Projects

The project studies the ecology, use and socio-economic importance of Rügen pike and develops recommendations for sustainable management

We have proudly hosted a number of researchers (interns, doctoral candidates, Postdocs) that came with their own funding. In the past we have hosted:

Feeding urban populations is a global challenge, additionally straining the Food-Water-Energy Nexus. CITYFOOD provides innovative solutions by integrating aqua-agriculture systems into cities.

Immission and effect iron from mining regions – Dispersion mechanisms and biogeochemical signatures

Water and energy are crucial to sustainable development, both globally and within Germany. WANDEL focuses on the question of whether limited water availability restricts the use of conventional energy systems and thereby accelerates the energy transition, or whether it actually slows the transition down.

Woody riparian buffer strips along rivers have widely been used mainly to reduce nutrient and fine sediment input from agricultural areas but potentially offer many more ecosystem services (e.g. habitat provision increasing biodiversity, shading and temperature regulation, mitigating climate change effects).

BIBS is a BMBF project for biodiversity data collection and synthesis in Germany

FIThydro addresses the decision support in commissioning and operating hydro-power plants (HPP) through the use of existing and innovative technologies and the integration of ecological, technical, economic and societal perspectives to improve sustainable hydropower use at a maximum mitigation of ecological impacts.