Alumnus (former Member) Roland Strausz chairs the Institute of Economic Theory 1 at the School of Business and Economics. He received his doctorate at the Free University of Berlin in 1998, where he finished his habilitation in 2005. He is director of the RTG1659 “Interdependencies in the regulation of markets” and a principal investigator in…
(2016-2024)
Member Prof. Dr. Carl-Friedrich Schleussner is a Group Leader at IRI THESys and an Honorary Professor at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He also is the Head of Climate Science at Climate Analytics. He has longstanding expertise in climate modelling and climate impact science, multi-year experience in providing scientific advice at the climate-policy…
Graduate Program Board Stefan Schäfer is a scientific project leader at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam (IASS Potsdam), where he leads the research group on Climate Engineering in Science, Society and Politics. He is also a Visiting Fellow in the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard University and an Associate…
Member Ina Säumel holds an MSc in Geography, an MSc in Biology and a PhD in Ecology. She works as an assistant professor and began leading the research group on Multifunctional Landscapes in 2014 at TU Berlin, shifting in 2018 to the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) at Humboldt-Universität zu…
Member Claas Nendel is co-head of the ZALF Research Platform „Models & Simulation“, in which he also leads the two working groups „Ecosystem Modelling“ and „Landscape Modelling“. A studied geo-ecologist (University of Technology Carolo-Wilhelmina, Braunschweig, Germany; Agricultural University of Norway, Ås), he received his PhD from Braunschweig in 2002 and qualified for lecturer (Habilitation) at…
Member Daniel Müller is Deputy Head of the Department Structural Change of Farms and Rural Areas at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO). In addition, he is lecturer (Privatdozent) at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where he also completed his habilitation in geography. Daniel obtained his doctoral degree and…
Member Timothy Moss was initially a Guest Professor at IRI THESys in April 2016 and became a Senior Researcher in April 2017, having been an affiliated member since June 2014. Prior to this appointment he headed a research department at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), where he was also deputy…
Member Kirsten Meyer studied Philosophy and biology in Münster, Bielefeld and St. Andrews graduating in 2000. She got her PhD in Philosophy in 2002. Since then Kirsten has gained research experience at different German universities. In 2011 she became W3 professor for „Praktische Philosophie und Didaktik der Philosophie“ at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Research Interests Environmental…
Member Torsten Meireis teaches ethics, systematic theology and hermeneutics at the Theological Faculty of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, where he also serves as director of the Berlin Institute for Public Theology. Prior to the Berlin engagement he has taught systematic theology and ethics of sustainability at Berne University and Berne’s Centre for Development and Environment. Research…