Prof. Dr. Tobias Stern holds the Chair of Innovation and Transition Research at SIS. His research interests are the diffusion of bio-based innovations, bioeconomic transition and technology impact assessment. Tobias Stern is a key researcher at Wood Kplus (cooperative research center) and at the collaborative industry projects FLIPPR2 and WOODCAR.

He is a member of the High Level Group on Financing Sustainability Transitions and a delegate to the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Sustainable Forest Products.