Department of Geoscience

Research in the Department of Geosciences

Overarching Research Themes

Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment

Environmental Geosciences

Earth System Evolution

Social Transformations in a Changing World

Research foci of the individual workgroups are described on their web sites

Coordinated Research Projects

Collaborative Reseach Center 1070 "ResourcesCultures"

funding institution: Deutscher Forschungsgemeinschaft

funding period: 2013-2025

spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Bartelheim – Institute of Prehistory and Medieval Archaeology

Priority Program 1803 "EarthShape: Earth Surface Shaping by Biota"

funding institution: Deutscher Forschungsgemeinschaft

funding period: 2015-2022

spokesperson: Todd Ehlers