Participating working groups - Geography
This page lists all working groups of the Institute for Geography whose research focuses fit the ideas of the key profile area "Intelligent Methods for Earth System Sciences".
- Terrestrial Laserscanning - TLS
- Unmaned Airborne Vehicles - UAV
- Scientific data management
- Mobile GIS applications and locateion based services
- GIS-aided Modelling
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- Transport of microplastics in soil and on soil surfaces (SFB 1357 Microplastics)
- Road-related trade-offs between conservation and development (SFB/TR 228 Future Rural Africa)
Main interests and research issues of this study group concentrate on environmental economic geography and regional development. Major research interests include environmental management and governance, environmental and social impacts of globalization, transnational value chains and socio-economic aspects of natural hazards....Read more
The research and teaching activities of the group under the direction of Prof. Dr. Peter Dannenberg focus on the following research areas:
- Global South in the Context of Economic Globalization
- Development and Sustainability in the Global South
- European City and Regional Development
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The main research focus of the working group is on urbanisation and megacities, urban governance, urban risk management, urban health and migration research...Read more
The research activities of the Soil Geography/Soil Science working group focus on work on the behavior of pollutants in contaminated soils and studies on the characterization and material turnover of soils with (temporarily) reducing conditions. Process-oriented work and the linking of field and laboratory investigations are the focus of the working group. The working group has a modern 800 m2 laboratory at its disposal...Read more
The Geomorphology & Geochronology group is primarily concerned with how physical, biological and anthropogenic processes shape our Earth's surface. The aim is to better understand process relationships in sedimentary, soil and landscape systems in order to better predict their dynamics in the course of global environmental change. The working group is currently under construction.
One research focus is the development of luminescence-based methods for the age determination of sediments and the quantification of soil and landscape processes.
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Regions are facing several challenges triggered by enforced structural change and increased interdependence of economic processes – as a result of an intensified globalization. As a consequence, there are simultaneous processes of growth, stagnation and decline across the globe. The research focus of our working group are regions at different development levels....Read more
The central research topic at the Chair of Hydrogeography and Climatology is the study of water, carbon and nutrient fluxes at the land surface. In particular, we are dedicated to the study of the spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability of these fluxes, their interactions with each other and interactions with the climate system...Read more