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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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New paper: Lessons learned from water-scarce cities

Together with THESys Alumna Zeina ElZein and Amal Abdou, THESys Member Ina Säumel has published a paper in which policies toward an integrated urban water management in Egypt are proposed. Promoting an integrated urban water management Water scarcity is one of the main challenges facing countries in arid or semi-arid zones. Egypt has already reached absolute…

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EdiCitNet project featured in the Washington Post

A new article in the Washington Post takes a look at the EdiCitNet project – which is active in cities across three continents – as well as exploring a range of different urban agricultural initiatives in the United States. Leading with a feature story focusing on one of EdiCitNet project’s partner cities – the Edible City of Andernach – the article features insights…

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Call for the next THESys Award: We want to see your thesis!

31 students have already received our THESys Award. Soon there shall be even more! From September 1 to November 30, 2022, all bachelor and master graduates of HU Berlin are again invited to apply! The application deadline is November 30. THESys Award for Bachelor’s and Master’s theses  Who can apply? The THESys Award honors particularly…

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Next KOSMOS-Lesung by Prof. Harald Grethe

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…

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Hands up: Directorate and boards newly elected

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…

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Register now: Integrated Earth System Research Conference

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…

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New paper: Post-2025 climate finance target

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…

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