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Study on user acceptance for autonomous mobility concepts
Robocabs: The mobility of the future?
Even if the technology has as yet only been tested in prototypes on test routes, autonomous driving will apparently be possible in the near future. How exactly do potential users envision such...
ISOE Policy Brief
Re-assessing droughts and their risks using Namibia and Angola as examples
Droughts threaten millions of people worldwide. Climate change is likely to exacerbate famines and water shortages and people in sub-Saharan Africa in particular are affected by the risk of more...
Research Group PlastX
Lecture series “Living in the Plastic Age”
In the summer semester of 2019 the research group PlastX organizes the lecture series “Living in the Plastic Age: Perspectives from the Humanities, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences” at the...
UN World Water Day on 22 March
“Water turnaround” is needed to ensure safe water supply worldwide
On 22 March, World Water Day, the United Nations proclaims the motto “Leave no one behind – water and sanitation for all”. The current UNESCO World Water Report shows how difficult it is to achieve...
In times of drought
Case studies show feasibility of water reuse in agriculture
Extreme weather conditions such as prolonged periods of drought represent new challenges for agriculture. What is needed are water-saving irrigation technologies and plant productions that can operate...
Well-intentioned, but unsuitable: EU regulation on water reuse in agriculture
Competition for water resources between agriculture, industry and public water supply is increasing. In view of the increasing demand, a European regulation on the possibilities of water reuse in...
International ISOE-Summer School for young scientists
A sustainable creation of the future calls for the knowledge of many, including numerous scientific disciplines, but also the empirical knowledge of social actors. The transdisciplinary research...
Groundwater as a source of global nutrition
water crisis leads to bottlenecks in food production
Food security is high on the United Nations Agenda 2030. But can this sustainability goal – the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – be achieved? The future management of available groundwater...
It’s not all about technology
transforming the traffic system requires a new mobility culture
The future of the German car industry largely depends on whether it can achieve an ecologic change of course. The demand for vehicles that are neither taking climate targets nor emission limits of...
Future-oriented water infrastructures
recommendations for transformation
The future orientation of water infrastructure systems in Germany is on trial: in expanding metropolitan regions the systems are already approaching the limits of their capacity and in shrinking rural...