Vice President Kora Kristof

Professor Dr. Kora Kristof studied economics, and wrote her doctoral thesis on a problem related to energy economic. In her post-doctoral work she investigated the question of how societal changes can be shaped more effectively. She was a research assistant at the LMU Munich economics department from 1988 to 1992, and  then until 1994 she was a research assistant to the German Bundestag’s special committee on protecting Earth’s atmosphere. At the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy from 1994 to 2011, Kora Kristof headed the energy department and a research group for sustainable production and consumption, and she organized the institute’s work on material efficiency and resource conservation. From 2011 until she moved to KIT, she headed the Sustainability Strategies, Sustainable Resource Use, Instruments department at Germany’s Federal Environment Agency. Moreover, she is Apl. Professor at the University of Witten/Herdecke.

On March 01, 2023, Kora Kristof took over office as KIT Vice President Digitalization and Sustainability. She is also Chief Information Officer (CIO) of KIT.

Phone: +49 721 608-43900
Email: kora.kristof∂kit.edu