Dr. Henning Wilts
Director
Circular Economy
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 August 2018 Director of Division Circular Economy, Wuppertal Institute
- 2016 - July 2018 Head of Research Unit Circular Economy, Wuppertal Institute
- 2015 Interim Research Director Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute
- 2012 - 2014 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
- 2009 - 2010 Junior Research Fellow, Research Group Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute
- 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 2014 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
- Member of Sustainability Advisory Board for Interseroh AG
- 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
- Member of the Advisory Boards of the Julius Bär Foundation
Reviewer
- Member of the Editorial Advisory Board "Waste and Resource Management"
- Member of the Advisory Board "Müll und Abfall"
- Reviewer e.g. for Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Recycling
- Consultancy for e.g. OECD, GIZ, and OVAM (Flanders)
Publications
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