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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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