Sustainable Management of Natural Resources
Research focuses on processes and possible consequences of global change and as well on suitable mitigation strategies. Interdisciplinary research has to address the science needed for understanding of processes and impacts but also needs to focus on ethical, societal, law-related, and technical aspects, also with respect to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This includes the establishment of strategies for the management of natural resources in cooperation with interest groups such as policy makers, environmental regulators and society. The Platform offers the chance to learn from a number of successful transdisciplinary research projects and to address the perspective of the non-researcher community.
Main Topics:
- Strategies to reduce anthropogenic input of pollutants, e.g. via wastewater treatment plants
- Management of water resources and matter fluxes (demolition waste, recycling materials)
- Renewable energies (i.a. wind, hydropower, innovative fuels, and energy storage) and carbon sequestration
- Impact of extreme events (heavy rainfall, droughts)
- Biodiversity and invasive species
- Soil erosion and soil quality
Working groups
Spokespersons:
- Prof. Thomas Potthast (Ethics and Sustainability)
- Dr. Jonas Schaper (Hydrology)
Members:
- Prof. Lars Angenent (Environmental Biotechnology)
- PD Dr. Nils Anthes ((Biodiversity/Sustainable Agriculture)
- Prof. Jens Bange (Environmental Physics)
- Prof. Holger Bettinger (Physical Organic Chemistry)
- Dr. Diana Grundmann (Competence Center for Sustainable Development)
- Prof. Peter Grathwohl (Hydrogeochemistry)
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne (Urban and Regional Development)
- Dr. Nicole Ludwig (Machine Learning in Sustainable Energy Systems)
- Dr. Matthias May (Electrochemistry)
- Dr. Markus Maisch (Sustainable Pathways, Carbon Capture)
- Dr. Simon Meisch (Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities: Ethics and Education)
- Dr. Melanie Nagel (Political Sciences/Political Economy)
- Prof. Kira Rehfeld (Climatology and the Biosphere)
- Prof. Johannes Saurer (Law/Environmental Law)
- Prof. Thomas Scholten (Soil Science and Geomorphology)
- Prof. Stefan Schwarzer (Education: Circular Economy, Sustainable Development)
- Prof. Rita Triebskorn (Ecotoxicology)
- Prof. Katja Tielbörger (Plant Ecology)
- Prof. Udo Weimar (Sensor Techniques)
- Prof. Dr. Christiane Zarfl (Environmental System Analysis)