LIECHTENSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
Time is of the essence for sustainable development and resilience: we make the rapid deployment of regenerative infrastructure work.
ACTIVITIES
We are active in four programmatic modes:
Consulting
Research
Finance
Academy
EXPERTISE
WHO WE ARE
We at Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development help prepare private and public entities to become more resilient to climatic, energetic and economic changes. We guide their transformation in a manner, which increases both the ecological and economic value of their infrastructure to mitigate against and adapt to climate change. We develop urban and regional energy master plans and provide sustainability advice on urban development projects. A particularly important aspect of our work is geared towards effective strategic and operational large-scale urban development advice.
MISSION
We formed in response to a global recognition that major planetary indicators point not only to a necessary transformation in human settlement development and search for rapid strategies in fighting climate change tipping points and biodiversity collapse but also to the need to strengthen factors critical for human civilisation, its prosperity, innovation and development.
We recognise that isolated sustainable approaches are prone to slow uptake, errors and even failure. It pursues Rapid Regenerative Infrastructure Deployment (RRID) by integrating science, engineering, economics and finance with city, regional and infrastructure design, community planning and development.
FOR WHOM
We work for cities, towns, regional organisations, international aid bodies and private companies focused on the business of sustainable urban and regional development. Each project, every initiative is pursued with meticulous care, energy and attention to the need of client organisations, companies and communities. We do not apply standard techniques: each approach is custom tailored to specific needs and objectives, using global best practice and expertise.
Local and international experts form our core, provide guidance and leadership. They work together in sourcing and managing projects, based on tailored agreements. Our experts have worked with regions, cities and towns, local, state and national governments, the IEA, IPCC, UNDP, UNECE, UN Habitat and a number of other international organisations.
LATEST NEWS
Latest Urban Energy Transition Edition Out Soon
Urban Energy Transition, Third Edition: Cities and Regions for a stable climate is the most current scientific and practice-based compendium on energy transformations in the global urban system. It also yields perspectives on climate stabilization and the need for comprehensive and additional climate action and policy frames that work in conjunction with the energy transition. This fresh volume examines both established and emerging economic, design, governance, policy and technology related insights and contains contributions from Africa, Asia, Australia, Central Europe and North America.
Prof Peter Droege initiates the Global Climate Geodesign Competition
Invitation to educational institutions around the world to submit GIS-based climate mitigation designs through local and regional climate-positive scenario modeling. The initiative commenced in early September. LISD in association with the International Geodesign Collaboration, the University of Minnesota and Esri.
More information and registration details to follow.
Prof Droege to give keynote address
Prof Droege will be speaking at the 2nd International Conference of the Engineers and Public Works Contractors Fund (TMEDE), titled “Redefining the Future Horizons,” to be held in Athens on 9-10 December 2025.
Seminar with Prof. Peter Droege
Title: Beyond Paris: the race to stabilise the climate by design
5 November 2025 13:30 AEST
Cent134 – Harvard 2 Lecture Theatre, University of Tasmania
The presentation covers needed changes in global practice and public perception, and covers the trajectory of local and regional climate mitigation measures through urban and regional design.
Hosted by:
Arko Lucieer
Head of School, Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences
Professor of Remote Sensing
University of Tasmania
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