At the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), we aim to forge new paths towards sustainable futures. We conduct inter- and transdisciplinary research on land use change, integrative food systems, global water cycles, climate change adaptation, and infrastructures.
Paradoxically, the current climatic, political and geopolitical situation, which confronts us with instability and forces us to question many certainties, offers the right moment to…
On Earth Day, April 22, 2025, the 19 National Champions of the Frontiers Planet Prize — a globally renowned research award for sustainability — were…
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,…
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:…
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…
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