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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 21st century. 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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