The Nexus@TUM research and teaching agenda comprises three parts: 1) TUM Nexus Lab, launched in 2021, an overarching entity clustering Nexus-related research and teaching activities at TUM, 2) Nexus research group, established at TUM in 2013, and 3) Field of Study 11: Water-Energy-Food Nexus, a specialization in the Environmental Engineering master program.
The TUM Nexus Lab is a virtual lab coordinated by the Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering, which acts as an overarching entity clustering Nexus-related research and teaching activities at TUM. By showcasing ongoing projects and collaborations between various TUM schools on the Nexus topic, the lab reflects the momentum in place on the topic inside TUM, and illustrates project and knowledge partnerships beyond TUM. Inside TUM, the TUM Nexus Lab brings together the Chair of Urban Water Systems Engineering and Chair of Hydrology and River Basin Management at the School of Engineering and Design; Chair of Land Management / Centre of Land, Water and Environmental Risk Management at the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy; Chair of Agricultural Production and Resource Economics and and Chair of Urban Productive Ecosystems at the School of Life Sciences; Chair of Environmental and Climate Policy at the School of Governance; Chair of Circular Economy at Campus Straubing; Chair of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; TUM SEED Centre and others. TUM Nexus Lab members co-author research articles and funding proposals, and co-supervise master students on the WEF Nexus topic, with the aim of building momentum on the Nexus topic at TUM and beyond.