Robustness and Resilience of Nature-Society Systems
in the Developing Anthropocene
Excellence Initiative RobustNature
Our aims
- Process understanding of robustness and resilience in a multi-scale approach
- Understanding the interactions between chemical stress, biodiversity loss and climate change
- Transformation research - from knowledge to action
Our approach
- Multi- and transdisciplinary research on the topics of water, organismic interaction and systemic risks from molecule to ecosystem as well as between natural and social sciences
Our consortium
- We are a consortium of various departments at Goethe University Frankfurt, which, together with national and international partners, has a great deal of expertise in biology, geosciences, environmental sciences, social sciences, law, economics and medicine
Virtual Thematic Special Issue in the OpenAccess SpringerNature journal ESEU on Collaborative Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research addressing Ecosystem Health
The new thematic issue is dedicated to inter- and transdisciplinary research on ecosystem health. We invite researchers from fields such as ecology, environmental chemistry, social sciences, sustainable finance and more to submit manuscripts.
Special Issue on Chemical Pollution and Biodiversity Loss (PollutionBioLoss) in "Science of the Total Environment"
Henner Hollert, Diana Miguez, Fabiana Lo Nostro, and Francisco Sylvester are pleased to inform you that the special issue is now open for submissions. The submission deadline is 28 February 2025. Accepted articles will be published online immediately after acceptance. Once the special issue is finalized (around August 2025), all accepted articles will be compiled in a single online volume.
Invitation to the talk of Dr. Nathan Baker on 25 June 2024
As part of the colloquium of the Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity and the RobustNature lecture series, Dr Nathan Baker from the Nature Research Center in Vilnius, Lithuania, will give a lecture on Tuesday, 25 June 2024, at 4.15 pm on: „Understanding European freshwater biodiversity: Spatio-temporal patterns and future directions“. The lecture will take place in lecture theatre 1 of the Biologicum, Campus Riedberg.