© Christian Kandzia The Interdisciplinary Research Group addresses the obstacles to sustainable and climate-friendly construction. The construction industry accounts for a very large share of global resource [...] according to the aspects of sustainability. Additionally, a reversal toward maintenance and further development of the building stock is necessary. In fact, however, relatively little is happening. The objective [...] change of direction is needed immediately. The ways and measures are also known: There are new technologies and building materials that lead to a reduction of the CO2 footprint. New buildings, but also i

A particularly important human-ocean interaction is the utilization of oceanic bio-resources for human nutrition, such as fish, seaweed and a range of others. Yet, the world fisheries are in a crisis due to overexploitation. There is urgent need to improve understanding of the processes at work, balancing risks and benefits, and provide policy-makers with sound scientific advice on how to ensure a sustainable availability of aquatic food for the future. The central aim of this international workshop is the formulation of a pointedly interdisciplinary research program.

Starting with the report presentation on the consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion for Ukrainian academia, the event continues with a panel discussion on the future challenges and reform directions of the Ukrainian science and higher education system.

Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr. Reinhard Hüttl Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr. Klaus Lucas Member of the Berlin [...] on Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Fratzscher Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Deputy-Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Karl Stephan Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and [...] Humanities Fellows Prof. Dr. Wolfram Fischer Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prof. Dr. Siegfried Großmann Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

always be customized for the individual project. User-friendly editing in Oxygen XML Author The central software component is Oxygen XML Author . The researcher does not edit the TEI XML code directly, but [...] conform XML. Collaborate through a central database The digital work environment uses the XML database "eXistdb" as the central repository for its documents. The database is installed onto a server and is available [...] list in which the person's name (or place name, etc.) can be selected to then be indexed. Website A website can be built for the project based on eXist, XQuery, and XSLT. On the website the researchers can

The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) invites excellent scholars who are keen to explore interdisciplinary research to apply for membership. Application deadline: 11 April 2021

Each participant on this panel will present their perspective on the question of how plague became globally visible during the Third Plague Pandemic (1855–1959).

studies, and the field of Law and Literature. She studied English-speaking cultures, linguistics, and American studies at the University of Bremen, the University of Sheffield (UK), and the University of [...] PhD in American studies from the University of Bremen (summa cum laude). Before joining the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities as academic coordinator of the initiative Jahresthema 2025|26 [...] Berlin. She also held research positions at the University of Bremen and at TU Dresden. In 2022, she won the John W. Kluge Fellowship for her second book project "The Cultural Work of Competing Fashion Literatures

Research As the largest non-university research institute for the humanities in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, it preserves and reveals the region’s cultural inheritance, while also pursuing research and [...] and offering advice on issues that are crucial for the future of society and providing a forum for dialogue between scholarship and public. Learn more All Research Projects

War does not just destroy roads, power lines, and water systems. It rocks the very foundations of modern society. The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has shown how critical infrastructure is not only a technical matter, but a strategic tool – often targeted, contested, and deeply political.