Press releases
UN World Water Day on 22 March
Water and climate change: How cities and their inhabitants can counter the consequences
On World Water Day (22 March), the United Nations will focus on the link between water and climate change. It is a complex and momentous issue, also for Germany‘s cities: heat waves and heavy rainfall...
ISOE Lecture Winter Semester 2019/20
Shaping a Better Planet in the Age of Humans – ISOE Lecture on the anthropocene debate with Erle C. Ellis
ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research in Frankfurt am Main continued its series “ISOE Lecture” in the winter semester of 2019/20. This year’s lecture at the Goethe University Frankfurt was...
Sustainability research
German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) acknowledges the development of ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research
In a recent statement, the German Council of Science and Humanities has acknowledged the positive development of ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research that has taken place since the...
ISOE study on biodiversity research
Demographic change and decline in biodiversity: context more complex than previously known
The continuing loss of biodiversity is one of the greatest global environmental problems. In the scientific and political debate about its causes, demographic change is repeatedly cited as the most...
30 Years of ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research in Frankfurt am Main
Off into the present. Shaping the social-ecological future today
ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research celebrates its 30th anniversary in November. Founded in 1989 as an independent scientific institution in Frankfurt am Main, ISOE is today one of the...
Laboratory study PlastX research group
Plastic consumer products contain harmful and unknown substances
The PlastX research group detects thousands of chemicals in plastic products—three out of four products contain harmful substances. Plastic products are ubiquitous. Although considered indispensable...
International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt am Main
IAA in times of social change: When the traffic transition steals the show from the leading trade fair
It was foreseeable that vehicles that did not comply with climate targets or nitrogen oxide limits would one day no longer be saleable . Nevertheless, automobile manufacturers have been reluctant to...
Water Risk Atlas shows water stress worldwide
“Water turnaround” as a countermeasure against supply bottlenecks
Almost a quarter of the world’s population lives in countries that face an extreme risk of drought. Among them, 17 countries are in a particularly criticalsituation. This is the conclusion presented...
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...
