Sketch by Maxime Le Calvé Anja Klein successfully defended her PhD thesis, Doing difference, materiality and complexity with simulation models: An ethnography of modeling social-ecological relations in interdisciplinary sustainability research. The thesis explored the epistemological, ontological, and ethical dimensions of modelling in interdisciplinary sustainability research. Anja employed the metaphor of “patchwork” to simultaneously highlight their…
Photo credits: Andrés Vargas. Hyunjin Park successfully defended her PhD thesis, Reorganization of Bio-Based Innovations Towards Inclusion: Insights Into Responses, Constraints, and Governance Challenges. Her work was carried out at the Thaer-Institut für Agrar- und Gartenbauwissenschaften under the supervision of Philipp Grundmann, with Peter Feindt supporting her membership in IRI THESys. The defense took place…
Paradoxically, the current climatic, political and geopolitical situation, which confronts us with instability and forces us to question many certainties, offers the right moment to speak of hope. This is the argument put forward by philosopher Corine Pelluchon in her Kosmos lecture. Hope in the Context of Climate Change and the Global Crisis 23.10.2025, 18.00-19.30…
Congratulations to Robert Arlinghaus, IRI THESys member and professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, for being named one of the “100 most important minds in Berlin’s science community” by Der Tagesspiegel in 2025. Recognised for his pioneering work in fisheries and aquaculture research, Robert’s contributions continue to shape sustainable management practices and strengthen the link between…
On Earth Day, April 22, 2025, the 19 National Champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize — a globally renowned research award for sustainability — were announced. THESys member Robert Arlinghaus (Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries and Humboldt University of Berlin) and his team were honoured for their groundbreaking scientific publication on the…
In his KOSMOS-Lesung, Prof.Dr. Mark Lawrence discusses a new approach on the definition of Anthropocene. The Anthropos Expansion and the Anthropocene 05.06.2025, 18.00-19.30 HU Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Senatssaal The Anthropocene has recently been rejected as a formal geological time unit, reigniting debate about its definition and significance. Should it now be repurposed as…
As a follow-up to the “Climate and Water under Change” project, IRI THESys Postdocs Márk Somogyvári and Desiree Hetzel have released the Touching Water podcast: “A podcast about water and science. We explore how scientists from the natural and social sciences work with water, and how this is connected to our everyday lives.” The Touching…
THESys Researchers Dr. Ina Säumel, Mina Karamesouti and Klara Muranyi are part of a newly launched international research initiative on agroecology. Their joint project ecoFABULAnds was selected as one of 19 projects for funding by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The first funding period runs from April 2025 to March 2028.…
In her KOSMOS-Lesung taking place on 22 May 2025, Dr. Bixia Chen demonstrates the deep relationship between biodiversity and culture in Okinawa. She highlights how Fengshui-based landscapes and sacred forests support environmental conservation. Biodiversity and Culture: Unraveling the Symbiosis between Nature and Human Heritage 22.05.2025, 18.00-19.30 HU Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Senatssaal This KOSMOS-Lesung…
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