TLDR; Klaffke & Karcher - The "missing middle" of green IT: Why twin transformation fails without skills development

In the joint presentation of Prof Dr. Henning Klaffke and Rainer Karcher they present a research project about sustainable twin transformation:

  • Digitalisation has to be sustainable to work. Sustainability efforts must be digitalised to be fast enough. The inter-depend each other
  • To make this work people need to be trained in skills to work with digital tools (incl. AI)
  • The focus is on sustainability skills in IT. Taught through Analysis, Development and Transfer

If you liked the Sneak Peak you can find the full slides on the ecoCompute website: https://www.eco-compute.io/files/slides_2025/01_Thursday/02_DIM/08_Karcher_Klaffke.pdf