Since January 2026, the Chair of Sustainability and Innovation in Digital Ecosystems at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, led by Prof. Dr. Hannes Rothe, has been cooperating with LIG GmbH (https://l-i-g.net/). The collaboration focuses on advancing sustainable digital transformation through the development and application of artificial intelligence for circular economy and recycling systems.

A key objective of the partnership is to leverage AI technologies to enable more resource-efficient and data-driven value chains, enhance material recovery processes, and improve decision-making in sustainable production and recycling. The collaboration combines academic research with industrial expertise to translate methodological advances in AI into practical applications.