Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Solutions for optimised use of rare earths: In the Fraunhofer flagship project “Criticality of Rare earths“ eight Fraunhofer Institutes bundled their expertise to enable a more efficient use of these raw materials. Fraunhofer ISI was in charge of sub-project 5 “Material flows, markets and the environment“.

The latest article in Science magazine, written among others from researchers of Fraunhofer ISI, deals with Europe's plans and support for responsible science in the context of the Horizon Europe research program. Scientists from Aarhus University, INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), the Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies, Technopolis Group Belgium, the Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University and the University College London are also involved. 

Transporting more freight by rail is a critical factor in protecting the climate, but the volume of freight transported by rail is actually declining in the majority of EU countries. Fraunhofer ISI examined the political and economic changes needed to shift more freight onto rails.

BOHEMIA is an important strategic future study that contributes long-term perspectives to “Horizon Europe”, the EU’s future framework program. In 19 targeted scenarios, the project’s final report shows which research topics should appear on the agenda in future in order to meet the challenges of the next 20 years.

In her presentation at the DLD-Campus conference in Karlsruhe, Professor Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, the director of Fraunhofer ISI and professor of Innovation and Technology Management iTM at KIT, dealt with the topic of uncertainty in the context of digitalization.

Two winners of the German Innovation Prize for Climate and the Environment (IKU) have been shortlisted for the European Business Awards for the Environment (EBAE). The scientific evaluation and pre-selection of IKU applications is always carried out by the Fraunhofer ISI.