Projects of the Department of Environmental and Planning Law

Current Projects

KomUR − Network of Competence on Future Challenges of Enviornmental Law

Research Field Basic Principles of Environmental Law

Clean-Tech Law – Legal frameworks for transformative innovation and sustainable technology development

Legal bases for sustainability transformation

Herausforderungen für ein zukunftsfähiges Umweltrecht

Integration Platform "Societal Transformations towards Sustainability"

⇒ Environmental constitutionalism

⇒ Technical knowledge in environmental litigation

⇒ Designing Effective Measures for EU’s TRAnsition to climate neutrality – DEMETRA

Research Field Water Management and Water Resources Protection Law

Transformation towards a sustainable water resource management (platform project − PP 6.3) 

Research Field Climate Protection Law and Environmental Energy Law

Transforming Energy Landscapes (platform project − PP 6.2)

Completed Projects

Comparative law analysis on instruments for sustainable land management (CLAIM)

(in German) Herausforderung Programmforschung − Konzeption, Organisation und Evaluation problemorientierter Umweltforschung 

Law of sustainability − Sustainable Law: "Sustainable development" as a Legal Term and Indicators for a Sustainable Legal System 

Restrictions upon Ecological Research due to the Ecological Law − State of Affairs and its Valuation 

Time and Ethics: the conceptual relationship between intergenerational, historical and intertemporal justice 

International Standards and Strategies for the Reduction of Land Consumption. Targets, Indicators and Monitoring Concepts (SURFACE)

Integrative Entwicklung eines gerechten Interessensausgleichs zwischen Stadt, städtischem Umland und ländlichem Raum (ReGerecht)

EnergyLandUse

Urban Transformations

EE-Monitoring: Monitoring of nature protection implications of the expansion of renewable energy in the power sector and the development of instruments for the mitigation of impacts on nature and the scenic value of the landscape

Wissenschaftliche, rechtliche und administrative Perspektiven zur praktischen Implementierung des Flächenzertifikatehandels

Needs- and demand-based planning − Legal options for and procedural aspects of an instrument for enhanced environmental protection

Helmholtz-Alliance ENERGY-TRANS: "Future infrastructures for meeting energy demands. Towards sustainability and social compatibility"

(in German) InfraWass − Nachhaltigkeitsinstitutionen zur Governance langlebiger technischer Infrastruktursysteme am Beispiel der europäischen Wasserver- und Abwasserentsorgung unter den Bedingungen des klimatischen und demographischen Wandels
FORUM: Handel mit Flächenzertifikaten – Fachliche Vorbereitung eines überregionalen Modellversuchs
Tradable allowances for the dedication of building land
(in German) Nachhaltige Landnutzung im Spannungsfeld umweltpolitisch konfligierender Zielsetzungen am Beispiel der Windenergiegewinnung

(in German) Stadtumbau und Flächenhaushaltspolitik 

Improvement of legal and institutional framework conditions for a local and regional site recycling management 

(in German) Effektivierung des raumbezogenen Planungsrechts zur Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme

(in German) Designoptionen und Implementation von Raumordnungsinstrumenten zur Flächenverbrauchsreduktion - DoRiF

Leipziger BlauGrün (Leipzig BlueGreen), Blue-green infrastructure development in Leipzig sample city quarters. Subprojects 5 and 7: Legal, organisational and fiscal aspects

Healthy Aquatic Ecosystems

Integrated Urban Catchment Governance – Organizational, Legal and Fiscal Foundations for Sustainable Management of Waste- and Rainwater in the Wuxi Region/China

Arzneimittelabgabe − Beteiligung von Arzneimittelherstellern an den Kosten von Maßnahmen zur Reduktion der Konzentration von Mikroschadstoffen in Gewässern

International Water Research Alliance Saxony (IWAS)

(in German) Praktische Ausgestaltung einer fortzuentwickelnden Abwasserabgabe sowie mögliche Inhalte einer Regelung
CapHaz-Net – Social Capacity Building for Natural Hazards: Toward More Resilient Societies
Options for Waste Disposal in Potash Mining − The Werra-River-Pipeline
Legal questions regarding the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive

(in German) Praktische Ausgestaltung einer fortzuentwickelnden Abwasserabgabe sowie mögliche Inhalte einer Regelung 

Umsetzung der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Niedersachsen im Bereich Oberflächengewässer – Masterplan Fließgewässerentwicklung 2021  

(in German) Responsibility for Sustainability − Management of Waterresources in the EU 

Enhancement of Waste Water Charges and Water extraction Charges to a comprehensive charge for the use of aquatic ecosystems 

RISK MAP − Improving Flood Risk Maps as a Means to Foster Public Participation and Raising Flood Risk Awareness: Toward Flood Resilient Communities 

Water Scarcity 

Weiße Elster 

AGRI-TRANSFORM – Leverage Points for the Transformation to an Environmentally Sustainable Agriculture

Development of an "Action Programme for the Implementation of the Integrated Nitrogen Strategy"

Land Use Conflicts

Comparison of ammonia regulation in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark – legal framework

Einführung einer Abgabe auf Pflanzenschutzmittel in Deutschland 

STEP − Status and Trends of European Pollinators
POLICYMIX − Assessing the role of economic instruments in policy mixes for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision
Nature Conservation in Climate Change
Research and development project agri-environmental law: Legal and other instruments for better protection of the environment in the agricultural sector
ALTER-Net: A Long-term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network
Pooling of surface areas and compensation measures: Impact regulation under nature protection law as an instrument of nature protection policy at the local and regional level
Ten Years of Biodiversity Convention: an Interim Evaluation (book project)
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and its relevance for Germany

Fitness Check of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 

(in German) Auswirkungen der EU-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie auf den Naturschutz

(in German) INVASION − Evolutionary, ecological and social consequences of Biological Invasions

Stopping the Loss of Biodiversity − Biodiversity Protection in Rural Areas

INVASIONS: The Invasion Potential of Alien Species − Identification, Assessment, and Risk Management

(in German) FRAP − Fischwirtschaft und Biodiversitätsschutz: Nachhaltige Schutz- und Nutzungsstrategien am Beispiel von Fischotter, Kormoran und Robben