In focus: Sustainable agriculture
The growing world population and the consequences of the climate crisis are jeopardising future food supplies. Innovative ideas and sustainable agricultural systems are needed to organise the production and supply of food sustainably and efficiently. Scientists at Humboldt-Universität are researching these topics in projects and think tanks.
How can sustainable transformation succeed?
IRI THESys researches how humans and the environment influence each other - with a view to topics such as climate change, food, water and resources. The research focus is on sustainable transformations. Knowledge transfer is particularly important to the institute: the results of its research are disseminated to society - for example through events, educational projects or cooperation with schools.
Sustainable materials research
With the founding of the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is profiling and consolidating the research focus on materials science in a centre. It contributes to findings in energy supply, sustainable resource utilisation and the development of technological foundations. The focus is on the discovery and research of new materials. The aim is to understand their functions and uncover their hidden potential in order to turn visions and concepts into tangible reality.
Water in climate change
Life is impossible without drinking water. At the same time, water can become a threat - for example through flooding or droughts that jeopardise harvests. Water is also politically contested in Germany, as the debate surrounding the Tesla factory in Grünheide shows. The Berlin University Alliance (BUA) is focussing on water-related risks of climate change, for example in the Einstein Research Unit "Climate and Water under Change" (CliWaC).
Research projects on climate & environment
Youth European Dialogue Bulgaria – France – Germany– North Macedonia: A Touring European Summer School
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Christian Voß
Water4All - Designing multi-knowledge protocols to transform transboundary policies for hydroclimatic extremes (DEMO TAPE)
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Tobias Krüger
Water Security for Whom? – Social and Material Perspectives on Inequality around Multipurpose Reservoirs in Colombia
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Tobias Krüger, Prof. Dr. Jörg Niewöhner
Urban Landscapes - Resilient Urban Landscapes in Global Change
Principal investigator(s): Dr. rer. nat. Thilo Wellmann
Universalization, integrity and individual emissions
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Kirsten Meyer
Understanding and Shifting Power in Biodiversity Conservation by Integrating Insights from Social Change Movements
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Ranjini Murali, Dagmar Wörister Baumann, Barbara Richter
Transforming Pruning for Smallholder Agriculture with Enhanced Productivity and Working Conditions Using AR and Robotics
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Annekatrin Hoppe
Support of kallol Ray as Einstein Professor
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Kallol Ray
Supply-chain mechanisms for safeguarding South American Chaco’s last intact forests
Principal investigator(s): Prof. Dr. Tobias Kümmerle
Sociocultural Transformation at the End of Fossil Fuels
Principal investigator(s): Dr. Gretchen Bakke
Further training
Are you interested in topics related to sustainability? Take advantage of our training programmes.