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
Conference "Business needs Nature"
Frankfurt
On November 29th, the conference "Business needs Nature - Towards a nature-positive Economy" took place at the Senckenberg Research Institute in the Senckenberg Naturmuseum Frankfurt.
RobustNature as a guest at the IME
Frankfurt
From November 2nd to November 4th, the workshop on "WildOMICs: Application of molecular biological methods in environmental monitoring“ took place at the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME) in Schmallenberg, Germany.
Special Issue in the SpringerNature OpenAccess Journal ESEU
Frankfurt
We are looking forward to many submissions. The special issue addresses the scientific evaluation and its implications of the 2021 extreme summer flood.