Our research and education focus on the synergies among human society, soil, water, vegetation and climate. Sustainable handling of our environment is inconceivable without an understanding of these interactions.
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Prof. Dr. C. Kramer
Prof. Dr. S. Schmidtlein (Spokesperson)
Prof. Dr. W. Wilcke
Prof. Dr. F. Wittmann
European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
Our research and education focus on the synergies among human society, soil, water, vegetation and climate. Sustainable handling of our environment is inconceivable without an understanding of these interactions.
Geography (State examination, B.Ed. and M.Ed.)
Geoecology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.)
Vegetation
Vegetation science and Biogeography
Soil
Geomorphology and Soil science
Society
Human geography
Rivers
River and floodplain ecology
Cooperations
Associated working groups (climate and environment center)
The anthology, co-edited by Caroline Kramer, explores the complex relationship between schooling as a set of practices embedded in educational institutions and their specific spatial dimensions. Available open acesss as part of the Springer-series "Knowledge and Space".
Sophia Leimer received the Early Career Publication Award 2018 of the journal Ecohydrology for her paper about the influence of plant diversity on the water balance of Central European grassland. The paper was also under the top 20 most downloaded of the journal in the period 2017-2018.
The DFG grants Thomas Wieland (AG Gesellschaft) a research project on the spatial impact of online trade. It deals with the causes and motives of online shopping.
Auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse eines F&E Vorhabens des BfN wurde unter der Leitung des IfGGs (Aue) der Kenntnisstand zur Biodiversität der Flussauen erstmals für Deutschland in einem Buch veröffentlicht.
... with the best "Geostory". She describes connections between vegetation and landscape development.