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The Changing Face of Energy: Podcast with Susanne Kurowski
Episode 3 of the new podcast series “Sustainability. Time to Change” is about cleantech and the energy transition. In this episode we speak with Susanne Kurowski, a researcher at Professorship for Innovation & Technology Management at the TUM Campus Straubing. She shares her insights into a transition to clean energy, the start-ups driving these changes and their struggles with sourcing funding and surviving the “Valley of Death”.
Podcast of the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning with Prof. Burger
The new podcast series “Sustainability. Time to Change” presented by TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning, dives into the work of our TUM community and shares their vision of how their work can help to improve the world we live in. In the first mini-series which will air over the next couple of weeks, the podcast hosts John Pye and Thomas Münch of TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning talk with their guests about the topic: “Sustainability. Time to Change.”
Unlocking the secrets of long-lasting success
Ancient adhesives made from materials found in nature have been holding together cathedrals for hundreds of years. Cordt Zollfrank investigates this long-forgotten knowledge with the aim to develop environmentally friendly adhesives.

The EURO Working Group (EWG) Retail Operations: Food Waste Management – Second Digital Meeting
The second digital meeting of the EWG Retail Ops took place on March 26th, 2021, and attracted 57 participants, from U.S., Asia and Europe, and was organized by Sandra Transchel (Kuehne Logistics University) and Alexander Huebner (Technical University Munich).

“I don’t give up my private attitude in a professional context”
Lena Riesenegger had already been privately committed to climate and environmental protection for several years before she also found a way to integrate the topic into her professional work: at the TUM Campus Straubing, she is currently writing and researching for her doctoral thesis at the Chair of Supply and Value Chain Management. The problem she addresses is devastating and highly topical.
Experiences of a Future Cities Global Fellows Programme participant at TUMCS
Livia Kalossaka, postgraduate at the Imperial College London, visited the TUMCS via the Future Cities Global Fellows Programme.

Breakthrough cited the paper of Prof. Dr. Claudia Doblinger
Bill Gates has published a book on addressing climate change. Accompanying the book, Gates’s Breakthrough Energy organization released a comprehensive roadmap of policies that are necessary to avoid a climate change calamity.

“Omnichannel is a must-have in retail business”
This article by WITRON shows the impact of omnichannel operations for the retail industry. Prof. Dr. Alexander Hübner from the TUM Chair of Supply and Value Chain Management at the TUM Campus Straubing shares his thoughts on what this means for retailers.

Research to feed the world
The research conducted by Dr Richa Bharti from India combines biology, biochemistry, medicine and computer science.

TUM Global Dialogue Series: Bioeconomy in Latin America – a driver for global added value
Are you interested in the global hot topic bioeconomy and how it is creating added value in Latin America? At our TUM Global Dialogue event, TUM researchers and their Brazilian and Colombian partners will present their cooperation projects and we will tackle the topic of bioeconomy and its pressing questions with our invited panelists in a discussion round.