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.
Students of the Humboldt-Themenklasse “Sustainability & Global Justice” have published a policy brief on how to reduce CO2 emissions produced by business travel at Humboldt-Universität…
Together with Paola Pozo Inofuentes, THESys member Ina Säumel has published a study demonstrating the importance of park forest trees to the promotion of forest…
Extreme rainfall, flash flooding, prolonged droughts and increasing pollution… These are just some of the water-related challenges facing the Berlin-Brandenburg region under the impacts of…
*EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE* Until May 25, bachelor’s and master’s students can apply for the University of Girona Summer School on WATER RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE…
Throughout the course of one year, the students of the interdisciplinary Humboldt-Scholarship ‘Sustainability and Global Justice’ explored the internal and external framework conditions of science communication…
