Uwe Schneidewind is a sustainability researcher, science manager and former Lord Mayor of Wuppertal. He studied Management Science at the University of Cologne, HEC Paris and the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Before becoming Professor of Production Management and the Environment at the University of Oldenburg, he worked as a strategic consultant for environmental management at Roland Berger & Partner.
From 2004 to 2008, he served as President of the University of Oldenburg. Between 2010 and 2020, he was President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and held a professorship in Sustainable Transition Management at the University of Wuppertal.
From 2020 to 2025, he was the Lord Mayor of the city of Wuppertal.
