"useITsmartly" develops innovative solutions to facilitate young people's capacity building of "smart IT use", and ideas on how to reach them with the topic environmental impact through IT use.

The aim of the project GenderTime is to identify and implement the best systemic approach to increase the participation and career advancement of women researchers in the participating institutions.

Regarding climate protection and energy supply, 2020 is an important year for the EU. By then, ambitious goals should be reached, amongst others, a 20% increase of energy efficiency as well as a 20% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (reference year: 2005). The GPP 2020 project followed up on these goals and directed its attention to the potential contribution of green public procurement. With its demand, EU's public sector can trigger a leverage effect in favour of energy-efficient and low-carbon goods and services.

As a response to the multitude of food-related health and sustainability concerns a new food geography is forcing itself onto the scientific and political agenda. This new food geography is grounded in a different logic and incorporating different values than the industrial global food geography.

To support bringing the new food geography into the policy arena FOODLINKS will analyse and engage in knowledge brokerage activities and create effective linkages between scientists, civil society actors and policy makers.

TransFAIRmation is a project collaboration of IFZ with teachers and students of NMS Albert Schweitzer, which uses a field of interest of children and teenagers (TV series) to elaborate a participatory teaching design facilitating the acquisition of technological and social competencies.