The Lower Saxony Centre for Climate Research (Zentrum Klimaforschung Niedersachsen, ZKfN) at TU Braunschweig is poised to become the central point of contact for all stakeholders working on climate research in Lower Saxony. The Centre consists of an Administrative Office and several topic-specific Future Labs (Zukunftslabore).
For several decades now, scientists have been monitoring and researching human-induced climate change and its effects. To give this research a decisive boost in the coming years, topic-specific Future Labs will provide a platform for developing interdisciplinary solutions for a safe and just climate future. Interdisciplinary consortia of researchers and industry partners based in Lower Saxony can apply for funding under the framework of these Future Labs.
The ZKfN will pool all Future Lab activities and facilitate their strategic linkage. The network of stakeholders from science, economics and society that are assembled under the Centre’s umbrella will focus on research across multiple disciplines and locations. We specifically encourage scientists from the various universities in Lower Saxony to come together and cooperate in these Future Labs.
The ZKfN’s backbone is its Administrative Office, which, along with the Centre, is located at TU Braunschweig. Its staff are the first point of contact for all ZKfN stakeholders and provide support for the Future Labs’ operations and management. In conjunction with Future Lab partners, they will make the outcome of this research available to the general public.
The sustainability discourse has met with a broad reception in the education and higher education sector and has also prompted TU Braunschweig to intensify its efforts to become a sustainable and climate-neutral university. But what does sustainability mean in practice? How do you organise negotiation processes and how do you deal with conflicting goals that go hand in hand with different ideas of a sustainable university?
The ZKfN cordially invites students and employees of TU Braunschweig to work out their ideas of a sustainable TU Braunschweig of the future together on 12 June from 10.00 - 11.30 a.m. in a workshop as part of the TUmorrow Days, free of real limitations (e.g. financially). The basis for this is the TU Braunschweig's sustainability strategy. Neighbouring discourses in the context of transformation processes can also be included here, for example digitalisation and AI, the university as an institution that promotes democracy or global citizenship.
Date: 12 June 2024
Time: 10.00 - 11.30 a.m.
Location: University square
Registration and further information on the TUmorrow Days can be found here (in German).
The new issue of ti magazine has been published, focussing on "Climate - Protection - Measures". In addition to numerous reports on climate and sustainability projects at universities and colleges in Lower Saxony, the Lower Saxony Centre for Climate Research is also featured in an article. The magazine is available free of charge as a PDF in German at wissenhochn.de.
On 17 and 18 April, the annual conference 2024 of the HochNiNa sustainability network of universities in Lower Saxony took place at Hochschule Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In presentations and workshops, the participants evaluated sustainability projects from the past year and discussed current topics. Managing Director Katharina Zickwolf took part in the conference as a representative of the ZKfN.
Further information on HochNiNa can be found here.
Now that the call for proposals for the Climate Future Labs "Climate-adapted Urban Development and Spatial Planning" and "Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems" has been closed since 30 November, the proposals have been submitted to the Volkswagen Foundation, which has been commissioned by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture as an independent expert authority. The Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony will make the funding decision on the basis of the Volkswagen Foundation funding recommendation. The funding decision is expected to be announced in spring. The funded Climate Future Labs will then begin their work in summer. Calls for proposals for further Climate Future Labs is currently in preparation and will also be published in summer.
Contact:
Mühlenpfordtstraße 23
38106 Braunschweig
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+49 531 391-10070
+49 (0) 151 10022545
zkfn(at)tu-braunschweig.de
http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/zkfn
Contact:
Mühlenpfordtstraße 23
38106 Braunschweig
- Room 819 -
+49 531 391 10071
m.winter(at)tu-braunschweig.de
http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/zkfn
