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Pedologie hochgradig degradierter Ökosysteme in Zentralarmenien und deren Potentiale einer nachhaltigen Landnutzung

Schröder, Hilmar, Prof. Dr. (Geomorphology / Soil Geography / Quarternary Research)

Duration of project: 08/2017 - 12/2018

Humboldt Forschungsstipendium für Postdoktoranden - Cortinovis

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 01/2021 - 12/2022

Digitalisierung der Zeitschrift für Geographiedidaktik

Bagoly-Simó, Péter, Prof. Dr. (Didactics of Geography)

Duration of project: 08/2018 - 12/2020

Die Umstellung der Zeitschrift für Geographiedidaktik von Print auf ein digitales Format soll in den nächsten Monaten auf den Weg gebracht werden.

DBU Stipendium - Sachmittelkostenzuschuss

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 07/2020 - 06/2023

Wild mammals and Urbanities: Investigating human perceptions of urban wildlife for improved urban planning and biodiversity conservation in Berlin

PolyGreen TP Haase

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 03/2017

Stadtgrün wertschätzen II – Verstetigung und Transfer auf Bundes- und Quartiersebene

Schubert, Sebastian, Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 08/2020 - 07/2022

Das Projekt StadtGrün II soll für den stadtpolitischen Umgang mit den konkreten Problemen des Verlustes und der Degradierung von Stadtgrün und den damit einhergehenden Einbußen an Klimaresilienz und Biodiversität wissenschaftlich untermauerte Informa ...

Kosie: Kohlenstoff in ver- und entsiegelten Böden

Zeitz, Jutta, Prof. Dr. agr. (Soils and Environmental Science)

Duration of project: 11/2019 - 03/2023

Durch das Projekt "Kosie" soll eine Planungsgrundlage für ein wissensbasiertes Management der natürlichen CO2-Speicher in versiegelten und entsiegelten Böden geschaffen werden. Dazu werden bodenkundliche Untersuchungen auf Flächen in Berlin durchgefü ...

Helbrecht, Ilse, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of project: 10/2018 - 06/2020

Sachmittel- und Betreungszuschuß DAAD für den Promotionsstipendiaten Lewis Abedi Asante

RESZ - Verbundvorhaben: GartenLeistungen - Urbane Gärten und Parks: Multidimensionale Leistungen für ein sozial, ökologisch und ökonomisch nachhaltiges Flächen- und Stoffstrommanagement - Teilvorhaben 3: Stadtklima

Schubert, Sebastian, Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 04/2019 - 06/2022

Eleven partners are working together in the "GartenLeistungen" project to investigate the significance and value of public green spaces for sustainable urban development and to record the diverse services provided by gardens and parks to urban societ ...

Sachmittel- und Betreuungskostenzuschuss für DAAD Forschungsstipendiatin Sonia Uribe

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 10/2018 - 09/2020

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Thomas Mann Fellowship der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Thomas Mann Haus Los Angeles für Frau Prof. Dr. Ilse Helbrecht

Helbrecht, Ilse, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 02/2020

Thomas Mann Fellowship Thomas Mann Haus Los Angeles für Frau Prof. Dr. Ilse Helbrecht

Integration von Kleingärten und Gemeinschaftsgärten in Warschau und Berlin

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 12/2019 - 12/2021

Das Projekt will zur Zusammenarbeit von Gemeinschafts- und Kleingärten für eine nachhaltige urbane Gartenentwicklung in Polen und Deutschland beitragen. Ziel der Antragsteller ist, beide Formen des städtischen Gartenbaus in einem gemeinschaftlichen P ...

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 03/2020 - 03/2022

In recent years the benefits of modeling techniques to analyze and support land use change decisions have gained increasing interest and a variety of techniques have been successfully developed. One of the most important components in land-use change ...

RuralFutures – Strategien für multifunktionelle, biodiverse und nachhaltig produktive Landschaften in forst- und landwirtschaftlich überprägten Grasländern in Uruguay

Säumel, Ina, Dr. (Junior Research Groups (IRI THESys))

Duration of project: 01/2020 - 08/2022

Agricultural Land Markets - Efficiency and Regulation"

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 03/2021 - 02/2024

Die Dynamik auf landwirtschaftlichen Bodenmärkten veränderte sich in Deutschland substanziell in den vergangenen zehn Jahren in denen sowohl die Pacht- als auch die Kaufpreise für Ackerland massiv angestiegen sind. Dieser Preisanstieg wirkte sich auf ...

Alexander von Humboldt Grant for Akinyemi Gabriel Omonijo: Climate and thermal bioclimate assessment of Ibadan, Nigeria

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 09/2016 - 12/2017

The general objective of Dr Omanijo's research stay is to examine and analyse the climate and thermal bioclimate of Ibadan, NIgeria, using complete heat budget model approach to calculate physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) and universal the ...

Balancing Trade-Offs Between Agriculture and Biodiversity in the Steppes of Kazakhstan

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 01/2015 - 01/2019

The breakdown of the Soviet Union and the subsequent decline of agriculture has created opportunities for restoring steppes and their biodiversity in Kazakhstan. At the same time, agricultural holdings started to recover recently, leading to the expa ...

Biodiv4Future: Managing Future Risks of Biodiversity Tipping Points in South America’s Seasonal Dry Ecosystems

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 06/2017 - 05/2018

The overarching goal of Biodiv4Future is to understand how human pressure in the Dry Diagonal in South America may lead to a tipping in biodiversity, and how this tipping affects coupled social-ecological systems. The Dry Diagonal represents the larg ...

BiodivERsA: Enabling Green And Blue Infrastructure Potential In Complex Social- Ecological Regions: A System Approach For Assessing Local Solutions (ENABLE)

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 02/2017 - 09/2020

Green and blue infrastructure (GBI)1 is now rapidly recognized throughout the world for its multifunctionality and its large potential to effectively address emerging global challenges. The unique multifunctionality results in that GBI may at the sam ...

Biodiversity Impacts of Future Land Use Trajectories

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 03/2012 - 12/2015

This project investigates the influence of future land use change on global biodiversity by (1) synthesizing knowledge on land use effects on biodiversity across a range of taxa and by compiling indicators on the current extent and intensity of globa ...

Biotic and Abiotic Effects on Pollen Production and Allergenicity of Birch and Related Health Impacts

Büttner, Carmen, Prof. Dr. agr. (Phytomedicine)

Duration of project: 05/2019 - 12/2022

Das Hauptaugenmerk der Studie richtet sich auf eine höchst allergene Baumart in Nord-, Mittel- und Osteuropa: die Birke. Eine besondere Innovation ist die Analyse von Umwelteinflüssen auf Pollen von geklonten Birken frei von genetischen Unterschieden ...

Bundle Project Urban Climate: Development of a Powerful Urban Climate Model (Module A), MOSAIK, SP 02: Urban Radiation and Building Parameterization

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 06/2016 - 08/2019

Within the joint research project MOSAIK a new urban climate model of unprecedented spatial resolution and computational performance will be developed. The core of this new model (working title: PACE), will be based on the modern, highly parallelized ...

Carbon sequestration, biodiversity and social structures in Southern Amazonia: models and implementation of carbon-optimized land management strategies

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 06/2011 - 08/2016

Climate change will increase precipitation variability – i. e. extreme events like droughts will occur more often also in the tropics and mean temperature will ultimately increase. Land use intensification is associated with (a) losses of ecosystem s ...

CLEARING HOUSE – Collaborative Learning in Research, Information-Sharing and Governance on How Urban Forest-Based Solutions Support Sino-European Urban Futures

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 08/2023

Trees and forests are a proven nature-based solution that contribute to sustainable urban development. Their potential for delivering ecosystem services, enhancing biodiversity and contributing to the wellbeing of urban societies is often underestima ...

Climate dynamics of the last Millennium derived from cell structure measurements of pine and oak trees in the temperate lowlands of NE-Germany and N-Poland

Heinrich, Ingo, PD Dr (Climatology / Vegetationgeography)

Duration of project: 10/2014 - 03/2017

According to the assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) global warming is undoubtedly occurring. Moreover, the dynamics of regional and seasonal climate changes will differ significantly. Model comparisons indicate ...

Continuous Satellite-Based Indicators for Mapping Subtropical Forest Degradation and Its Environmental Impacts

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 12/2016 - 12/2021

The overarching goal of the project is to integrate multi-source remotely sensed data, field observations and land surface models to enhance our insights in ecosystem degradation in dryland forests. More specifically, we aim to understand and quantif ...

COUPLED. Operationalising telecouplings for solving sustainability challenges related to land use

Nielsen, Jonas Ostergaard, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 06/2022

COUPLED is a four-year, European Training Network granted by the EC in Horizon 2020. We put the research approach of TELECOUPLING into action for solving sustainability challenges for land use. How to understand processes and actors that influence la ...

CRC 1265/1: Geographic Imaginations: People's Sense of Security and Insecurity in a Cross-Generational Comparison (SP A01)

Helbrecht, Ilse, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 12/2021

The research project examines spatial concepts and emotional challenges posed by the re-figuration of spaces in terms of subjective experiences of security and insecurity. Based on group discussions, photo elicitation, and problem-focused interviews ...

CRC 1265/1: Re-figuration of Spaces

Helbrecht, Ilse, Prof. Dr. (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 12/2021

The collaborative research centre (CRC) investigates the transformations in socio-spatial orders since the late 1960s. We proceed from the assumption that – given the intensification of transnational forms of economic activities, the radical changes ...

Digital geographies: geodata – code - society

Füller, Henning, (Cultural and Social Geography)

Duration of project: 05/2019 - 04/2022

The so-called „digitization of society“ is one of the largest challenges of our times. One core characteristic of digitization is the increasing production, storage and usage of digital data. Countless social and environmental aspects are being measu ...

Dynamic Response of Glaciers in the Qilian Shan to Climate Change (Dyn-Q)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 04/2018 - 06/2021

Knowledge on glacier and melt water variability is crucial for sustainable water supply in Central Asia since they function as water towers for millions of people. The Qilian Shan, located in the most north-eastern part of the Tibetan Plateau, on the ...

Ecosystem-based Adaptation to climate change in high mountain regions of Central Asia (EbA)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 10/2017 - 09/2020

Climate fluctuations influence water resources in semi-arid landscapes, where water supply is provided by snowmelt, permafrost and glacier runoff from high mountain catchment areas, as in Central Asia, e.g. in the Pamir Mountains. In many cases, a ch ...

EU: Co-Benefits and Conflicts Between CO₂ Sequestration and Biodiversity Conservation in European Forests (FORESTS and CO)

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 10/2015 - 09/2017

Intact forests harbour large amounts of carbon and unique biodiversity, suggesting that protecting forests may benefit climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation alike. Yet, forests also provide other essential services, from timber to e ...

EU: COproductioN with NaturE for City Transitioning, INnovation and Governance (CONNECTING Nature)

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 06/2017 - 05/2022

Connecting Nature is a five-year project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Innovation Action Programme. The aim by project end is to position Europe as a global leader in the innovation and implementation of nature-based solutions. The ...

EU: Crossing! Improving the Trans-Boundary Wildlife Management of Bison and Moose (LosBonasus)

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 07/2019 - 12/2022

Moose and bison once roamed the forests of Europe. Habitat loss, hunting and poaching led to the extermination of the bison in Poland and Germany, only few moose could survive in the forests of Poland. Breeding and reintroduction programs as well as ...

EU: Leveraging the Potential of Historical Spy Satellite Photography for Ecology and Conservation (EcoSpy)

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 12/2018 - 11/2020

Conservation planning and action critically relies on information about dynamics in ecosystems, habitats, and species’ populations in order to define baselines, set conservation targets, and to identify areas for protection and restoration activities ...

EU: Sustainable Futures for Europe’s HERitage in CULtural LandscapES: Tools for Understanding, Managing, and Protecting Landscape Functions and Values (HERCULES)

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 12/2013 - 11/2016

The HERCULES project strives for the empowerment of public and private actors to protect, manage and plan for sustainable cultural landscapes at local, national and pan-European scales. HERCULES has the goal to increase understanding of drivers, patt ...

EU: Visions of Land Use Transitions in Europe (VOLANTE)

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 05/2012 - 04/2015

VOLANTE aims to develop a new European land management paradigm, providing an integrated conceptual and operational platform which allows policy makers to develop pro-active and context-sensitive solutions to the challenges for the future, rather tha ...

Evaluation of different types of technologies for mitigating the Urban Heat Island

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 07/2017 - 12/2018

In recent years, Urban Heat Island (UHI) has become a serious problem. Accordingly, patent applications concerned with UHI have been increasing. In Japan, over 600 patent applications concerned with UHI were submitted to Japan Patent Office from 2011 ...

Event: Atlas of Anthopocene: Critical Geography in Tumultuous Times

Schäffner, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. phil. (Knowledge and Cultural History)

Duration of project: 06/2019 - 10/2019

This two-day graduate symposium will offer a critical geographical exploration of the Anthropocene by charting shifts in the ways that humans move through, dwell in, and dream of space and place in a world where our grasp on the nature of nature has ...

Event: Atlas of the Anthropocene: Critical Geography in Tumultuous Times

Schäffner, Wolfgang, Prof. Dr. phil. (Knowledge and Cultural History)

Duration of project: 06/2019 - 08/2019

This two-day graduate symposium will offer a critical geographical exploration of the Anthropocene by charting shifts in the ways that humans move through, dwell in, and dream of space and place in a world where our grasp on the nature of nature has ...

Future teachers for the planet. Powerful knowledge for a better ESD in teacher training

Bagoly-Simó, Péter, Prof. Dr. (Didactics of Geography)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 06/2021

BUA gefördertes Forschungsprojekt zur Lehrkräftebildung im Kontext mit Klimawandel und BNE mit der University of Melbourne

Georg Forster Research Fellowship - Grant for reseach cost

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 11/2020 - 10/2022

Forschungskostenzuschuss zum Georg Forster Stipendium

GeoX Badmos "Developing an agent-based model to predict shrinkage and expansion of slums in Lagos megacity"

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 08/2021

In 1984, the Lagos state government identified 42 slum communities in Lagos and by 2016 some of them have transitioned to relatively well planned communities, while the others persisted as slum communities. I am currently investigating how different ...

Glacial lake outburst floods in the Halji region, Nepal

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2021 - 12/2022

The Hindu Kush Himalaya (KHK) region in general, and Nepal in particular, are largely affected by glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs). Many studies argue that the occurrence of GLOFs is, at least partly, linked to climate change and subsequent glaci ...

GreenCityLabHue – Nature-Based Solutions to Strengthen Climate Resilience of Urban Regions in Central Vietnam (SP 1: Green Scenarios Hue)

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 07/2019 - 03/2021

The GreenCityLabHue has the objective to create a multi-level, multi-disciplinary space for research and experimentation to develop, visualize, evaluate and discuss ideas and concepts for the (re-)creation and expansion of green-blue infrastructure ( ...

GreenGrass

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 03/2019 - 02/2024

Grasslands in Germany support a great variety of ecosystem services ranging from climate regulation and water retention to the supply of forage crops for livestock farming. Grasslands are therefore a vital part of the agricultural landscape. However, ...

Green Infrastructure and Urban Biodiversity for Sustainable Urban Development and the Green EconomySurge

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 11/2013 - 10/2017

GREEN SURGE will identify, develop and test ways of connecting green spaces, biodiversity, people and the green economy, in order to meet the major urban challenges related to land use conflicts, climate change adaptation, demographic changes, and hu ...

Green Talents Research Stay Programme (Dr Elizabeth Law)

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 04/2017 - 06/2017

The Green Talents Programme, funded through the FONA Research for Sustainable Development Initiative of the German ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), allows promising international young scholars to carry out research stay at German institut ...

Heat Waves in Berlin, Germany – Climate Projections

Schubert, Sebastian, Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 02/2017 - 02/2020

This project will investigate the effects of the dynamic interaction between urban climate, urban structures and global climate change with focus on heat-related hazard in Berlin, Germany. In particular, we will study the spatial and temporal variabi ...

How are vegetables and fruits delivered to supermarkets in the Global South? The interrelations between the expansion of supermarket-chains and the development of procurement systems/intermediaries for fresh products

Kulke, Elmar, Prof. Dr. (Economic Geography)

Duration of project: 02/2017 - 04/2020

The planned project will analyse the interdependencies between the spatial-temporal expansion process of national supermarket-chains and the development of procurement systems/intermediaries for fresh products based on case studies in Kenya and Tanza ...

Identifying potential habitat for the European bison in Germany

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 07/2013 - 01/2015

This project generated the first assessment and map of potential habitat for the European bison in Germany.

Impact of urban climate effects and emissions on air quality, and scientific application of the urban climate model PALM-4U (AusSEn)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 10/2019 - 12/2022

In the second phase of the programme "Urban Climate under Change" subproject 2 (TP2) will support the general objective to further develop PALM-4U into a practical urban climate model and to establish it in fields of application. The project ‘Impact ...

Indicators of education for sustainable development in formal education

Bagoly-Simó, Péter, Prof. Dr. (Didactics of Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2021

Informal settlements, economic and environmental change, and public health - Strategies to improve the quality of life in Dhaka

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 05/2011 - 12/2013

The INNOVATE project centred around the informal settlements of Dhaka and focused on four interwoven topics of vital relevance for the future development of the megacity of Dhaka, Bangladesh: First, climatologic and air pollution effects from the loc ...

KOSMOS-Conference: from Alexander von Humboldt’s KOSMOS to today’s Global Challenges: Navigating the Sustainability Transformation in the 21st Century

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 04/2019 - 03/2020

Land-use and land-cover change effects on biodiversity in European Russia

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 06/2009 - 01/2013

Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, largely due to habitat fragmentation and loss. Thus, land use is among the main drivers of species extinction; yet, the relationship of land use change and biodiversity change is poorly understood. Th ...

LUMOS-Remote sensing image processing algorithms for land use and land cover monitoring systems

van der Linden, Sebastian, Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 10/2017 - 10/2020

This project aims at increasing the dissemination and valorisation of image processing algorithms developed under the STEREO program. More specifically we aim at transforming image processing algorithms, developed under the STEREO II program, into pl ...

Models, Metrics and Typologies of Resilient Cities (AXA Awards Research Fund)

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 09/2015 - 06/2018

The AXA Research Fund project “Models, Metrics and Typologies of Resilient Cities” undertakes research focusing on (1) Urbanization and urban growth; and (2) Effects of urbanization on urban socio-ecological ecosystems and resilience. Across the glob ...

Moving from pattern towards process for improved forecasts of species range dynamics

Zurell, Damaris, Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2020

PASANOA – Pathways to Sustainable Land Management in Northern Argentina

Kümmerle, Tobias, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 09/2015 - 12/2018

During the past 20 years, Argentina has become a major producer and exporter of agricultural products, yet this came at considerable environmental costs. Agricultural expansion and intensification has been particularly rampant in the Chaco, where the ...

Permafrost Landscapes in Transformation – from Local-Scale Processes to the Global Model NorESM

Langer, Moritz, (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 05/2016 - 12/2019

Permafrost is a highly dynamic element of the Cryosphere that is intimately meshed with the global climate system through complex interactions. A massive release of greenhouse gases from thawing organic-rich permafrost could constitute a significant ...

Powering Divided Cities: Urban Energy Systems between Separation and Cooperation

Moss, Timothy, Dr. (Director / Office)

Duration of project: 04/2020 - 03/2023

Precipitation Patterns, Snow and Glacier Response in High Asia and Their Variability on Sub-Decadal Time Scales (Prime); High Asian Snow Cover and Glacier Energy and Mass Balance Variability (prime-SG)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2017 - 06/2020

Precipitation is one of the most important climate elements linking complex atmospheric processes with hydrological cycles, snow cover and mass balances of glaciers and ice caps. Precipitation is a key variable for water resource management and preve ...

Protected Area Effectiveness in the Caucasus during Socioeconomic and Political Shocks

Ghoddousi, Arash, Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2022

Massive biodiversity loss, from species to ecosystems, is a characteristic of the Anthropocene. A universal conservation tool to halt this trend is the establishment of protected areas, which aim at safeguarding ecosystem integrity and functioning, s ...

Reconstructing forest disturbance dynamics in Central Europe using remote sensing (P.R.I.M.E. DAAD Programme)

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 11/2016 - 04/2018

The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) funded project aims at reconstructing the historic (1985-2015) forest disturbance dynamics of central European forests by combining Landsat time series analysis. The project is a collaborative project betwe ...

RECOVERY – Recovery of Degraded and Transformed Ecosystems in Coal Mining-Affected Areas

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 07/2019 - 06/2023

RECOVERY project focuses on land rehabilitation and ecological restoration of coal mining-affected areas, aiming to accelerate the recovery of degraded and transformed ecosystems to a good ecosystem status. It will assess the contribution of these ec ...

Remote sensing in forest transition and its ecosystem impacts in mountain environments

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 01/2010 - 06/2014

Land abandonment and forest recovery is often taking place on marginal lands, such as mountain environments. Assessing the rate, spatial patterns and ecosystem impacts of forest cover change in these environments is challenging given the ruggedness a ...

RG 2569/1: Agricultural Land Markets – Efficiency and Regulation (SP 07)

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 10/2017 - 01/2021

Agricultural land markets in Germany have changed substantially in the last decade, with rapidly increasing land sales and land rental prices. As a result, the spatial configuration of agricultural land use has changed, with a trend towards a higher ...

Satellite-based information for grassland management

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 12/2017 - 02/2021

Permanent grassland accounts for 28% of Germany's agricultural area and thus has a landscape-shaping character. Its main supply service is the production of milk and meat, through the use of grassland as a high-quality basic feed. In addition, grassl ...

Sentinels supporting carbon estimates and REDD+

Hostert, Patrick, Prof. Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 05/2013 - 12/2016

The focus of SENSE-CARBON was on the development of new methods for the comprehensive monitoring of land cover, land use and their changes, which serve a better characterization of carbon stocks, for example within the framework of REDD+. The regiona ...

Superdiversity in the Ageing City? The Convergence of Increasing Multiethnicity and an Ageing Population

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 03/2017 - 02/2020

European societies are increasingly both ageing and diverse societies. Through processes of immigration and demographic change, the population composition will modify fundamentally in the next decades. Especially metropolitan areas are the geographic ...

Superdiversity in the Ageing City? The Convergence of Increasing Multiethnicity and an Ageing Population.

Lakes, Tobia, Prof. Dr. (Applied GIScience)

Duration of project: 03/2017 - 02/2020

European societies are increasingly both ageing and diverse societies. Through processes of immigration and demographic change, the population composition will modify fundamentally in the next decades. Especially metropolitan areas are the geographic ...

the KNOWledge politics of experimentING with smart urbanism

Moss, Timothy, Dr. (Director / Office)

Duration of project: 05/2017 - 09/2020

The aim of the proposed research project is to develop theoretical and empicial understanding of how smart urbanism experiment are re-shaping urban knowledge politics in European citires. The project proposes a symmetrical analysis of formal, corpora ...

Topoclimatic forcing and non-linear dynamics in the climate change adaption of glaciers in High Asia

Loibl, David, Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 01/2018 - 02/2022

Glaciers in High Asia, a substantial resource of water supply for more than a billion people, are known to react highly heterogeneous to climate change. However, spatial patterns, forcing mechanisms, and sensitivities underlying this heterogeneity ar ...

Trees as Indicators of the Urban Heat Island

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 06/2017 - 10/2018

The project ‚Bäume als Indikatoren für die urbane Wärmeinsel (BIWi)‘ (= ‚Trees as Indicators of the Urban Heat Island') comprises a pilot study for generating and analysing chronologies of different tree ring parameters (tree-ring width, pointer year ...

Urban Climate in Transition, Module B (Evaluation of Urban Climate Models, 3DO) – SP 02: Urban Mobile Measurement Systems and GIS-Integration (URBMOBI-GIS)

Schneider, Christoph, Prof. Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 06/2016 - 12/2019

The Research Programme „Urban Climate under Change“ intends to develop an innovative urban climate model that is able to simulate micro-scale atmospheric processes for entire cities like Stuttgart or Berlin using grid spacings that resolve buildings, ...

Urban Climate Under Change [UC]2, second phase

Schubert, Sebastian, Dr. (Climate Geography)

Duration of project: 09/2019 - 08/2022

During the second phase of the research programme "Urban Climate Under Change" [UC]2 it is the goal to further develop the new urban climate model PALM-4U (developed in the first phase) into a product that meets the needs of municipalities and other ...

Urban rainwater harvesting from niche to mainstream: challenges and opportunities for planning

van der Linden, Sebastian, Dr. (Geomatics)

Duration of project: 06/2016 - 12/2017

Urban Tipping Points: Understanding Interaction Between Changing Land Use Patterns, Biodiversity and Economic Consequences To Enhance Liveable Cities (UTiP)

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 06/2017 - 05/2018

Urban ecosystems and related ecosystem services (e.g. climate regulation, recreation experiences, habitats for species) and biodiversity provide an important basis for the sustainable development of cities. They are an essential component for human w ...

URBES – Urban biodiversity and ecosystem services

Haase, Dagmar, Prof. Dr. (Landscape Ecology and Biogeography)

Duration of project: 01/2012 - 12/2014

URBES addresses significant scientific knowledge gaps on the role of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services for human well-being. This is of importance for building the ability of European cities to adapt to climate change and reduce their ecologi ...

Water Security for Whom? – Social and Material Perspectives on Inequality around Multipurpose Reservoirs in Colombia

Krüger, Tobias, Prof. Dr. (Junior Research Groups (IRI THESys))

Duration of project: 06/2020 - 05/2024

Water for Whom investigates in/equalities in water security across the water-energy-food nexus focusing on the case of multipurpose reservoirs in Colombia. Building on the large body of literature on conflicts surrounding the construction of hydropow ...