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Research and academic activities aligned with every Sustainable Development Goal

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Project 07 Nov 2025

Water Reuse through Nexus Perspective: Assessing the Sustainability and Opportunities of Urban Systems under Public-Private Partnership

The project contributes to the optimization of water management, natural resource optimization and increased freshwater availability.

Project 07 Nov 2025

Enhancing Water Security with Nature-based Solutions for Climate-Resilient Cities through a Resource Nexus Lens: A Case Study of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Nepal​

The project addresses gaps in research and policy on Nature-based Solutions in fast-growing, resource-limited urban areas.

Project 07 Nov 2025

Resource Nexus Challenges for Urban-industrial Decarbonisation Pathways: Analytical Perspectives and Future Place-based Strategies

The research will contribute to the understanding of the synergies and trade-offs within resource nexus areas, addressing gaps in policy coherence and technological innovation.

Project 07 Nov 2025

Resource Nexus method development for circular economic-ecological sustainability assessment of the zPP-process chain

The project encompassing a resource perspective and circularity/waste strategies, with a special emphasis on microplastics assessment to guide policy.

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Barriers and Drivers for Novel Urban Agriculture from a Resource Nexus Perspective (VerFarming Dresden)

The project enhances our understanding of food system transformation and agricultural practices

Project 07 Nov 2025

Advocacy for the Resource Nexus Approach to Post-Mining Land Restoration, eku Prize 2024

The project offers a pathway to heal damaged ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and improve human well-being.

Project 07 Nov 2025

Environmental Footprint of the Electronics Industry in the Global South: Applying the Resource Nexus as an Analytical and Management Tool

The Resource Nexus helps map the impacts of electronics in the Global South, which cause pollution in the form of e-waste and mining.

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Climate Change and Water Availability in Data Scarce Region - Advancing the Nexus of Water, Soil and Atmosphere through Remote Sensing and Modelling

This study mainly aims to target the arid regions, which is a vastly expanding biome in the face of climate change.

Project 07 Nov 2025

A Resource Nexus Perspective on Sustainable Public Procurement: The Case of Mongolia

This project fills a critical knowledge gap at the intersection of environmental governance, institutional reform, & sustainable resource management.