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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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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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Potential side effects of insurance programs: A summary of recent POLISES research outcomes

by Meike Will

During the last years, a main focus of our work within POLISES was on potential side effects of insurance programs. In addition to the review article on maladaptive outcomes of climate insurance...

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How can computer models better help policymakers to solve problems in human-environment systems?

by Meike Will

This is a plain language summary of our paper “How to make socio‐environmental modelling more useful to support policy and management?” which was recently published in People and Nature. This...

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An internship in times of coronavirus

by Meike Will

By David Hötten

From the end of August until the beginning of October I was an intern in the POLISES group. Looking back...

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International Workshop on Social-Ecological Effects of Microinsurance under Climate Change

by Meike Will

From February 4-6, the POLISES working group organized an international workshop within the DFG-funded SEEMI project (Social-Ecological Effects of Microinsurance)...

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Summer School on “Modelling Food Security” has started

by David

The POLISES research group welcomes 18 PhD students and postdocs to its summer school on the UFZ’s Leipzig campus. In a combination of lectures and...

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