Alois Clemens

Life has treated me well and given me a lot of international experience and knowledge to help build lasting development models in theory and practice. My passions are learning, sharing and translating knowledge into practice.

My focus is on bringing technological and social systems together with special attention for innovation, production and trade of natural resources and the identification of adequate leadership. Both small-scale and large-scale draw my attention and I am interested in how they can benefit from each other.

This line of thought requires early identification of social and technological opportunities and creating shared values based on multi-scale analysis. Good multidisciplinary networking and programming lead to sustained results characterized by strong feedback mechanisms and flexibility. Key words are emerging initiatives, collaborative leadership, innovation and co-production. I have many year of international experience in many countries in large and small programmes.

Currently I am living in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico and I am looking for new opportunities for sharing through teaching, conferences and consultancies.

First I worked on the ground for about 10 years in Mexico, After this very enriching experience I worked for 10 years globally at WWF (forests and agriculture; market transition and nature protection), followed by over a year of research and consultancy (CE Delft, international biofeedstocks). This brought me to start a PhD at Wageningen University (which I stopped after a year of research because of lack of funding). Topic: Inclusive technological innovation with a case study on algea production as an example of a multi-purpose technology (energy, protein and water purification) that can be differently designed according to its technological and / or social objectives. I came back to Mexico in 2014 because I felt the need to share my rich experience and contribute to sustainable development. I started to work at the Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla, lecturing about sustainable development.

Currently I am teaching and writing and looking for more opportunities to share.