Prof. Dr. William C. Clark

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Plants and Ecosystems,Climatology,Social Sciences
KeywordsAssessment, Institutions, Policy, Research

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCambridge
InstitutionHarvard University

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim SchellnhuberPotsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Carlo C. JaegerPotsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK), Potsdam
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2002

Programme(s)

2001Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Clark renews the integrative approach to science pioneered by Alexander von Humboldt. He has studied the increasing impact of humankind on the Earth system by synthesizing a wide array of detailed scientific assessments. On this basis, Prof. Clark has developed a vision for the coming decades: the historical perspective of a sustainability transition. Providing the knowledge base for such a transition is the task of the new field of sustainability science, to which Prof. Clark is dedicating his current research.