henning wilts

Henning WIlts

Committee Member

ABOUT

Prof. Dr. Henning Wilts studied economics with a social focus at the University of Cologne and received his doctorate from the TU Darmstadt. After working as a research assistant at the TU Darmstadt and the Wuppertal Institute, he has headed the Circular Economy Department there since 2018. His work focuses on the topics of transformation processes towards a circular economy, resource efficiency and the economics of waste prevention. He has previously taught at the TU Darmstadt and the University of Wuppertal.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
  • Transformative processes for a circular economy
  • Economics of waste prevention
  • Environmental assessment of waste prevention measrues
  • Resource efficiency
ORGANISATION

Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy

POSITION

Director of Division Circular Economy

SCIENTIFIC TRACKS

Consumer & Industrial Goods