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Polises at Agra

by Julia Kunkel

Every two years Leipzig hosts the Agra, a large agricultural fair for central Germany...

 

 

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InsuranceGrass Retreat in Leipzig

by Julia Kunkel

This year, the InsuranceGrass retreat took place in Leipzig on March 14 and 15...

 

 

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UFZ Winter School 2024

by Jonathan Haag

From February 29 to March 09, the department for ecological modelling (OESA) organized the UFZ Winter School 2024 "Introduction to Ecological Modelling"...

 

 

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DLG winter conference 2024

by Kaja Alina Jurak

On February 21 Julia and Kaja joined the winter conference of the Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft (DLG) which was hosted in Leipzig. The overarching theme of the conference was the interplay of agricultural companies and political regulations.

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POLISES at ECEM-Conference

by Kaja Alina Jurak

From September 4-8 the POLISES working group participated in the 9th European Conference on Ecological Modelling, ECEM 2023...

 

 

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Visit from students of the BTU Cottbus

by Julia Kunkel

On 9 June, we welcomed 20 international students from BTU Cottbus. As students of the Master's programme "Environmental and Resource Management" or PhD students in this field, they are potential candidates for a career at the UFZ...

 

 

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POLISES retreat at Großbothen

by Kaja Alina Jurak

In May 2023 Birgit, Gunnar, Julia and Kaja went to the Wilhelm Ostwald Park in Großbothen for the yearly POLISES retreat... 

 

 

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InsuranceGrass Retreat at ETH Zurich

by Julia Kunkel

After one year of online collaboration, Birgit and Julia met the InsuranceGrass project team in Zurich for a two days retreat... 

 

 

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Master’s project: Evaluating the spatial connectivity of fields und agri-environmental schemes

by Meike Will

By Marlene Rimmert

As part of my Master’s degree in Environmental Systems Science at the University of Osnabrück, I did a so-called Master’s project in the POLISES group during my last semester. The aim of such a project is...

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POLISES teaching at BESTMAP summer school

by Meike Will

As part of the BESTMAP project, Birgit and Meike were teaching in the BESTMAP summer school on modelling...

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