Research

Project

DFG funds the research training group “FORSCALE”

Transatlantic research on forest adaptation to climate change – FORSCALE

The international research training group IGK 3050 “FORSCALE: Scale effects in the forest adaptation to climate change” is dedicated to scale effects in the adaptation of forests to climate change. The focus is on researching complex adaptive systems that take into account the interactions between biological, ecological, and social processes across spatial and institutional levels. The project is a collaboration between the University of Freiburg and several Canadian universities (Lakehead University, University of British Columbia, University of New Brunswick, and Université du Québec). The aim of FORSCALE is to investigate cross-scale interactions in the biological adaptation of trees, the provision of ecosystem services, forestry measures, governance structures, and their integration.

Research project

BMWK project “W-rob – Robust implementation of heat planning”  

The core team from the “Law” department and other colleagues from the fields of politics/governance and geography/infrastructure has been working on the challenges of heat planning for half a year now. The focus is on the task of identifying the central challenges and developing solutions in cooperation with the practical partners, including local government representatives from eight cities. This raises the question of how heat planning can be achieved in the most “socially robust” way possible, i.e. in particular with a high degree of transparency, broad acceptance among the population and voluntary, active implementation.