Designing a future worth living - taking responsibility together

When we talk about the future today, we are not talking about distant visions, but about decisions that we make here and now.a future worth living means a healthy climate, social justice, sustainable business and technologies that make life better - for current and future generations.

To achieve this, science, Business and Management, politics and society need to work together. After all, the future can only succeed together, through exchange, partnership and joint thinking, and the FHV is also actively helping to shape this future.

The aim is to translate scientific findings into concrete solutions - for people, companies and the region.

The future is created where knowledge is shared, ideas are developed and responsibility is taken on. At the FHV, this happens in research, teaching and cooperation with partners from the region.

This shows how science builds bridges, education conveys attitude and innovation drives change.

Science as a bridge builder

For me, science is much more than just research in a quiet little room.

It thrives on exchange, on asking questions and on thinking together across borders. The major challenges of our time - climate change, social inequality, scarcity of resources - can only be tackled in an interdisciplinary way and in cooperation with Business and Management, politics and society. Only when science builds bridges can solutions emerge from findings that have an impact in practice.

Education and responsibility belong together

A future worth living needs people who understand, design and take responsibility. Education plays a key role in this.

Sustainability, for example, should not remain a theoretical concept, but a lived attitude - anchored in degree programmes, projects and interdisciplinary work, enabling young people to develop an awareness of ecological and social issues and to take creative paths for the future.

Companies also bear responsibility: through resource-conserving processes, CO₂-neutral technologies and a circular economy.

Research and innovation are the driving forces here and create solutions that will last in the long term.

Energy transition and circular economy as drivers of change

Two topics are currently at the center of many activities: the energy transition and the circular economy. Both aim to use resources more efficiently and reduce emissions.

Two practical project examples:

At the Josef Ressel Center for Intelligent Thermal Energy Systems, we have combined electrical, thermal and digital technologies to provide Energy more sustainably and strengthen security of supply.

In the Circular Lab, we are developing models that keep materials in circulation for longer and see waste as a resource. This opens up opportunities for innovation, regional value creation and a Business and Management that takes responsibility.

But technological solutions alone are not enough.

Each and every individual can contribute - for example through conscious energy consumption, sustainable mobility and an open attitude towards change.

Politicians are also called upon to create stable framework conditions and long-term strategies that promote sustainable lifestyles.

Conclusion: The future is created today

A future worth living in is not a distant utopia, but the result of our decisions. It requires the courage to innovate, an awareness of sustainability and genuine cooperation. When science, Business and Management, society and politics take responsibility together, solutions emerge that have an impact far beyond the present - for a future that is not only worth living in, but full of opportunities.

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Let's think ahead together - for a future that remains worth living.

Contact

Prof. (FH) Dr.-Ing. Markus PREISSINGER
Head of Research, Authorized Signatory

+43 5572 792 3701
markus.preissinger@fhv.at