Roland W. Scholz

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Roland Werner Scholz (* 15. April 1950 in Halle (Saale)) is a German mathematician, psychologist, and Professor Emeritus of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich. He famously coined the terms transdisciplinarity and societal didactics.

Roland Scholz earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in mathematics at the University of Marburg (1976), a PhD degree in social psychology (Dr. phil., 1987), and a habilitation degree (Dr. phil. habil.) in cognitive psychology. In the late 1980s, he shifted from basic research to the emerging environmental sciences. From 1993 until 2012, Dr. Scholz held the chair of Natural and Social Science Interface at the Department of Environmental System Sciences at ETH Zurich. Following his retirement in 2013, he also worked as an [https://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/de/institut/angehoerige/privatdozierende.html adjunct professor (Privatdozent)] at the Department of Psychology at the University of Zurich, is affiliated as Professor Extraordinaire at the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, School of Public Leadership, Stellenbosch University (SA) and works as project leader at the Fraunhofer Society Project Group for Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies IWKS (Alzenau, Germany). Scholz was the fifth holder of the King Carl XVI Gustaf [https://www.chalmers.se/en/research/our-scientists/Pages/our-professors.aspx Professorship (2001/2002)] at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

He has also served as a guest professor or guest scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University, and MIT (USA); Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany); the University of Graz and BOKU (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna) (Austria); and the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). Scholz served as a senior advisor at the for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB) and is affiliated with various universities. Since 2018 he is working as [https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/people/roland-scholz scientific project leader] on the project [https://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/research/didat Digital Data as Subject of Transdisciplinary Processes (DiDaT)] at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (Potsdam, Germany). Provided by Wikipedia