Since 2015, the IRI THESys has been awarding prizes for excellent Bachelor and Master theses in the field of human-environmental research. Now, all bachelor and master graduates of HU Berlin are again invited to apply for our THESys Award! Applications can be submitted during the application period from 15 September to 15 November 2023. Who…
PhD Project Project leader: Hanna Pohlmann
PhD Project Project leader: Prof. Dr. Robert Arlinghaus
18:00-19:30 HU Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, Senatssaal Hope in the context of climate change and the global crisis The lecture will be delivered in German (Title: Hoffnung im Kontext des Klimawandels und der globalen Krise) Hope, or confidence, espérance in French, is the “ability” to see the future in the present and to recognise,…
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…
PhD Project Project leaders: Setenay Kizilkaya
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.…
