Press releases
Laboratory study analyzes the toxicity of bioplastics and plant-based materials
Chemicals in bioplastics not safer than those in conventional plastics
So-called “bioplastics” are marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional, petroleum-based plastics. They can be made from renewable feedstock, might be bio-degradable or even...
New junior research group “regulate”
Research for sustainable groundwater management in Europe
Groundwater is the most important drinking water resource worldwide and at the same time a unique habitat for animal organisms. However, the conservation of this valuable resource is neglected both...
Transdisciplinary sustainability research
New understanding of social-ecological transformations
The call for social-ecological transformation has gained in urgency during the corona crisis, but it is in fact not new. The consequences of unabated climate change and species extinction are proving...
Digitalisation in water management
Cyber security flaws
Digitalisation is now also making itself felt in the water sector. The term ‘WATER 4.0’ alludes to new digital options for a flexible, resource-efficient, and competitive form of water management –...
Academy for Transdisiplinary Research
Launch of the tdAcademy platform: Research to solve social problems and crises is strengthened
The need for transdisciplinary research is growing. At the same time, structures and places for the further development and dissemination of transdisciplinary methods, concepts and competencies are...
What effects does transdisciplinary sustainability research have?
Research project TransImpact publishes special issue of the journal ‘Environmental Science & Policy’
Transdisciplinary research – for instance within sustainability research – can provide targeted support for the solution of complex societal problems. This is possible as transdisciplinary research...
Water-saving food production
Soil-less sustainability: Novel agricultural crop production incorporating water reuse
Record temperatures and prolonged periods of drought are increasingly affecting agriculture worldwide. In Germany, too, droughts are now jeopardizing high-yielding harvests. A cultivation system with...
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...
