The Business Unit Raw Materials investigates historical, contemporary and future anthropogenic raw material cycles with the goal of understanding them systemically and describing them quantitatively. We explore the manifold relationships between raw materials production and use on the one hand, and environmental impacts, sustainability, actor behavior and innovation on the other hand. An important line of research focuses on raw materials criticality and the security of current and future supply for Germany and Europe.
Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI