PhD Summer School 2015: Green City Frankfurt; Shaping Transition Pathways For a Future Economy

Register now before 1 July 2015 and take the chance to learn all about Making transitions happen!

Frankfurt – home of the European Central Bank and symbol for the European financial policy – is a growing city trying to balance the challenge of economic prosperity and ecological sustainability. Frankfurt intends to continue its successful positioning as an economic centre but faces challenges as the increasing international competition, digitalization, the demographic change as well as its limited space. Frankfurt Economic Development (“Wirtschaftsfoerderung”) has therefore established the Masterplan Industry, which combines a variety of strategies to strengthen the position of the industry and to ensure sustainable future economy. On the other hand, the city of Frankfurt places high importance to the goal of ecological sustainability and has decided to transform its energy supply to 100% renewable energy sources until the year 2050.

Aim of Summer school

As a practical assignment, the participants will develop innovative concepts for the integration of economic prosperity and ecological sustainability in Frankfurt. This includes working on one or more of the following topics regarding Green Economy:

How can the European goal of Green Growth be transferred to a regional level?
What are Green Jobs and how can they be fostered through innovation?
What does the Green Transition mean for specific industrial sectors (finance, logistics, manufacturing industry, IT)?
How can Frankfurt realise its aim to become a Green City in the economic and industrial realm?
How can a city foster Green Prosperity? Which measures or incentives can be taken by city representatives to strengthen the involvement of the industry in the transition process?
Which barriers need to be overcome in transition processes in a city?
Which new coalitions among stakeholders are necessary to make transitions happen and how can these coalitions be implemented?

Highlights

This summer school offers you:

To combine theory with practice in the field of the Green economy and transition management;
To learn how a major city is seeking to transform its economy onto a low-carbon, sustainable basis;
To develop a concise proposal how the city should act on the Green Economy rationale through measures such as fostering Green Jobs or creating incentives for sustainable finance;
To meet, discuss and question key business leaders and policy-makers;
To get in touch with people from all over the world and to work in interdisciplinary teams.

Contact

Please check the website www.ckic-phd-ffm.net for more comprehensive information on this summer school

In case of any questions concerning this PhD Summer school, feel free to contact Julia Woth via julia.woth@climate-kic.org or +49 69 – 305 43979

Julia Woth Provadis School of International Management and Technology AG Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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