Excellence Strategy

Regular institute seminars

GeoEnviron Seminar (Geo- and Environmental Center): for program see here

Eve Seminar (Institute of Evolution and Ecology): for program see here

News

29. Jan. 2026: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Klaus Kümmerer (Institut für Nachhaltige Chemie, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg): “Nachhaltige Chemie” - Vortrag im Rahmen der Verleihung der Lothar-Meyer-Abschlusspreise. 17.15 Uhr, Hörsaal N5, Auf der Morgenstelle 16.

19. Nov. 2025: Robert Bloch (Berliner Wasserbetriebe): “Organische Spurenstoffe im Berliner Wasserkreislauf"; Mittwoch, 17 Uhr c.t., Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Lecture Room 3M04, Building A, Morgenstelle 18. abstract

14. Nov. 2025: Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese, biodiversity researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ and the University of Leipzig, will give this year’s lecture entitled “Nature and Humans in the Anthropocene – Perspectives for Sustainable Development”; 6:00 p.m., Alte Aula (Münzgasse 30, 72070 Tübingen). to the announcement

07.-09. Oct. 2025: The glyphosate sampling campaign in river sediments and waste water treatment plants in the Erlangen region by researchers from the University of Tübingen was accompanied by a television team from Bayerischer Rundfunk. (broadcasting will be announced here)

30. Sept. 2025: 2nd Joint PFAS Workshop Universität Tübingen/Universität Stuttgart, 30 Sept. 13-17 Uhr, University of Tübingen (GUZ). Organizers: Claus Haslauer, Hermann Rügner, Joel Fabregat-Palau. see program

13.-18. Sept. 2025: Annual Meeting of the German Soil Science Society (DBG) 2025: #HealthySoilsClimateProtection, University of Tübingen (Organisation: Thomas Scholten, Michaela Dippold, Yvonne Oelmann, Callum Banfield, Harald Neidhardt, Peter Kühn; see: see webpage

21. July 2025: Joint University of Stuttgart-University of Tübingen PFAS workshop, 21 July, 1 pm to 5:15 pm, University of Stuttgart (VEGAS). Organizers: Claus Haslauer, Hermann Rügner, Joel Fabregat-Palau. see program

05. June 2025: Field trip to the Gypsum Quarry Entringen: J. Reinhold: Gypsum Quarry & Geoecology; N. Hinze: Accoustic Bird Monitoring; H. Rügner (University of Tübingen): Geology of Keuper Formation, S. Hofmann (Gips-Schüle Association): Gypsum Mining History in the Stuttgart Area; R. Wegerer (LRA Tübingen): Natura 2000 & Flora-Fauna-Habitat; P. Lemke, Altingen: Applied Nature Conservation. 6:30 to 8 pm (Organization: Nathalie Andries, University of Applied Sciences Esslingen).

04. June 2025: Lecture Series: Aspects in sustainable chemistry (04. June bis 23. July; in german). Wednesday 08:15 to 09:45 h, Lecture hall N2, Morgenstelle, Tübingen. Organization: Chemistry Department. see flyer

30. May 2025: International Exploratory Workshop Introduction to Climate Law in India. see flyer 

22. May 2025: Cluster of Excellence TERRA - Terrestrial Geo-Biosphere Interactions in a Changing World - Proposal succesful! Funding period 2026-2032. see TERRA

27./28. March 2025: International Workshop on Transformation of legal instruments in EU environmental law. University of Tuebingen, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Seminar, Nauklerstraße 47, 72074 Tuebingen. Organized by Prof. Johannes Saurer. see flyer

19. März 2025: Podcast Deutschlandfunk - Wie Waschmittel zur Entstehung von Glyphosat beitragen (von Arndt Reuning, in german). to the podcast

05. März 2025: Project on the Monitoring and evaluation of the ecological status at former gipsum quarries - funded by the “Gips-Schüle Stiftung” has started.

18. Feb. 2025: PD Dr. Melanie Nagel, Political Sciences Expert at the Geo- and Environmental Center, discusses popular Theories about Climate Policy (by Hochschulkommunikation and Zentrum für Medienkompetenz, Universität Tübingen). to the podcast

13. Feb. 2025: 4th. Joint Webinar of Baden-Württemberg Universities and the California State University on Climate Change: Impacts on the Geo- and Biosphere. see programme

04. Feb. 2025: PFAS workshop of Hydrogeochemistry and Environmental Chemistry groups at GUZ (organized by Joel Fabregat-Palau & Hermann Rügner). Info: h.ruegnerspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

27. Jan. 2025: 3rd on-line workshop: Glyphosate in surface waters: Update on glyphosate formation from aminopolyphosphonate DTPMP - further aspects, open questions. Info: h.ruegnerspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Archive

Science & Innovation Days 2024

15. Nov. 2024: Fishbowl discussion on glyphosate in surface waters, with researchers from the Platform Environmental Systems and guests (regulators, industry).  to the announcement

2024

  • 11. Nov. 2024: Interview by Julia Bosch, Stuttgarter Zeitung, about COP 29 in Baku: Woher die große Klimamüdigkeit kommt; with Dr. Melanie Nagel, Universität Tübingen. to the article
  • 29. Aug. 2024: Podcast “Key To My Research” of the Excellence Strategy, University of Tübingen: Prof. Michaela Dippold - Are Roots the Key to Climate Change? to the podcast (by changing time)
  • 28. Aug. 2024: Report by Frauke Zbikowski, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Der Unkrautvernichter Glyphosat kommt nicht nur von Äckern, sondern auch aus Kläranlagen. to the article
  • 25. July 2024: Prof. Kira Rehfeld, Geo- and Environmental Center, discusses 8 popular Theories about Climate change (Hochschulkommunikation and Zentrum für Medienkompetenz). to the podcast
  • 25. July 2024: Video/film hr-Fernsehen “Alles Wissen”: Glyphosate contamination in European rivers from waste waters? With interviews and documentation of lab work, sampling campaigns. see ARD Mediathek
  • 19. July 2024: Talk (invited): Simon Linke, PhD, Griffith University · Australian Rivers Institute: "Ecoacoustics: A novel tool for ecological monitoring".
  • 12. July 2024: Report by Lisa Maria Sporrer (Schwäbisches Tagblatt) on the Glyphosate monitoring campaign in the Tübingen Anlagensee, Dr. Annett Junginger (Micropaleontology) and Prof. Carolin Huhn (Environmental Chemistry), University of Tübingen. to the article
  • 10. July 2024: ICAWaR Projekt "lmproving climate adaptation policies for water resilience and carbon reduction in Germany; Speakers: PD Dr. Melanie Nagel, Prof. Kira Rehfeld, Start is in October 2024. more information
  • 21. June 2024: Joint Webinar “Climate Change: Emission Reduction and Mitigation”, with presentations from researchers from Baden-Württemberg and the California State University. see programme
  • 03. May 2024: Talk (invited): Prof. Adolf Eisenträger, Head of the German “Spurenstoffzentrum” at UBA.
  • 28. April 2024: Joint Workshop "Hydrogen” - Univ. of Tübingen (Dr. Matthias May, Erica Schmitt), Reutlingen University (Prof. Thorsten Zenner, Prof. Gernot Schullerus), Counties of Tübingen and Reutlingen (networks Hy-NATuRe (https://hynature.de/) and H2-WANDEL (https://h2-wandel.de/). Tübingen.
  • 24. January 2024: 7th General Assembly & 10 years anniversary meeting of the Platform.

 

Science & Innovation Days 2023

The Platform Environmental Systems highlights the following events during the Science & Innovation Days of the University of Tübingen on 08.-11. Nov. 2023: see programme

  1. Science Fair - MARKT LOKALER KLIMALÖSUNGEN: Infopoint/meeting point for Climate Discussions. Elisa Ziegler, Dr. Nils Weitzel, Moritz Adam, Prof. Kira Rehfeld, Arya Samanta, Dr. Yana Savytska, Dr. Nabela Sadaf, Dr. Markus Maisch, Beatrice Ellerhoff. (page 24)
  2. Lunchtalks zur Mittagszeit (at the Science Fair): i.a. with Dr. Nicole Ludwig: WIE KÖNNEN WIR KÜNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ FÜR RESILIENTE ENERGIESYSTEME NUTZEN?, and Prof. Olaf Kühne: ENERGIEWENDE UND PROTEST – DIE BEDEUTUNGEN VON LANDSCHAFT UND HEIMAT, and Dr. Jean-Philippe Baudouin: LOKALE KLIMALÖSUNGEN FÜR TÜBINGEN. (page 42)
  3. Fishbowl-Discussion im KulturWerk: NACHHALTIGE ENTWICKLUNG UND STÄDTISCHE RESILIENZ, with Martin Göppert (City of Tübingen), Hanno Brühl (Stadtwerke Tübingen), Dr. Simon Meisch (University of Tübingen), Karin Meier (Farmer). to the event (page 43)
  4. Talk: WARUM BRAUCHEN FISCHE UND MENSCHEN GUTE KLÄRANLAGEN? Insight into modern water treatment. Prof. Rita Triebskorn, Björn Loos; incl. a field trip to the waste water treatment plant Tübingen with its new ozonation facility. to the event (page 44)
  5. Fishbowl-Discussion with Prof. Maja Göpel: WAS KOSTET UNS EINE RESILIENTE UMWELT? - Discussion with: Prof. Christiane Zarfl, Prof. Kira Rehfeld and Prof. Thomas Potthast (from the Platform "Environmental Systems"). to the event (page 51)
  6. Science Notes - TÜBINGEN 2050 – WIE WIRD UNSERE ZUKUNFT AUSSEHEN?, i.a. with contributions from Prof. Kira Rehfeld, Geo- and Environmental Sciences: WIE WIR AUS DEM EISZEIT-KLIMA FÜR DIE WELT UND TÜBINGEN 2050 LERNEN, und Prof. Olaf A. Cirpka, Geo- and Environmental Sciences: DROHT UNS DER KAMPF UMS WASSER? (page 34/35)
  7. Workshop-event: WIDERSTANDS-FÄHIGKEIT VON PFLANZEN: From Molecules to the Ecosystem – how plants adapt to their envrionment. Jun.-Prof. Isabel Monte and the Outreach-Team of the ZMBP. (page 61)

2023

  • 25. July 2023: Workshop "CO2-Reduction and Renewable Energies" (PF internal), Tübingen.
  • 08. July 2023: Report by Wolfgang Albers (Schwäbisches Tagblatt): Welche Konflikte drohen bei Wasserknappheit? - Ein Modellprojekt unter Leitung von Prof. Olaf Cirpka spielt Szenarien für das Grundwasser im Gebiet von Ammer und Neckar durch. to the article
  • 07. July 2023: Plattform Environmental Systems participating at the Tübinger Innovationstage of the IHK Reutlingen: University Environmental Platform meets Local Industry Partners.
  • 13. June 2023: article in attempto online by Dr. Melanie Nagel et al., Institute for Political Sciences: Klimapolitik sollte mehr auf die Wissenschaft hören. to the article
  • 25. May 2023: Networking Day of the Competence Centre for Sustainable Development (KNE): „Kultur der Nachhaltigkeit an der Universität Tübingen“. see programme
  • 21-24 March 2023: International COMPON workshop 2023 (Comparing Climate Change Policy Networks) organized by Dr. Melanie Nagel at al., Institute for Political Science and the Platform Environmental Systems. see programme
  • 21. March 2023: Prof. Rita Triebskorn receives Tübingen Award for Science Communication. to the article
  • 27. February 2023: Wie Zwischenfrüchte den Boden verbessern können - article by Prof. Dr. Michaela Dippold in agrarheute. to the article
  • 08. March 2023: Deutschland muss Stickstoff-Überschüsse in der Landwirtschaft dringend abbauen - Blog by Prof. Thomas Scholten, in Transforming Economics. to the article
  • 15. February 2023: Invited talk by Prof. Ulf Apfel (Ruhr-University Bochum): “Scaling electrolysis: from lab-scale and impure feeds to kW-scale demonstration”. see abstract
  • 25 January 2023: Workshop "Machine Learning meets Geosciences". Organized by Prof. T. Scholten et al. see programme

2013-2022 (Highlights)

2022

  • October 2022 - January 2023: Participation at the Fridays For Future seminar series "Another world is possible" - i.a. with Profs. Kira Rehfeld and Reinhard Drews. see programme
  • 20. June 22: Joint Faculty Confernce Day - University of Tübingen & California State University: Sustainable Cities and Climate Change (Organizers: Anita Binder, Dr. Hermann Rügner, Dr. Melanie Nagel, Prof. Thomas Potthast). see programme
  • 04.-05. April 2022: International PFAS Summit (Conference on Perfluorinated Substances; Organizers: Dr. A. Haluska, Dr. H. Rügner, Prof. P. Grathwohl, Prof. C. Zwiener). see programme

2021

  • May 2021: Researchers from the University of Tübingen are participating at the joint project "Swabian Moses" (KIT) on meteorological and hydrological extermes. to the article
  • 19 February 2021: The 70 m deep drilling which was organized by the CRC CAMPOS allows for investigation of microbial induced nitrate removal in the Muschelkalk aquifer. see artcile by Schwäbisches Tagblatt

2020

  • 24. Oct. 2020: Report by Philipp Koebnik (Schwäbisches Tagblatt) on the project: Monitoring of CO2-emissions in the Neckartal. to the article
  • 25. Sept. 2020: Workshop Machine Learning meets Environmental Science. see program
  • 13 February 2020: Joint Workshop "Biofilms" of Universities of Tübingen & Stuttgart. see program

2019

  • 14. October 2019: Presentation of the Earthshape Movie to the public and discussion with scientists from the EarthShape Project (DFG SPP 1803), Tübingen, Cafe Haag. see flyer
  • 16. Juli 2019: Joint Webinar on “Climate Change & Policy”- California State University/Baden-Württembergische Universitäten.  see programme
  • 25. March 2019: Symposium “Plastic in the environment”. see programme

2018

  • 16.-18. November 2018: Jahrestagung des Verbands für Geoökologie in Deutschland. see flyer
  • 12. October 2018: Vernetzungsworkshop Karrierewege von Frauen. see flyer

2017

  • 15. September 2017: TGAG-Fortbildung: Fachliche Grundlagen für den Einsatz von mineralischen Ersatzbaustoffen nach Mantelverordnung.  see flyer
  • 03.-06. April 2017: ANAKON 2017: Tagung der Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker.
  • 02. February 2017. Symposium “Wasserkraft & Umwelt”.  see flyer

2016

  • 18. November 2016: Workshop “Ubiquititous pollution by PFCs”, Tübingen.
  • 05.-08. September 2016: SETAC GLB Annual Meeting 2016: Viele Stoffe - Großes Risiko.
  • 20. July 2016: Symposium “Stoffe im anthropogen beeinflussten Wasserkreislauf”. see flyer

2015

  • October 2015 - Februar 2016: Studium Generale “Forschung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung”. see flyer
  • 29. April 2015: Symposium “Nachwachsende Rohstoffe/Bioökonomie”. see flyer

2014

  • 21. November 2014: Symposium "Windenergie in Baden-Württemberg".  see flyer
  • 01. October 2014: Workshop “Möglichkeiten und Grenzen moderner Wasseranalytik”.
  • 16.June 2014: Symposium “Fracking”.  see flyer
  • 10. March 2014: Workshop “Water Ethics” (Plattform 4).  see flyer
  • 26. February 2014: Workshop “Sensor Techniques”.

2013

  • 25. April 2013: Kick-off meeting Platform 3 - Environmental Systems.