Thomas Kluge is one of the co-founders of ISOE and was member of the executive board until March 2014. He was part of the research unit Water Resources and Land Use, and has been an associate research scientist at ISOE since 2016. Thomas Kluge studied Law and Sociology at the Goethe University Frankfurt and received his doctorate there in 1984 for his thesis on "Society, Technology, Nature ‑ A Life-Philosophical Critique of Technology and Society." After post-doctoral work, he received, in 1999, the title of "Privatdozent" (privat lecturer) from the University of Kassel, with a thesis on "Water and Society. From Hydraulic Machinery to Sustainable Development." Since his post-doctoral qualification he has been teaching at the University of Kassel.
Focus of research
- Water research
- Environmental planning
- Regional sustainability
Projects
- No active projects found
- CuveWaters – Sustainable Water Management in Namibia
- Efficient Use of the Hessian Groundwater Fee
- EPoNa – Water Reuse in Northern Namibia
- INTAFERE – Integrated Analysis of Organic Impurities in Rivers
- Competence Atlas Water – Water Technologies and Water Management in Hesse
- Privatisation and Competition in Drinking Water Supply in Germany
- Sustainability Audit
- Sustainability Performance in the Water Supply
- netWORKS – Transformations in Network Related Infrastructure Sectors
- netWORKS 2 – Transformation Management for a Sustainable Water Infrastructure
- Privatisation in the Water Sector
- Concept for the Framework Programme "Social-ecological Research" SÖF
- Regional Sustainability in Water and Land Use
- SASSCAL – Research Infrastructure in Africa
- SASSCAL – Water-related vulnerabilities and risk in Southern Africa
- Smart Water Future India: Intelligent Water Management for India’s Cities
- Structural concept for Trinkwasserversorgung Magdeburg
- Support for the Projects for Sustainable Economies
- Water 2050 – Sustainable Innovations for Water Management
- Water demand forecast 2030 (base year 2005) for Hamburg
- Water demand forecast 2045 (base year 2011) for Hamburg
- Water Cycle an Urban-Ecological Development
- Knowledge Transfer for Ecological Innovations