Contributions/Activities to Rethinking Chemistry

Let's think big (December 2024)

Editorial by Peter H. Seeberger, founding director of the Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC), in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Out with the old, in with the new (February 2024)

Editorial by Christian Schiller, founder and CEO of Cirplus in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Time to rethink (December 2023)

Rethinking chemistry is what the GDCh wants to do in the coming years. But what does this mean in concrete terms? Nachrichten aus der Chemie wanted to know and asked the “presidential think tank”. A discussion with Stefanie Dehnen (President-elect of the GDCh), Karsten Danielmeier (current President), and Peter R. Schreiner (former President).

Rethinking Chemistry – Talking with Presidents of Chemical Societies (December 2023)

At the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry in Leipzig, which was also held under the motto Rethinking Chemistry, Nachrichten aus der Chemie together with the online chemistry magazine Chemistry Views asked representatives of chemical societies what they associate with Rethinking Chemistry. Link to the video (YouTube)

Times of change (September 2023)
Editorial by Dr. Stefan Pirker, Vice President of GÖCH, Head of Circular Economy Innovation, OMV in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Rethinking Chemistry in Angewandte Chemie (August 2023)

Guest editorial by Karsten Danielmeier (GDCh President) and Peter R. Schreiner (Vice President) in Angewandte Chemie on the occasion of the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202311238

Virtual Special Issue Rethinking Chemistry (August 2023)

For the GDCh Science Forum Chemistry from 4 to 6 September 2023, Angewandte Chemie has compiled a virtual special issue Rethinking Chemistry.

One Submission – One Tree (September 2023)

On the occasion of the Science Forum under the motto Rethinking Chemistry , Angewandte Chemie has launched its One Submission – One Tree initiative. From September 1, 2023, until the end of the year, a tree will be planted for every manuscript submitted.

Rethinking the world of work (March 2023)
Editorial by Kai Beckmann, member of the Merck Executive Board, CEO of Electronics and President of the Federal Employers' Association of the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

What digitalization means (February 2023)
Editorial by Prof. Dr. Jochen Maas, Executive Director Research and Development, Sanofi-Aventis Germany, in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Making the transformation transparent (December 2022)
Editorial by Dr. Harald Schwager Deputy Chair of the Executive Board, Evonik Industries, Essen, in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Joining forces for more sustainability (October 2022)
Contribution of the GDCh's JCF Sustainability Team to the Junchemists' sustainability initiatives in the anniversary issue "Sustainability" of CIT PLUS.

Rethinking Chemistry – Rethinking Chemistry and Seeing the Challenges as an Opportunity (July 2022)
Article by GDCh President Karsten Danielmeier on the challenges facing humanity and the chemical community in the Chemanger.

Now more than ever (July 2022)
Editorial by Markus Steilemann CEO Covestro, Leverkusen, in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

"Change the whole complex system" (May 2022)
As part of the structural change for the period after open-cast lignite mining, two large research centers are to be built in Saxony. One of the shortlisted applications comes from the field of chemistry: the chemresilience concept of the Potsdam Max Planck director Peter Seeberger. Interview in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie

Shaping the transformation together (March 2022)
Editorial by Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF, Ludwigshafen, in the Nachrichten aus der Chemie