Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship 2027 (f_m_x)

Das ist der Job

Its research approach is transdisciplinary, transformative, and co-creative.

Darum lohnt es sich

Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship 2027 (f_m_x) Reference Number 10891 The Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences is an international, inter-, and transdisciplinary research institute in Potsdam, Germany.

The main focus of the institute is to integrate different types of knowledge to support a transformation of society towards sustainability. The RIFS awards the Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship as part of its Fellow Programme.

Dr Klaus Töpfer was the Founding Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) – now RIFS – in Potsdam, Germany. With the Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship, RIFS wants to support individuals who, like previously Klaus Töpfer, are committed to sustainable development and to building bridges across society.

RIFS is looking for applications from highly talented mid-career professionals, who have worked for at least ten years on issues related to sustainable development and have the potential to serve as change agents. The proposed project should have a long-term impact that unfolds beyond the Fellowship.

Applicants should bring innovative ideas from their respective fields, whether in science, the arts, civil society, business, politics, or other areas of society and have gained professional experience in different countries and cultures. The Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellowship is awar