Outline:
Optimizing urban nature development - Dynamic change of nature functions and the urban environment of city dwellers
Within the scope of the interdisciplinary Research Training Programme, which is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
13 PhD scholarships (for a period of three years) and
2 Postdoc scholarships (for a period of two years)
have been granted since 1st of April 2008.
The Research Training Group is a corporate project of the three Universities of Berlin (HU, TU and FU) and the University of Washington,
Seattle, USA. The aim of the Research Training Group is to work out strategies for optimizing the development of urban nature and
their functions concerning the quality of life of the city dwellers, and to evaluate them in an interdisciplinary way. Therefore
drastic transformations like climate change, shrinking cities and demographic as well as economic developments and their consequences
for the environment and the nature in metropolis are considered in scenarios.
The Research Training Group is positioned in the Institute of Geography of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The grant holders are bound
for a permanent residence; an active participation in the collective work of the Research Training Group is obligatory. The Study
Programme consists of interdisciplinary seminars, research colloquiums, workshops and excursions. Information about the general
objectives of Research Training Groups are presented on the homepage of the
DFG.
In detail the following scholarships have been granted:
Atmosphere
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Endlicher
1 Postdoc Scholarship
Theme of research: Thermal extreme weather types in urban agglomerations, health danger of the urban population and the development
of a heat warning system as well as adaptation strategies
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: The contribution of the biogenous secondary organic aerosol to the particle concentration in urban
agglomerations
Contact address: :
Prof. Dr. Wilfried Endlicher
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Geography
Geography of Climates and Environmental Climatology
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
wilfried.endlicher@geo.hu-berlin.de
Pedosphere
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gerd Wessolek
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: The sorption capacity dependent on temperature in partially sealed soils
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Gerd Wessolek
Technische Universität Berlin
Institute of Ecology and Biology
Soil Protection
Salzufer 12
10587 Berlin
gerd.wessolek@tu-berlin.de
Hydrosphere
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Gunnar Nützmann
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: Hydrosphere I: Distribution, transport and degradation of pharmaceutical residues in urban surface water
and groundwater
1 PhD Scholarshipm
Theme of research: Hydrosphere II: Sensitivity differences in limnic organism towards cyanobacterial toxins
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Nützmann
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Geography
Hydrology
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
nuetzmann@igb-berlin.de
Biosphere/Vegetation
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ingo Kowarik
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: Experimental enhancement of biodiversity in urban residential areas
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: Design improvements for vegetational development in urban residential areas
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Ingo Kowarik
Technische Universität Berlin
Institute of Ecology
Ecosystem Science/Plant Ecology
Rothenburgstraße 12
12165 Berlin
kowarik@tu-berlin.de
Biosphere/Fauna
Supervisor: Prof. John Marzluff PhD
1 Postdoc Scholarship
Theme of research: Coevolution of Humans and Animals in Urbanizing Landscapes. Documentation and investigation of connections
between human and bird behaviour in Berlin and Seattle
Contact address:
Prof. John Marzluff PhD
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
College of Forest Resources
Wildlife Science
123 Anderson/Box 352100
Seattle WA 98195-2100, USA
corvid@u.washington.edu
Geomatics
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Patrick Hostert
1 PhD Scholarship
Research topic: Remote Sensing for Urban Ecology: Deriving spatially explicit information on urban ecosystems across scales
Project description
1 PhD Scholarship
Research topic: Land Use Modelling: Modelling urban land use change and its influences on
selected urban ecosystem services
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Patrick Hostert
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Geography
Geomatics Department
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
patrick.hostert@geo.hu-berlin.de
Psychology
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elke van der Meer
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: Cognition of the environment, evaluation of the environment and perspectives of actions: An experimental
psychological analysis. Interaction of objective abiotic and biotic environmental conditions and their subjective reflectance,
including the generation of perspectives of actions
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: Influence of selected abiotic and biotic environmental factors on the psychological existential orientation
of city dwellers and the assessment of health risks
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Elke van der Meer
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
vdmeer@rz.hu-berlin.de
Urban Geography
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marlies Schulz
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: The impact of civil social types of opinion formation and decision making on an intermediate use,
oriented on urban ecology
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Marlies Schulz
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Geography
Applied Geography
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
marlies.schulz@geo.hu-berlin.de
Economic Geography
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elmar Kulke
1 PhD Scholarship
Theme of research: Impact of soil market and spatial planning on the intermediate use of urban fallow lots, oriented on urban
ecology
1 PhD Scholarship m
Theme of research: Analysis of the alternatives of temporary and permanent use for an ecological oriented long-term urban
development, under the market conditions of ownerships and investors
Contact address:
Prof. Dr. Elmar Kulke
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Geography
Economic Geography
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
elmar.kulke@geo.hu-berlin.de
