Prof. Dr. Henning Wilts

Director

Henning Wilts
Tel.: +49 202 2492-290
henning.wilts@wupperinst.org

Education and Academic Training

  • Studies of Economics with focus on European political science, economic policy, and fiscal law, University of Cologne
  • PhD (Dr. rer. pol.), Technical University of Darmstadt, Institute IWAR

Professional Experience

  • Since 2025 University Professor for Circular Society, FernUniversität Hagen
  • 2023 - 2025, Deputy Professorship of Circular Economy, HafenCity University Hamburg
  • Since August 2018 Director of Division Circular Economy, Wuppertal Institute
  • 2016 - July 2018 Head of Research Unit Circular Economy, Wuppertal Institute
  • 2012 - 2015 Research Fellow, Research Group Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute
  • 2010 - 2012 Research Fellow, Chair for Infrastructure and Spatial Planning, Institute IWAR, TU Darmstadt
  • 2005 - 2007 Managing Director, Citizen Consult GmbH

Research Focus

  • Transformative processes for a circular economy
  • Economics of waste prevention
  • Environmental assessment of waste prevention measures
  • Resource efficiency

Teaching

  • Since 2025 Resource Efficient Architecture and Planning, Project seminar, HafenCity University Hamburg
  • 2021 Circular Metropolis, seminar, HafenCity University Hamburg
  • 2021 - 2022 Circular Business Management, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences
  • 2021 - 2022 Transformations towards Circular Economy, TU Darmstadt
  • 2014 - 2020 Resource Economics, Master course International Economics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal
  • 2013 Urban and Regional Environmental Planning, Master course Spatial and Infrastructure Planning, TU Darmstadt
  • 2010 - 2012 Sustainable Infrastructures, International course Urbanus Mundus, TU Darmstadt

Memberships

  • Advisory Board of the PREVENT Alliance of the BMZ
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board of the BMBF Innovation Alliance INGRAIN
  • List of experts of the European Topic Center Waste and Materials in a Green Economy
  • List of Academic Experts of the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Committee of the European Parliament

Editorial and Reviewing Activities

  • Reviewer e.g. for Nature, Journal of Industrial Ecology, and the Journal Circular Economy & Sustainability
  • Consultancy for e.g. OECD, UNIDO, GIZ, and OVAM (Flanders)
  • Member of the advisory board of the journal "Müll und Abfall"
  • Member of the advisory board of the Circular Valley Accelerator

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