Dr. Monika Dittrich

Head of Research Unit Circular Systems


Education and Academic Training

  • Study of geography, economics and ethnology at the Philipps University of Marburg
  • PhD to Dr. rer-nat at the University of Cologne

Professional Experience

  • Since January 2024 Head of Research Unit Circular Systems at Wuppertal Institute
  • 2014 - 2023 ifeu - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, latest position team leader
  • 2009 - 2013 freelance work on behalf of UNIDO, UNCTAD, OECD, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and Federal Environment Agency (UBA), among others
  • 2003 - 2008 Doctoral college "Ecology and Fairness in the World Trade System" at the Wuppertal Institute
  • 1998 - 2002 Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, latest position specialist planner in the field of environment

Research Focus

  • Material flows and resource indicators
  • Modeling future raw material demand and associated environmental impacts
  • Strategic, critical raw materials
  • Measurement of resource efficiency, circular economy or circular economy
  • Environmental assessment methods

Memberships

  • Member of Task Force Resources and Consumption of Club of Rome
  • Association of Geography in German-speaking Universities and Research Institutes

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