Research Training Group ECO-N has started
Forest dieback 2.0, air pollution or species loss: the new Research Training Group is researching sustainable utilisation concepts for natural commons. (Picture: Colourbox)
Professor Martin Quaas heads the new Research Training Group ECO-N. (Picture: Antje Gildemeister/Leipzig University)
Early career researchers study sustainable development
Based on a media release of Leipzig University
A new Research Training Group, called Economics of Connected Natural Commons (ECO-N), has begun to explore the complex interactions between the economy, human behaviour and natural resources. A welcome week for the first doctoral researchers will be held from 23 to 27 September 2024.
The first cohort of 14 doctoral researchers will study approaches to the sustainable use of common natural resources in the areas of atmosphere and biodiversity. They will gain expertise in their respective fields – economics, meteorology and integrative biodiversity research – and develop a systemic perspective on the challenges of sustainable development.
The doctoral researchers will be supervised by experts from Leipzig University's Faculty of Economics and Management Science, the Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, the Faculty of Life Sciences, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the non-university research institutions Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS).
Nina Vogt
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Contact:
Prof Dr Martin Quaas
Head of the research group Biodiversity Economics
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
Leipzig University
Email: martin.quaas@idiv.de
Web: www.idiv.de/en/groups-and-people/core-groups/biodiversity-economics.html
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Media and Communications
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
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