Uta Pollmer

Areas of expertise

• Accompanying social transformation processes
• Socioeconomic evaluation of cultural heritage
• Opportunities and challenges of digitization in the field of cultural heritage

Professional development 

Uta Pollmer has been working at the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW since 2007, serving as project manager for national and European research projects. After studying Sinology, Russian Studies, and Business Administration at Leipzig University, the Renmin University in Beijing (China), and Kazan State University (Russia), she worked at the Beijing Liaison Office of the Saxony Economic Development Corporation and then for several years for a German industrial company in China.

Current projects

• KLIMA-KULTUS: Development of educational modules for damage prevention of cultural assets in times of climate change
• Future Museum II – Relevance and Vision of Museums
• KERES – Protecting cultural heritage from extreme climate events and increasing resilience
• Leipzig as a Lighthouse City in: SPARCS – Sustainable energy Positive & zero cARbon CommunitieS

2021

• Pollmer, U. (2021). The Value of Cultural Heritage and the Perception of Climate Change Impacts. BVT 2021, Workshop Cultural Heritage in Climate Change. Online, 27.4.2021.

2020

• Pollmer, U.; Kaiser, U. (2020). Digital Solutions for Value Creation. Solicitation of the Breakout Session. SXNCH. Sites at the Intersection of Cultural and Natural Heritage. Online, 7.-8.12.2020.

2019

• Pollmer, U. (2019). The socio-economic value of cultural heritage. Symposium "Cultural heritage in crisis – Cultural Heritage Research at European Level – Challenges in Times of Climate Change and Digitalization". Menaggio di Loveno, 27.-29.11.2019.