Tobias Viere

Since September 2013 Tobias Viere is professor for energy and material flow analysis at the Institute for Industrial Ecology, Pforzheim University. He is teaching resource efficiency, life cycle thinking, sustainability management and further topics. Prior to his professorship, he was head of research and consulting of the Institut für Umweltinformatik Hamburg GmbH (Institute for environmental informatics Hamburg Ltd.).

Tobias holds Master degrees in Environmental Studies, accomplished the Postgraduate School of Industrial Ecology within the EU’s Marie Curie Program and was awarded his PhD in Economics and Social Sciences from the Leuphana University in Lüneburg.

His research interest is in industrial ecology, particularly material and energy flow based cost accounting, life cycle engineering and carbon footprint, and resource efficiency. He has published in a variety of journals and edited books.