Arnold Tukker is per 1 October 2013 the Professor of Industrial Ecology and Director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) at Leiden University for 70% of his time.
Until then he was Business line manager Societal Innovation and Economy at TNO, a large not for profit research organization in the Netherlands, where he retains a 30% position as senior researcher. Arnold set up prominent EU projects in the field of sustainable product design (SusProNet) and sustainable consumption and production (SCORE!) and was core member of the 10 Million Euro Dutch Knowledge Network on Sustainable System Innovations.
He currently co-ordinates a string of major programs of some 15 million Euro with some 20 key European research institutes in the field of resource-efficiency, a.o. constructing the world’s most ambitious and detailed global energy/resource/economic input-output databases and models (EXIOBASE). He authored 6 books, 47 refereed papers and 7 special issues on sustainability research. He has been engaged with work of the UN on the Green Economy Initiative, the Resources Panel, the Ten Year Framework of Programs on Sustainable Consumption and Production, and Sustainable Development Goals.
Publications: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/a.-tukker/publications#tab-4
CML information: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/binaries/content/assets/science/cml/160523_brochure-cml.pdf
Summer Academy Urban Transitions, The first event – a master class/summer academy is jointly organized by Leiden University, the University of Indonesia (Jakarta), and Gadjah Mada University (Yogyakarta). It brings together scientists and scholars from the faculties of medicine, humanities, social sciences, and environmental sciences to formulate interdisciplinary approaches to tackling a complex Indonesian and global challenge.
If you are not affiliated to Leiden University or University of Indonesia or Gadjah Mada University, but you are interested to join the academy, please contact us at info@universiteitleiden.id
