FCA has successfully completed the first Future Cleantech Lecture Series, piloted in collaboration with the University of Wuppertal. The series tested a new lecture format designed to bring neglected but high-impact cleantech technologies into academic teaching at the early stage of innovation.
Across three sessions, FCA worked with the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Institute of Electric Mobility and Energy Storage Systems, and the Schumpeter School of Economics. It is essential to connect multiple perspectives – engineering, economics, policy – to ensure cleantech value chains begin long before market readiness.
The lecture series was developed together with the team around Prof. Peter Gust, with special thanks to Christina Semke and Leandra Apolte. FCA colleagues also worked closely with Prof. Philipp Trotter and Prof. Benedikt Schmülling, whose engagement underscored the importance of interdisciplinary exchange in addressing complex transformation challenges.
For FCA, the pilot confirms our conviction that European climate and tech leadership merits early research and system design to take on the challenges of scaling and implementation. Accelerating deployment of highly innovative cleantech requires closer integration between academia and applied system-level work.
Building on the positive experience in Wuppertal, FCA plans to expand this lecture format to additional universities in 2026 and 2027, alongside further joint research activities already in development. Academic institutions interested in exploring collaboration are invited to contact mail@fcarchitects.org