Dr. Grischa Beier on Industry 4.0 and sustainability

Episode Four, in which we try to look into the future of manufacturing. What exactly is “Industry 4.0” and how does it impact our society? If we all live in autonomous smart homes and print everything we need with 3D printers, will our economies be more sustainable? How will the Corona crisis affect the digitalization of industry and its sustainability?

Dr. Grischa Beier is the research group leader in the project “Digitalisation and Impacts on Sustainability" at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany. In this episode, he talks about different aspects of Industry 4.0 and contemplates the best-case and worst-case scenarios of its future development.