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THESys Award 2022: Five Bachelor and Master theses honoured

The winners of the THESys Award 2022 have been chosen. Congratulations to Colin Lehmann, Sophie Vermeulen, Sarah Felix, Eva-Maria Kachold and Alexander Meinert for their outstanding Bachelor and Master theses! With this prize, the IRI THESys annually honours talented students of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin who have written a Bachelor’s or Master’s thesis in the field…

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New paper: Multi-method approach to understand air pollution in Nagasaki

THESys Postdoc Santos Chicas recently authored a paper in Scientific Reports on spatiotemporal distribution, trend, forecast, and influencing factors of transboundary and local air pollutants in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan . Helping to implement more effective pollution management strategies The study used a multi-method approach to provide a holistic understanding of PM2.5 and NO2 pollution in…

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Joint paper: Enabling spaces for bridging scales

The IRI THESys Postdoc Network has published a joint paper on “Enabling spaces for bridging scales: scanning solutions in interdisciplinary human–environment research” in Sustainability Science. For this collaborative paper, Cecilie Friis, Mónica Hernández-Morcillo, Matthias Baumann, Claudia Coral, Theresa Frommen, Arash Ghoddousi, David Loibl, and Philippe Rufin have joined forces to untangle the issue of scales. Scales:…

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Next KOSMOS-Lesung by Prof. Michael Zemp

On 16 February 2023, glacier expert Michael Zemp will give a KOSMOS-Lesung on worldwide glacier observation. In his lecture, he asks what we have learned since the days of Alexander von Humboldt. Worldwide glacier observations – what have we learned since the days of Alexander von Humboldt? 16.02.2023, 19.00-20.30 Uhr HU Berlin, Unter den Linden…

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Register now: Edible Cities Network Conference 2023

IRI THESys’ EdiCitNet project invites to its conference “Advancing the Edible City: Ideas, Practices and Systems” which will take place in Barcelona, Spain, from 15–17 March 2023. Registration is open now! Advancing the Edible City: Ideas, Practices and Systems This conference brings together leading researchers, policymakers and city administrators, civil society actors, green city activists…

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THESys Exhibition: Geosciences Go Rural

THESys researchers Theresa Frommen and Krystin Unverzagt collaborated to create an exhibition that documents the science communication project “Geosciences Go Rural” through graphical recordings. Making discussions visible  Krystin Unverzagt, a doctoral researcher at IRI THESys and also an artist, accompanied two geoscientists as they toured the countryside to talk with citizens about sustainable and climate-friendly…

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A Fantastical Dystopia

With sparkling 70’s suits, giant alien masks and creepy face paint, the ensemble of the RambaZamba Theatre brought the world flames like a disco kugel to stage from December 16th-21st. While the original songs and choreographed dance made for a highly entertaining show, it wasn’t only fun and games. Inspired by the current era of…

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Hello students: Apply for our Humboldt-Scholarship!

The Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is once again awarding scholarships from the Deutschlandstipendium programme to its students. Among them are 15 positions for the Humboldt-Scholarship Sustainability & Global Justice, which is based at IRI THESys. Interested students are invited to apply until 13 January 2023! Next Humboldt-Scholarship: Right of nature – right to food? Starting in…

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Inter Circle U Prize 2022 for Robert Arlinghaus

On November 25, 2022, THESys Member Robert Arlinghaus was awarded the Inter Circle U Prize (ICUP) 2022. The prize recognizes outstanding examples of inter- and transdisciplinary research from nine European universities. Joint solutions for sustainable fisheries Robert Arlinghaus and his team received the award for their long-standing commitment to sustainable fisheries research, which always involves…

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Allianz Climate Risk Award for Peter Pfleiderer

Peter Pfleiderer, former doctoral researcher at IRI THESys, has received the “Allianz Climate Risk Award” for his doctoral thesis. Congratulations! His work on “Atlantic Hurricane year-to-year variability and the effect of global warming” was awarded with the 3rd place. The award ceremony took place on December 6, 2022. Peter was a member of the THESys…

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