Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research

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The Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research (Bonner Allianz for short) is an association of six university and non-university research institutions in Bonn that have joined forces to pool and strengthen knowledge and expertise in research on the topics of sustainability and sustainable development.[1] The Bonn Alliance networks and supports partner institutions in policy- and practice-relevant research on sustainability, which takes place in a dialogue between science, business and politics and extends from the local context to the global level.[2]

Partner institutions[edit]

The Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research comprises six partner institutions: the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC), the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), the Bonn-Rhine Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS), the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), and the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with its Center for Development Research (ZEF).

Foundation[edit]

The Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research was founded on November 15, 2017, at the UN Climate Change Conference 2017 (COP23)[3] under the leadership of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with the aim of uniting and intensifying top competencies in sustainability research.[4]

Funding[edit]

After its foundation, the Bonn Alliance for Sustainability Research received start-up funding from the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MKW),[5] as well as from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the pilot project "Digitainable - Digitization and Sustainability".[6]

Goals[edit]

The goal of the Bonn Alliance is to provide scientific support for the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030 on a local and global level, while at the same time critically engaging with it.[7] To this end, it unites university and non-university as well as applied and basic research through its partner institutions with the aim of bundling and promoting knowledge and competencies in the field of sustainability research.[8] This strong bundling of competencies and joint expertise of the Bonn research institutions strengthens the partners at the location in terms of an international sustainability competence center.[9]

In September 2018, an office for the Bonn Alliance was established to coordinate and support the cooperation of the partner institutions in joint research projects, training, transfer and competence development.[10]

Research and projects[edit]

On the occasion of its founding, the Bonn Alliance identified three strategic research priorities whose particularly topical relevance it intends to bring to bear on the broad topic of sustainability: "Digitalization and artificial intelligence," "Mobility and migration," and "Bioeconomy."[11] To implement these research priorities, the Bonn Alliance established various research projects.[12] Since its founding, the research focus of the Bonn Alliance has expanded to include other topics and program lines within sustainability research.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "25 Jahre UNO-Stadt Bonn: Erzählsalon zu Wissenschaft in globalen Debatten" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  2. ^ "Bonnalliance". Bonn Alliance ICB (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  3. ^ "Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung gegründet". Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  4. ^ German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS). "Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik ist Mitbegründer der Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  5. ^ "Nachhaltigkeitsforschung: Innovations-Campus Bonn startet" (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-10-31. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  6. ^ "Kooperationen und Förderer". Bonn Alliance ICB (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  7. ^ "Bonnalliance". Bonn Alliance ICB (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  8. ^ "Feierlicher Auftakt am 25. Juni 2019: Innovations-Campus Bonn stellt sich vor" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  9. ^ "Bonner Allianz für Nachhaltigkeitsforschung" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  10. ^ BonnNet de | Ralf Gäbler (2018-11-22). "Innovations-Campus Bonn: 1,35 Millionen Euro vom Land für Aufbau von Wissenschaftszentrum" (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  11. ^ "Forschungsschwerpunkte". Bonn Alliance ICB (in German). Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
  12. ^ "Projekte". Bonn Alliance ICB (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-31.
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