Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Holländer headed and shaped the professorship for Environmental Engineering in Water Management and Environmental Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from 2001 to 2019. On this page, you will find an overview of his main areas of teaching and research.
Professor Holländer's appointment to the professorship at the University of Leipzig was preceded by eleven years of work at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment in the areas of plant safety and environmental management, water protection and international water management. Prior to that, he spent five years as an authority expert for the police and public prosecutor's office in Berlin on operational and legal issues concerning emission, soil, and water protection. Building on this experience, Prof. Holländer has advocated a broad interdisciplinary approach to research and teaching, bringing technological, ecological, economic, and societal-institutional aspects together.
Since his retirement in April 2019, he has taken over teaching and lecturing on selected topics.
His research interests focus on the following topics
- Evaluation and development of infrastructure,
- Economic aspects of the circular economy,
- Sustainable water management,
- Application of systems theory approaches.
Curriculum vitae
- 2001 – 2019
University professor at the University of Leipzig, head of the professorship for environmental technology in water management and environmental management in small and medium-sized enterprises, initially funded for five years as an endowed professorship by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt.
- 2006 – 2011
Prorector of the University of Leipzig.
- 2005 – 2009
Founder and managing director of the Institute for Infrastructure and Resource Management.
- 2003 – 2006
Vice Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Leipzig.
- 1990 – 2001
Officer at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; fields of activity: plant safety, environmental management, water protection, and national and international cooperation in river basins.
- 1984 – 1988
Dissertation on the dispersion of substances in groundwater, doctorate Dr.-Ing.
- 1985 – 1990
Expert at the Berlin Police and Public Prosecutor's Office, scientific consultant for operational, technical, and legal environmental problems.
- 1980 – 1985
Scientific assistant at the TU Berlin, Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management.
- 1973 – 1979
Studies of civil engineering at the TU Berlin, graduation as Dipl.-Ing.
Courses 2001 – 2019
- BSc course/module Environmental Management
- MSc course Basics in Sustainability - Sustainability and Corporate Environmental Management
- MSc course/module Water Resources Management
- MSc course/module Water, Waste Water and Waste
- MSc course/module Air Pollution Abatement and Safety Management
- MSc seminar System Sciences and Sustainability