ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research in Frankfurt am Main is one of the leading independent institutes for sustainability research. It develops scientific foundations and future-oriented concepts for social-ecological transformations. To this end, ISOE conducts transdisciplinary research on global problems such as water scarcity, climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation and finds viable solutions that take ecological, social, and economic conditions into account.

The Insect Embassy – a diplomatic representation for insects in the city +++  How groundwater quality can be protected +++ tdAcademy enters second funding phase +++ With RNAi against dangerous mosquitoes – new technology from Hesse can protect against the spread of tropical diseases +++ Founding Ceremony in Berlin of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research +++ Massive Open Online Course – how to address the challenges of transdisciplinary research +++ Conflicts of interest over the forest of the future +++ How municipalities can accelerate the water transformation +++ Biodiversity study shows conflict potential of land use concepts – Finding a 'happy medium' for the local stakeholders of rural landscapes +++ Anthology: Living in the Plastic Age +++ Publications

Artistic installation for the preservation of biodiversity The Insect Embassy – a diplomatic representation for insects in the city
		Insects are of central importance for our society and for our survival, a fact that is still all too often overlooked. With the “Insect Embassy”, an artistic installation, ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research and IMD – Institute for Materialdesign at the Offenbach University of Applied Sciences (HfG) want to raise awareness of the importance of insects. As a diplomatic representation...Read more

Monitoring for sustainable groundwater management How groundwater quality can be protected
		Groundwater is the most important source of drinking water. Groundwater bodies are also of great importance because of their unique biodiversity and vital ecosystem services. But the quality of this valuable water resource is coming under increasing pressure due to climate change, overuse and pollution. Despite existing EU directives and comprehensive regulations, a good third of groundwater...Read more

Platform for transdisciplinary research tdAcademy enters second funding phase
		On June 1, 2023 the research project tdAcademy entered a new funding phase. Simultaneously with the launch of “tdAcademy 2”, the coordination office of the research and community platform for transdisciplinarity has moved from Leuphana University in Lüneburg to Frankfurt am Main where Michael Kreß-Ludwig from ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research is now the main contact person. The aim...Read more

With RNAi against dangerous mosquitoes New technology from Hesse can protect against the spread of tropical diseases
		The warm season in Europe marks the beginning of the high season for mosquitoes. While they and their larvae serve as prey for many animals and thus play an important role in the ecosystem, humans find the small bloodsuckers rather annoying. Meanwhile, they can also become dangerous to us: mosquitoes from tropical and Asian regions are increasingly appearing in Central Europe. They can transmit...Read more

Initiative of the tdAcademy Founding Ceremony in Berlin of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research
		On May 10, the official founding ceremony of the Society for Transdisciplinary and Participatory Research (GTPF) took place in Berlin. Around 200 guests from universities, research institutions, associations and politics attended the celebration at the TU Berlin. This is where the professional association, which sees itself as a contact point and independent representation of interests for...Read more

Massive Open Online Course How to address the challenges of transdisciplinary research
		The need for transdisciplinary research is growing. As a consequence, there is also an increasing demand for further training among scientists and practitioners. With the aim of continuingly strengthening collaboration between science and society, Swiss scientists have developed a Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC for short. Flurina Schneider, scientific director of ISOE ‒ Institute for...Read more

International Day of Forests on 21 March Conflicts of interest over the forest of the future
		With the International Day of Forests on 21 March, the United Nations draws attention to the value of forests and to the worldwide loss of this important habitat. The effects of climate change are also taking their toll on Germany’s forests. The pressure to adapt is great and time is pressing. But discussions about the “right” landscaping and use of forests bring up many conflicts. In spite of...Read more

UN World Water Day 2023 How municipalities can accelerate the water transformation
		The United Nations is proclaiming the motto “Accelerating Change” for World Water Day on 22 March. The message: because the pressure on drinking water reserves is increasing worldwide, the change towards sustainable water use must be accelerated. The last summers of persistent heat and drought have shown that the water transformation must also gain momentum in Germany. Scientists at ISOE –...Read more

Biodiversity study shows conflict potential of land use concepts Finding a 'happy medium' for the local stakeholders of rural landscapes
		An international research team led by Dr. Margot Neyret of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Frankfurt investigated how land in rural areas in Germany could be best used so that all user groups get as many benefits as possible, and equitably. The interdisciplinary study, in cooperation with the Frankfurt-based ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research, was...Read more

Systemic Risks Anthology: Living in the Plastic Age
		Since their invention in the 19th century, plastics have revolutionized almost all areas of daily life due to their versatile properties. However, in the “plastic age”, mass consumption poses far-reaching problems for society and nature. For sustainable solutions, plastics and their risks require a comprehensive understanding, with a holistic view of the path from production to consumption and...Read more

Acksel, Britta/Dženeta Hodžic/Catharina Lüder (2022): Knox Hannah (2020) Thinking Like a Climate: Governing a City in Times of Environmental Change. Sciene & Technology Studies 35 (1), 80-82

Awad, Ahmad/Clara Hohmann/Katja Brinkmann (2022): Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Urbanization and its Impacts on Flash Flood Risk: A Case Study from Jordan's Wadi System. In: Tielkes, Eric (Ed.): Can agroecological farming feed the world? Book of Abstracs. Tropentag 2022. International Conference on Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development - September 14-16.9.2022, Prague Göttingen: Cuvillier Verlag, 588

Bergmann, Matthias (2022): The Transdisciplinary Research Mode. How to Promote Societal and Scientific Effects. In: Kluge, Fanny A. (Ed.): Transdisciplinarity. A Research Mode for Real-World Problems. Discussion Paper, 16. Berlin: Max Planck Society/Population Europe, 8-11

Brack, Werner/Damia Barcelo Culleres/Alistair B.A. Boxall/Hélène Budzinski/Sara Castiglioni/Adrian Covaci/Valeria Dulio/Beate I. Escher/Peter Fantke/Faith Kandie/Despo Fatta-Kassinos/Félix J. Hernández/Klara Hilscherová/Juliane Hollender/Henner Hollert/Annika Jahnke/Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern/Stuart J. Khan/Andreas Kortenkamp/Klaus Kümmerer/Brice Lalonde/Marja H. Lamoree/Yves Levi/Pablo Antonio Lara Martin/Cassian C. Montagner/Christian Mougin/Titus Msagati/Jörg Oehlmann/Leo Posthuma/Malcom Reid/Martin Reinhard/Susan D. Richardson/Pawel Rostkowski/Emma Schymanski/Flurina Schneider/Jaroslav Slobodnik/Yasuyuki Shibata/Shane Allen Snyder/Fernando Fabriz Sodré/Ivana Teodorovic/Kevin V. Thomas/Gisela A. Umbuzeiro/Pham Hung Viet/Karina Gin Yew-Hoong/Yiaowei Zhang/Ettore Zuccato (2022): One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. Environmental Sciences Europe 34 (21)

Curak, Hana/Dženeta Hodžic (2022): Daytonitis in Practice: (Post-)Socialist (Dis-)Continuities in Bosnia and Herzegovina's Energy and Environment Sector. Berliner Blätter (85), 87-98

Florides, Paula/Johanna Kramm (2023): Explaining Agenda-Setting of the European Plastics Strategy. A Multiple Streams Analysis. In: Kramm, Johanna/Carolin Völker (Ed.): Living in the Plastic Age. Perspectives from Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 25-50

Frick-Trzebitzky, Fanny (2022): Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky, "Groundwater in distal relations: visible and invisible in multiple ways". Yearbook 2022/2023 European Water Association. Hennef: European Water Association, 47-50

Frick-Trzebitzky, Fanny/Robert Lütkemeier (2023): Groundwater messages to the UN: from (in)visibility to envisioning. ISOE Blog Soziale Ökologie. Krise - Kritik - Gestaltung

Fuchs, Leon/Christina Höfling/Lena Theiler (2022): ESD in the Museum: The Project BioKompass. A Practical View from the Senckenberg Natural History Museum Frankfurt. Transdisciplinary Impulses towards Socio-Ecological Transformation. Engaged Reflections - Reflected Engagements. Opladen/Berlin/Toronto: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 139-156

Heß, Maren/Carolin Völker/Nicole Brennholt/Pia Maria Herrling/Henner Hollert/Natascha Ivleva/Jutta Kerpen/Christian Laforsch/Martin Löder/Sabrina Schiwy/Markus Schmitz/Stephan Wagner/Thorsten Hüffer (2023): Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment. In: Kramm, Johanna/Carolin Völker (Ed.): Living in the Plastic Age. Perspectives from Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 51-86

Hummel, Diana (2022): Population Dynamics and Sustainable Development in the Anthropocene. In: Kminek, Helge/Anna Geyer/Markus B. Siewert (Ed.): Transdisciplinary Impulses towards Socio-Ecological Transformation. Engaged Reflections - Reflected Engagements. Opladen/Berlin/Toronto: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 31-50

Kerber, Heide (2023): Postcard Motifs and Littered Landscapes: How the Inglorious Relationship Between Tourism and Waste (Re)Shapes Phu Quoc Island's Appearance. Practicing Anthropology 45 (2), 13-17

Köthe, Sebastian/Florian D. Schneider/Nikita Bakanov/Carsten A. Brühl/Lisa Eichler/Thomas Fickel/Birgit Gemeinholzer/Thomas Hörren/Alexandra Lux/Gotthard Meinel/Livia Schäffler/Christoph Scherber/Martin Sorg/Stephanie J. Swenson/Wiltrud Terlau/Angela Turck/Vera M.A. Zizka/Gerlind U.C. Lehmann/Roland Mühlethaler (2023): Improving insect conservation management through insect monitoring and stakeholder involvement. Biodiversity and Conservation 32, 691-713

Kramm, Johanna/Carolin Völker (Ed.) (2023): Living in the Plastic Age. Perspectives from Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag

Kramm, Johanna/Carolin Völker (2023): Introduction: Living in the Plastic Age. In: Kramm, Johanna/Carolin Völker (Ed.): Living in the Plastic Age. Perspectives from Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 7-24

Lam, David P.M./Maria E. Freund/Josefa Kny/Oskar Marg/Melanie Mbah/Lena Theiler (2022): Painting the full picture: An integrative perspective on context, formats and impact in transdisciplinary research. Science for Sustainability: A blog by social-ecological researchers at Leuphana University

Lam, David P.M./Maria E. Freund/Josefa Kny/Oskar Marg/Melanie Mbah/Lena Theiler/Matthias Bergmann/Bettina Brohmann/Daniel J. Lang/Martina Schäfer (2022): Integrating context, formats and effects in transdisciplinary research. Integration and Implementation Insights: A community blog providing research resources for understanding and acting on complex real-world problems

Lütkemeier, Robert/Ronja Kraus/Meed Mbidzo/Morgan Hauptfleisch/Stefan Liehr/Niels Blaum (2023): A Qualitative Exploration of Conflicts in Human-Wildlife Interactions in Namibia's Kunene Region. Diversity 15 (3), 440

Mehring, Marion (2022): Methods for Transdisciplinary Integration - Lessons Learned from Case Studies in Different Cultural Contexts. In: Kluge, Fanny A. (Ed.): Transdisciplinarity. A Research Mode for Real-World Problems. Discussion Paper, 16. Berlin, 46-48

Müller, Ruth/Miklos Bálint/Kornelia Hardes/Henner Hollert/Sven Klimpel/Eileen Knorr/Judith Kochmann/Kwang-Zin Lee/Marion Mehring/Steffen U. Pauls/Greet Smets/Antje Steinbrink/Andreas Vilcinskas (2023): RNA interference to combat the Asian tiger mosquito in Europe: A pathway from design of an innovative vector control tool to its application. Biotechnology Advances 66, 108167

Patel, Zarina/Flurina Schneider/Katsia Paulavets (2023): Linking Local Projects With Global Processes: Learning From Transdisciplinary Collaborations in African Cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 4:806053

Prakash, Sreya/Stefan Liehr/Marc Beckett/Marius Mohr (2023): The Predicament of Industrial Wastewater. Water Innovation Hub Coimbatore - HubPost, 5. Coimbatore, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart

Rohrbach, Michaela/Martin Zimmermann (2023): Impoving sewage sludge treatment and utilisation in China: a German perspective on barriers to and measures for the dissemination of innovative technologies. H2Open Journal

Stieß, Immanuel/Luca Raschewski/Georg Sunderer (2023): Everyday Life with Plastics: How to Put Environmental Concern into Practice(s). In: Kramm, Johanna/Carolin Völker (Ed.): Living in the Plastic Age. Perspectives from Humanities, Social Sciences and Environmental Sciences. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 111-132

Winker, Martina/Jutta Deffner/Michaela Rohrbach/Engelbert Schramm/Melina Stein (2022): Enhancing blue-green infrastructure in German cities with the involvement of urban society: insights from Frankfurt/Main and Stuttgart. Blue-Green Systems 4 (2), 230-246

Further publications can be found at www.isoe-publikationen.de.