At the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), we aim to forge new paths towards sustainable futures. We conduct inter- and transdisciplinary research on land use change, integrative food systems, global water cycles, climate change adaptation, and infrastructures.
Photo credits: Jelena Große-Bley successfully defended her PhD thesis, Unfamiliar Uncertainties: How experts grapple with socio-material relations to adapt to climate change in China’s agriculture.…
Timothy Moss, together with eight co-authors, received the Best Published Paper Award 2026 of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP). Congratulations!
Melanie Schweikart, Leonardo R. Ramírez, Ina Säumel, Balancing growth and conservation: Land-use policy scenarios for Uruguay’s grasslands, Land Use Policy, Volume 169, 2026, 108110, ISSN…
On 18 June, Humboldt University celebrated not only its current Deutschlandstipendium scholarship holders and sponsors in the ballroom on Luisenstraße, but also an anniversary: For…
Josephine Lang and Lilli Johanna Schlünz (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) receive the Berlin Award for Excellence in Teaching 2026 (‘Landeslehrpreis Berlin 2026‘) for the ‘Studium Oecologicum’…
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