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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Powering Divided Cities: Urban Energy Systems between Separation and Cooperation

Moss, Timothy, Dr. (Director / Office)

Duration of project: 04/2020 - 03/2023

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 ...

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 ...

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

Zurell, Damaris, Dr. (Biogeography)

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2020

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Indicators of education for sustainable development in formal education

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

Duration of project: 01/2019 - 12/2021

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 - 07/2023

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ( ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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: 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: 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: 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: 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 ...