Projects of the Department of Economics
Current Projects
Social-science Water Research
NexusFootprints – Combining Indicators for Urban Food-Water-Energy Nexus Comparison
Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
Governance and Institutions
BonaRes − Centre for Soil Research, Team Governance
Energy and Bioeconomy
Completed Projects
FUSE: Food – water – energy for Urban Sustainable Environments
Jordan Water Project
Jordan Water Project – Capacity Building: Development and Implementation of a Strategic Modeling Tool for Water Management in Jordan
Evaluierung des Wasserentnahmeentgelts in Baden-Württemberg
Mikroverunreinigungen und Abwasserabgabe (UBA)
Verantwortung für Nachhaltigkeit − Die Bewirtschaftung von Wasserressourcen in der EU (BMBF)
MoMo II: Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia: Model Region Mongolia
Das Konzept der Bestände als Entscheidungshilfe für eine Politik der Nachhaltigkeit (BMBF)
FLOODsite − Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies (Integrated Project) (EU)
BASINFORM-Verfahren zur Aufstellung von Maßnahmenprogrammen nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
GLOWA-Elbe I: Global Change Impact on the Environment and Society in the Elbe Region (BMBF)
Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutions in International Water Management (UFZ/Helmholtz)
Regional Sustainability − Bridging Resource Conservation and Economic Development (DAAD/NSF)
→ Nationales Auenprogramm − Beitrag zum Klimaschutz
→ Qualitative Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen zur Begründung von Ausnahmen nach EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
→ Verhältnismäßigkeit von Maßnahmekosten im Sinne der EG-Wasserrahmenrichtlinie
ValuES: Methoden zur Integration von Ökosystemleistungen in Politik, Planung und Praxis
Natural Capital Germany – TEEB DE
TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Integrating Nature Conservation into Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers
STEP − Status and Trends of European Pollinators
Einführung einer Abgabe auf Pflanzenschutzmittel
CONNECT − Linking biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services
PRESS − PEER Research on EcoSystem Services
INVASION − Evolutionary, ecological and social consequences of Biological Invasions (BMBF)
Strategies for sustainable land use in the context of wind power generation (BMBF)
ALTER-Net: A Long-term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness Research Network (EU)
EcolEconMod: Developing a framework to assess the total cost of conservation measures
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and its relevance for Germany (BMU)
Regional Sustainability − Bridging Resource Conservation and Economic Development (DAAD/NSF)
IBEFish: Interaction between Environment and Fisheries − a Challenge to Management
→ Ecopay Romania: Producing an ecological-economic model for habitats preservation − Case study Mureș Floodplain
International Standards and Strategies for the Reduction of Land Consumption (SURFACE)
Synergien und Konflikte von Anpassungsstrategien und -maßnahmen (SynKon)
Participatory Decision Processes (UFZ/Helmholtz)
PATH − Participatory Approaches in Science and Technology (EU)
Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutions in International Water Management (UFZ/Helmholtz)
The Implementation of EU Environmental Policies: Efficiency Issues (EU)
Living Walls: Green facades for multifunctional climate adaptation in the city
CLIMALERT − Climate Alert Smart System for Sustainable Water and Agriculture
PLACARD – PLAtform for Climate Adaptation and Risk reDuction
REKLIM Topic 7: Risk assessment and risk management for climate adaptation strategies
EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events (ANYWHERE)
ARC3-2 Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN)
BASE − Bottom-Up Climate Adaptation Strategies Towards a Sustainable Europe
RECAP 15 – Re-thinking the Efficacy of International Climate Agreements Post COP15
ClimateAdaptationSantiago (BMU)
CONHAZ − Costs of Natural Hazards
FLOODsite − Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies (Integrated Project) (EU)
→ Evaluation of the „Aktionsplans Klimaschutz“ (action plan for climate protection) of the government of Hessen
→ Innovative Ansätze der ökonomischen Anpassungsforschung mit Bezug zu Sachsen-Anhalt