On 10 November 2022, THESys Member Prof. Harald Grethe will give a KOSMOS-Lesung as part of the Berlin Science Week. The agricultural economist will talk about the war of aggression on Ukraine and what this means for agricultural and food policy. The War of Aggression on Ukraine and its Implications for National and International Agricultural…
During its General Assembly on 21 October 2022, the members of IRI THESys elected a new Directorate, as well as new members of the IRI Board and the Graduate Program Board. Jörg Niewöhner ran again as Institute Director and was unanimously re-elected. He is now joined by Tobias Krüger as new Deputy Director of IRI…
Dieter Gerten, member of IRI THESys, is co-organising – together with the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development IOER and as an activity of a new Leibniz Research Network – the conference “Integrated Earth System Research – From Vision to Implementation” on November 8 and 9, 2022. It will be held at the…
Together with Pieter Pauw (Ulf), THESys Researcher Luis Zamarioli published a paper in Climate Policy. The paper was co-authored by 14 experts in climate finance from developed and developing countries. Key priorities: How much more and how much better? The paper discusses some key elements for the post-2025 climate finance target, which will take centre…
On September 11th-12th, the project AnthropoScenes took part in a special reading and panel discussion in cooperation with the Theater of the Anthropocene and the international literature festival berlin (ilb). The event began with five actors reading segments of the original theatre piece ‘Das Wasser’ (The Water) by Austrian author and playwright Kathrin Röggla. Through…
THESys member Prof. Tobias Krüger talks to the taz about the state of the Panke. Berlin’s fourth largest river is heavily influenced by human hand – with increasingly poor water quality and a lack of biodiversity. Its renaturation must proceed more quickly. The recent summer of drought in particular has shown that Berlin urgently needs…
THESys Postdoc Santos Chicas and THESys Member Jonas Nielsen recently published a paper in Natural Hazards with the title: Who are the actors and what are the factors that are used in models to map forest fire susceptibility? A systematic review. The paper is a review of literature covering forest fire susceptibility modelling published during…
On June 30th, the project AnthropoScenes held a joint event with the Mosse Lectures with stories and science about the political, cultural and ecological aspects of the Panke and Spree Rivers in Berlin. Taking place within the Open Humboldt Festival, folks were invited to walk along the rivers and explore Berlin’s rivers from both a…
The Kuratorium of HU Berlin decided to prolong IRI THESys for a third period on June 20. Thus, IRI THESys will be supported through university funds until May 2025. The Kuratorium’s decision is based on the successful evaluation of IRI THESys by an external review panel led by Ralf Seppelt (UFZ and University of Halle-Wittenberg)…
IRI THESys offers Pre-Doc Scholarships for Master students or graduates who wish to pursue a doctorate at IRI THESys, Humboldt-Universität. The program offers funding for the transition phase between the end of a Master’s program and the beginning of a doctorate to help the recipients to focus on the preparation of their doctorate. The application…
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