# About the Fellowship


## Our mission

Trough a joint appointment between the World Economic Forum and leading academic institutions, we give early-career academics the opportunity to work at the intersection of academic research and public-private partnerships across a broad range of disciplines.We enable Fellows to develop policy frameworks, industry agendas and solutions that push the boundaries of how we think about and respond to global challenges.


## Research topics

Hoffmann Fellows are driving evidence-based research across the following topics:

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### Green Building

Innovating building design and construction research to reduce GHG emissions and increase wellbeing.

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### Food Innovation

Exploring the drivers, barriers and approaches impacting the food ecosystem.


### Forest Economy

Developing landscape level approaches integrating conservation and restoration in the forestry sector.


### Circular Manufacturing

Assessing regulatory needs and sustainability potential of manufacturing networks in circular value chains.


### Natural Capital

Standardizing frameworks in support of mainstreaming the use of natural capital for decision makers.


### Clean Air

Leveraging digital technologies and data to improve air quality in urban areas globally.


### Earth Science

Furthering the understanding of Earth systems tipping points and positive tipping points to accelerate rapid decarbonization.


### Ocean Innovation

Supporting new ocean innovation ecosystems, equitable access and fair representation of underrepresented groups.


### Water Innovation

Developing a strategy to transform the global water innovation agenda.


### Climate Resilience

Supporting policy makers and corporate leaders to better manage climate risks, determining associated risks and opportunities.


### Visual Technologies

Exploring technologies to communicate peer-reviewed science and changes in our natural world.


### Precision Medicine

Identifying barriers inhibiting access to gene therapies and collaborative solutions to drive equitable access.


### Social Innovation in Climate Adaptation

Spotlighting social innovators’ collaborations with the private sector and quantifying market opportunities.

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### Health Systems Financing

Engaging policymakers to scale value-based care reforms across digitally enhanced health systems.


### Partnerships for Nature and Climate

Analysing the intersection of climate philanthropy and low-carbon technology deployment in Asia.


### Part of the Centre for Nature and Climate

Accelerating net-zero climate action, regenerating food, water and ocean systems, and promoting circular economies.

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