Born 1948 in Kiel. Studied Jurisprudence at the University of Frankfurt / Main. Habilitation at the University GH Kassel.  Readership at the University GH Kassel kluge@isoe.de Phone 0049 (69) 707 69 19 18 research area water

Selected projects:

Integrated Water Resources Management in northern Namibia Cuvelai-Basin (CuveWaters)

Transformation Management for a Sustainable Water Infrastructure

Sustainability Performance in the Water Supply

INTAFERE – Integrated Analysis of Mobile Organic Foreign Substances in Rivers

Water 2050

netWORKS – Transformations in Network Related Infrastructure Sectors

Water Demand Prognosis 2030 for the Supply Area Hamburger Wasserwerke GmbH

Modelling Nature Society Systems

Exploratory Study „Privatisation of the Water Industry“

Privatisation and Competition in Drinking Water Supply in Germany

Sustainability Auditing - an Instrument for Sustainable Business

Funding Policy for Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research in Germany

Water Cycle and Urban-Ecological Development

Regional approaches for sustainable economy

Regional Sustainability - Studies on the Operationalization of Sustainable Development Using the Example of Ecosystem Research and Water Economy

Gender Impact Assessment in the European EESD-Programme

Water Saving Agencies

Neo-Cybernetic Prognosis Machines

Hybrid Projects in the Cognitive Sciences - Case Studies on Biorobotics

References (Selection English Language)

• Kluge, Thomas/Liehr, Stefan/Lux, Alexandra/Moser, Petra/Niemann, Steffen/Umlauf, Nicole/Urban, Wilhelm (2008): IWRM Concept for the Cuvelai Basin in Northern Namibia. In: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Vol. 33, No. 1-2, p 48-55
• Kluge, Thomas (2007): Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) as a Key for Sustainable Development. In: Mario Cogoy/Karl W. Steininger (Eds.): The Economics of Global Environmental Change. International Cooperation for Sustainability. New Horizons in Environmental Economics. Cheltenham (UK), Northampton (MA): Edward Elgar, 134-154
• Hummel, D./Th. Kluge/S. Liehr/M. Hachelaf (2006): Virtual Water Trade. Documentation of an International Expert Workshop. 3.-4. Juli 2006. Frankfurt am Main. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, Nr. 24 (vwt)
• Institut für sozial-ökologische Forschung (ISOE) (Hg.) (AutorInnen: Schultz, Irmgard/Hummel, Diana/Empacher, Claudia/Kluge, Thomas/Lux, Alexandra/Schramm, Engelbert/Stephanie Schubert/Immanuel Stiess/Hayn, Doris/Johannes Ladewig/Karim Stiebig) (2003): Research on gender, the environment and sustainable development. Studies on gender impact assessment of the programmes of the fifth framework programme for research, technological development and demonstration. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

• Kluge, Thomas/Schramm, Engelbert (2002) (Eds.): Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy: Potentials and Limits. Experiences from German Case-Studies. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, Nr. 19. Frankfurt am Main

• Kluge, Thomas/M. Treina (2002):The Region as an Action Unit of Tomorrow. In: Kluge, Thomas/Schramm, Engelbert (Eds.): Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy: Potentials and Limits. Experiences from German Case-Studies. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, Nr. 19. Frankfurt am Main, 63-73

• Kluge, Thomas/Schramm, Engelbert (2002): Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy. Foreword. In: Kluge, Thomas/Schramm, Engelbert (Eds.): Regional Approaches to Sustainable Economy: Potentials and Limits. Experiences from German Case-Studies. ISOE-Materialien Soziale Ökologie, Nr. 19. Frankfurt am Main, 4

Full List References (all Languages)

Reducing Vulnerability of Societies Against Water Related Risks at the Basin Scale (Poster presentation)

Kluge,Thomas/Alexandra Lux/Nicole Umlauf/Wilhelm Urban (2006): Hessisches Ried, Germany, and Cuvelai Delta, Namibia. Regional Distinctions and Similarities. Consequences for design of an IWRM. Poster presentation within the Third Internationalen Symposiums “Reducing Vulnerability of Societies Against Water Related Risks at the Basin Scale” (Bochum 26-28 September 2006), organised by the International Commission for Water Resources Systems. pdf-file, 380 kb