Research Foci

Digital Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production

The development of digital technologies for sustainable crop production is a central research focus of the Faculty. The aim is to reduce the negative environmental impact of agricultural land use while maintaining yields to ensure global food security.

Social-ecological Transformation of rural areas in the Global South

In various research projects, the increasing dynamic changes and challenges for rural areas in Africa and their effects on the well-being of people and nature are being investigated on different spatial and temporal scales with regards to agriculture, nature and infrastructure.

Effects of Land Use Change and Water Management on Climate Change

Current climate models cannot adequately explain the observed patterns of hydrological change. A model system that reproduces observations and can simulate the future, taking possible influencing factors into account, is to be developed.

Planetary Health

The Planetary Health approach is both a research approach to holistically examine health problems at the human-animal-environment interface and an implementation-oriented concept that calls for intersectoral cooperation between stakeholders in human and veterinary medicine, public health, environmental protection, resource management and agriculture.

Bioeconomy

Population growth, increasing nutritional requirements and environmental pollution give rise to key conflicting goals, e.g., between food and energy security, water supply, maintaining soil quality and protecting biodiversity. Bioeconomy is looking for solutions to these challenges and the associated conflicting goals.