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- Atmospheric Dynamics and the Hydrological Cycle
This research group investigates the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer and the dynamics of the free atmosphere.
/en/research/imau/research/atmospheric-dynamics-and-the-hydrological-cycle - Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
This research group operates a large atmospheric chemistry laboratory, to investigate in detail the production and removal processes of atmospheric constituents.
/en/research/imau/research/atmospheric-physics-and-chemistry - Biomorphodynamics of living river and coastal landscapes
Our aim is to understand and predict natural and human-induced dynamics of living fluvial and coastal landscapes.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/biomorphodynamics-of-living-river-and-coastal-landscapes - Cellular Protein Chemistry
The major research goals of this research group are to characterise the mechanisms of chaperone-substrate interactions, the protein folding process of mammalian cells and proteins in peroxisomes.
/en/research/cellular-protein-chemistry - Coastal and Shelf Sea Dynamics
Research in this theme focuses on the interactions between the water motion, sediment transport and bottom changes in coastal seas and estuaries.
/en/research/imau/research/coastal-and-shelf-sea-dynamics - Computational geography and earth observation
Earth observation from satellites and other platforms (aircrafts, drones) is crucial for our understanding of System Earth and to monitor processes at the Earth surface.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/computational-geography-and-earth-observation - Condensed Matter & Interfaces
This research group centres on the chemistry and physics of solids and interfaces.
/en/research/condensed-matter-interfaces - Condensed-Matter Theory, Statistical and Computational Physics
The general goal of this research theme is to obtain a fundamental understanding of macroscopic phenomena on the basis of microscopic many-body theories.
/en/research/institute-for-theoretical-physics/research/condensed-matter-theory-statistical-and-computational-physics - Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
At the Debye Institute for Nanomaterial(s) Science, chemistry and physics meet to study the properties of materials at the nanoscale, with a specific focus on three themes: catalysis, colloid science and nanophotonics.
/en/research/debye-institute-for-nanomaterials-science - Department of Physical Geography
Our research is directed to understanding the physical processes, patterns, and forms at the Earth's terrestrial surface.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography - Economic Geography
This research programme aims to develop Evolutionary Economic Geography both theoretically and empirically.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/economic-geography - Evolution and morphodynamics of rivers, floodplains and deltas
Our Delta Evolution programme aims to develop a fundamental, data-driven understanding of the development of deltas and resulting subsurface architecture at time scales of millennia to centuries.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/evolution-and-morphodynamics-of-rivers-floodplains-and-deltas - Geolab
The GeoLab is the main laboratory facility of the Faculty of Geosciences. We have a wide range of lab facilities available for measuring bulk rock geochemistry, bulk rock stable isotopes (H, C, N, S), in situ stable and radiogenic isotopes (U,Pb-dating), in situ major and trace elements and crystallography.
/en/organisation/faculty-of-geosciences/research-facilities/geolab - History and Philosophy of Science
This research group tries to understand the nature and the history of the scientific enterprise and the knowledge it produces, which is a crucial part of understanding the world we live in.
/en/research/freudenthal-institute/about-us/history/history-and-philosophy-of-science - Human Geography and Spatial Planning
Human Geography and Spatial Planning focusses on Sustainable Cities and Regions as an overarching theme.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning - Ice and Climate
This research group investigates the exchange processes between atmosphere and ice/snow surfaces and the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets.
/en/research/imau/research/ice-and-climate - Institute for Gravitational and Subatomic Physics (GRASP)
Researchers at this institute try to gain understanding of the basic constituents of matter, their interactions and the fundamental properties of space and time. They conduct experimental research in which they perform measurements of heavy-ion collisions and gravitational waves.
/en/research/institute-for-gravitational-and-subatomic-physics - Institute for Theoretical Physics
Researchers at this institute use concepts and methods encoded in mathematical language to explain physical reality.
/en/research/institute-for-theoretical-physics - Institutions for open societies
Scholars from the fields of economics, history, public administration, culture, law, sociology, social psychology, ethics, innovation studies, and geography join forces to find answers to the following key questions: Why do societies develop so divergently? And how do institutions contribute to the formation of open and sustainable societies?
/en/research/institutions-for-open-societies - International Development Studies
The International Development Studies (IDS) research programme provides an innovative contribution to our understanding of development within a context of globalization.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/international-development-studies - Landscape functioning and natural hazards
Our group focuses on studying natural hazards processes: including landslides and soil erosion in mountainous areas in the Alps and the Himalayas, and wind erosion and droughts in semi-arid environments like the Mediterranean region and the Sahara. The results of our studies and the outcome of our models helps society to mitigate the negative impacts of hazards.
/en/research/department-of-physical-geography/research/landscape-functioning-and-natural-hazards - Oceans & Climate
The ultimate goal of this research group is to understand and correctly simulate the ocean component of the climate system.
/en/research/imau/research/oceans-and-climate - Paleoclimate & Biogeology
Palaeoecology studies past environmental dynamics by means of palaeo-reconstructions combined with experiments and observations to understand past and present behavior of biota in relation to humans, climate and natural competition.
/en/research/department-of-earth-sciences/paleoclimate-biogeology - Quantum Gravity, Strings and Elementary Particles
The main research areas of this research group are quantum gravity, quantum field theory, string theory, and cosmology.
/en/research/institute-for-theoretical-physics/research/string-theory-cosmology-and-elementary-particles - Soft Condensed Matter Biophysics
This research group studies the physics of soft matter model systems and, using these insights, fabricates new mesostructured materials from them.
/en/research/soft-condensed-matter-biophysics - Spatial Planning
Our research program endeavours to further our understanding of how and why different – often co-existing – modes of governance either do or do not result in (environmentally) sustainable outcomes.
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/spatial-planning - Sustainability
This research theme aims to unravel system Earth for a sustainable future.
/en/research/sustainability - Urban Geography
Interactions between the behaviour of individuals and their households and the social and material-spatial structures at varying temporal and spatial scales
/en/research/human-geography-and-planning/research/urban-geography - Water Climate and Future Deltas
This research area focuses on dealing with problems related to subsidence and associated loss of ecosystem services.
/en/research/water-climate-and-future-deltas