Dr. Meike Sauerwein

Dr. Meike Sauerwein is a faculty in The Division of Environment at The Hong Kong Univeristy of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the academic lead of the HKUST Life Cycle Lab. Her research interests focus on environmental assessment of systems & products and consumption behaviours with focus on of circular systems. She teaches about Sustainable Consumption & Life Cycle Assessment and its applications in business, sustainable finance, and policymaking. Meike also leads the Sustainability Education Working Group across 8 campuses of the Hong Kong Sustainable Campus Consortium.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Enhance people’s awareness about life cycle impacts and emissions that happen up and downstream of the products we buy.
2. Open people’s minds about the beauty and utility of circular systems and efficient resource use.
   Inspire people to test out new things and critically question how we can do better in handling human impacts on the environment.