Structural Change

The structural change in the Rhineland raises a whole series of questions and is one of the central societal challenges.This structural change has already begun – and Forschungszentrum Jülich is helping to actively shape it. Both its excellent scientific expertise and its special location in the heart of the Rhineland are valuable to this effort.

Shaping Change

The Rhineland lignite-mining region, at the heart of which Forschungszentrum Jülich is located, is faced with major challenges. The Federal Government’s Commission on Growth, Structural Change and Employment has unveiled a pathway for how climate protection, economic viability, energy security, and social compatibility can be ensured as the region phases out coal-fired power generation. This is a huge challenge, but also a huge opportunity.   Article by Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forschungszentrum Jülich, on Jülich Blogs. Read more ... (in German)

New thinking, new opportunities

Research can contribute to the success of structural change in many ways. A bio-based economy, learning machines or the transformation of the energy system are just a few examples of areas in which research is being carried out at Jülich. In our online magazine we provide an overview of our projects and research projects. Read more ... (in German)

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Institute, Initiativen & Kooperationen

Institutes

Initiatives & Cooperations

A region with a future

“At Forschungszentrum Jülich, we make scientific contributions to the future sustainability of our society in the fields of energy, climate, the environment, information, and biomedicine. Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier provides us with a framework to put our research into effect in the region where we live and work.Prof. Wolfgang Marquardt

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BioökonomieREVIER

BioökonomieREVIER Rheinland is intended to be a pilot project for all of Europe in which the conversion of the traditional economy based on fossil fuels into a sustainable bioeconomy adapted to the local conditions and future prospects is implemented in the Rhineland region.

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Researchers

Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski

Prof. Rafal Dunin-Borkowski is director at Jülich’s Peter Grünberg Institute, Professor of Experimental Physics at RWTH Aachen University, and director at the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons. He has been working on advanced electron microscopy techniques, including electron holography, for over twenty years. His scientific career includes positions in Cambridge, Oxford, and Arizona. The physicist, who has won multiple awards, received an ERC Synergy Grant from the European Research Council in 2019. > ER-C Website

Prof. Rüdiger Eichel

Prof. Rüdiger-A. Eichel heads the Fundamental Electrochemistry subinstitute (IEK-9) within the Institute of Energy and Climate Research and is the founding director of the Competence Center Sustainable Electrochemical Process Engineering (ELECTRA). At the competence centre, the physicist and his team investigate innovative energy storage systems and energy converters. Their goal is to make batteries, fuel cells, and electrolyzers more efficient, affordable, long-lasting, and safer. Eichel is the coordinator of the Kopernikus Power-to-X project and head of the iNEW structural change project. > Go to IEK-9 Website

Prof. Thomas Lippert

Prof. Thomas Lippert is director at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre at Forschungszentrum Jülich, a member of the Board of Directors of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC), and professor for "Modular Supercomputing and Quantum Computing" at the Institute for Computer Science at Goethe University Frankfurt. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS). His research interests include lattice gauge theory, quantum computing, numerical and parallel algorithms, and cluster computing. > JSC-Website

Prof. Ulrich Schurr

Prof. Ulrich Schurr has many years of experience in the field of bioeconomy research. The plant researcher heads the BioökonomieREVIER Rheinland coordination office and is director for Plant Sciences (IBG-2) at Forschungszentrum Jülich’s Institute of Bio- and Geosciences. In addition, he is the spokesperson of the managing directors of the Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC). He teaches at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. > IBG-2 Website

Prof. Rainer Waser

As both a scientist and engineer, Prof. Rainer Waser combines the central ideas behind user-oriented basic research in a particular way. The winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize heads the Electronic Materials subinstitute (PGI-7) in the Peter Grünberg Institute at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the second institute studying electrical engineering materials (IWE II) at RWTH Aachen University. His research priority for some years now has been on studying and developing electronic components for future computers. > PGI-7 Website

Prof. Peter Wasserscheid

Prof. Peter Wasserscheid is chair of chemical engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and is director at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg, a branch office of Forschungszentrum Jülich. The recipient of multiple scientific awards, he researches and develops solutions to use renewable energy in a way that is climate-neutral, sustainable, and cost-effective. In line with this, he works on topics such as options for storing and transporting hydrogen in chemical form. The winner of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize received an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant in 2010. > HI-ERN Website

Further Information

Video series on structural change

Welcome to our series on structural change in the Rhineland. In short video contributions ("vlogs"), we present Jülich projects that support structural change in the region. > View videos on Youtube

Last Modified: 16.09.2022

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