Raimund Bleischwitz became scientific director of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) at the start of last year. The expert in environmental and resource economics will conduct research and teach at the University of Bremen as part of a cooperative professorship in Faculty 8 Social Sciences. In research and teaching at the University of Bremen he will focus on the Climate Ocean Nexus and the shaping of a Blue Economy. His lectures will deal with international climate and resource politics.

Before joining ZMT and the university in Bremen, Bleischwitz held the professorship of Sustainable Global Resources at University College London (UCL), one of the top 10 universities worldwide, and was Director of the Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources.
Raimund Bleischwitz conducts research on the productivity of natural resources in the economy and society and addresses the multidisciplinary challenges of resource use. His work emphasizes both the interaction between resources and ecosystems ("nexus") and the opportunities of resource policies for innovation and improved living conditions.