
Projects of the Working Group
“Social-science Water Research”
Current Projects
ANYWHERE: EnhANcing emergencY management and response to extreme WeatHER and climate Events
CLIMALERT: Climate Alert Smart System for Sustainable Water and Agriculture
PEER Research on Sustainable Development Goals: Tackling and managing risks with SDGs
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
Water diplomacy: making water cooperation work
PIVO: Private Mitigation Measures
⇒ Leipzig Green: Co-Design of water- and energy-efficient multifunctional system architecture in neighbourhoods
⇒ Politics of Water Pollution (POWP): Regulation of the emission of chemicals into water bodies
⇒ Urban Transformation Water: Feasibility study for modelling integrative urban transformation considering the fields of waste water, energy and waste
Completed Projects
Water as a permanent status issue in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations
Evaluierung des Wasserentnahmeentgelts in Baden-Württemberg
Praktische Ausgestaltung einer fortzuentwickelnden Abwasserabgabe sowie mögliche Inhalte einer Regelung (UBA, since 2012)
Verantwortung für Nachhaltigkeit – Die Bewirtschaftung von Wasserressourcen in der EU (BMBF, since 2010)
CapHaz-Net – Social Capacity Building for Natural Hazards: Toward More Resilient Societies (EU, since 2009)
Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management in Urban Growth Centres Coping with Climate Change – Concepts for Lima Metropolitana (Perú) - (LiWa) (BMBF, since 2008)
International Water Research Alliance Saxony (IWAS): Management of Water Resources in Hydrologically Sensitive Regions (BMBF, since 07/2008)
MoMo II: Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia: Model Region Mongolia (BMBF, since 2010)
CONHAZ – Costs of Natural Hazards (EU)
GLOWA-Elbe III – Impacts of Global Change on the Water Cycle in the Elbe Region - Risks and Options (BMBF)
The Concept of Stocks as Decision-Support for Sustainability Politics (BMBF, in German)
Water 2050 Sustainable Water Management Solutions – Prospects for German Water Business (BMBF)
Risks of chemical substances, water quality and control of chemicals
FLOODsite – Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies (EU)
FLOOD-ERA – Flood risk management strategies in European Member States (BMBF/Defra – United Kingdom/Lebensministerium – Austria)
GLOWA-Elbe I – Impacts of Global Change on the Water Cycle in the Elbe Region – Risks and Options (BMBF)
GLOWA-Elbe II – Impacts of Global Change on the Water Cycle in the Elbe Region – Risks and Options (BMBF)
Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutions in International Water Management (UFZ/HGF)
Sustainable Water Management and Land Use – the example of the Torgau Region (UFZ/HGF)
Economic Incentives For Nature and Resource Conservation
→ The Proportionality of Costs of Measures according to the EU Water Framework Directive (LAWA)
→ Marie Curie Fellowship: Development of Transferable Multi-criteria Decision Tools in Environmental Management (EU)
→ Collective Water – From Conflict to Collective Action: Institutional Change and Management Options to Govern Transboundary Water Courses (BMBF)