with institutions worldwide, TU Dresden can leverage collective expertise and resources
                            to address, through technological advancement, pressing issues, such as climate change,
                            biodiversity loss, and social inequality.

                             On this basis, the sustainability-related content of research and the sustainable
                             structuring of research activities at TU Dresden are to be strategically reinforced and
                             expanded in international cooperation. In particular, the aim is to structurally
                             promote socially relevant sustainability research in order to be able to make even
                             more visible and application-oriented fundamental contributions to social challenges
                             as a university. By participating in international networks and alliances, TU Dresden
                             can influence policy-makers to commit themselves to sustainability.
                             Research activities are also to be designed in a sustainable and responsible manner.











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