Research projects

Ongoing projects

TRANSCEND - Transformation Decisions for the Adaptation and Sustainability of Cities in the Face of Environmental and Socio-economic Change
Project lead: Garschagen, M.
Project staff: Petzold, J.; Pereira Santos, A.; Wannewitz, M.; Doshi, D.; Zwirglmaier, V.; Leung, S.
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Core partners: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India; Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India; Indonesian National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jakarta, Indonesia
Duration: 11/2019 - 11/2024

KARE II: Klimawandelanpassung auf regionaler Ebene: ansteigende Starkregen- und Hitzerisiken in der Region Oberland (Climate change adaptation at regional level: increasing heavy rainfall and heat risks in the Oberland region)
Project lead: Garschagen, M.; von Streit, A.
Project staff: Schubert, A.
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Core partners: ifo Institut München, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Campus Alpin, Bürgerstiftung Energiewende Oberland
Duration: 03/2024 - 02/2027

DECIDER: DECisions for Adaptive Pathway Design and the Integrative Development, Evaluation and Governance of Flood Risk Reduction Measures in Transforming Urban-Rural-Systems
Project lead: Garschagen, M.
Project staff: Yang, L.E.; Tu, J.;
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) - CLIENT II
Core partners: Leibniz Universität Hannover, Global South Studies Center, University of Cologne (GSSC), Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ), Geographisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, plan + risk consult (PRC), WTM Ingeneers International GmbH (WTM), People’s Committee’s Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies (HIDS), Southern Institute for Water Resources Research (SIWRR), Southern Institute of Social Sciences (SISS), Steering Center of the Urban Flood Control Program (SCFC), Viet Nam National University; University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Public and Environment Target CO, LTD (EPT)
Duration: 05/2019 - 04/2023

STEPSEC (Scrutinizing the feasibility of terrestrial CDR potentials under socio-ecological constraints)
Project lead: Garschagen, M.
Project staff: Witting, M; Gulde, F.
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Core partners: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU); Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT); Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung (PIK); Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (SGN); Technische Universität München (TUM)
Duration: 10/2021 - 03/2025

FloodAdaptVN: Integrating Ecosystem-based Approaches into Flood Risk Management for Adaptive and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Viet Nam
Project lead: Garschagen, M.
Project staff: Obaitor, O.; Grobusch, L.; Vu, T.B.
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Core partners: German Aerospace Center (DLR); United Nations University - Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS); Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; University of Applied Sciences Saarbruecken, Institut für ZukunftsEnergie und Stoffstromsysteme (IZES gGmbH); geomer GmbH; Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII); Huế University - International School (HUIS); Huế University of Sciences (HUSC); Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DONRE), Thua Thien Huế Province; Thua Thien Hue Provincial Commanding Committee of Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, Search and Rescue (CCNDPC/SR); Sub-Institute of Hydrometeorology and Climate Change (SIHYMECC)
Duration: 04/2021- 03/2025

Leverage Points for Climate Action
Project lead: Petzold, J. & Riechers, M.
Donor: German Science Foundation (DFG)
Core partners: -
Duration: 05/2024 – 11/2025

STORIES: Spatial Temporal Dynamics of Flood Resilience
Project lead: Yang, L.E.
Project staff: Feng, W.; Heinzel, C.; Chen, S.; Ai, M.; Ho, P.T.; Zhu, A.
Donor: ERC Starting Grant under the Horizon Europe framework
Core partners: Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China; School of Earth Sciences, Yunnan University, Kunming, China; DRAGON Institute, Can Tho University, Vietnam
Duration: 04/2023 - 03/2028

GoingVis (Wie Governance durch integrative Visionen (GoIngVis) Städte auf ihrem Weg zur Hitzeresilienz unterstützen kann)
Project lead: Teebken, J.
Project staff: Hieckel, L; Lehmann, H.
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Core partners: Stadt Boizenburg/Elbe mit Platz-B; Freundeskreis Technisches Denkmal Brikettfabrik LOUISE Domsdorf e.V. mit Leuchtturm LOUISE
Duration: 01/2022 - 10/2024

LIRLAP: Linking Disaster Risk Governance and Land-use Planning: the case of informal settlements in hazard-prone areas in the Philippines
Project lead: Garschagen, M.
Project staff: Obaitor, O.; Wannewitz, M.; Grobusch, L.; Liss, B.; Vu, T.B.; Kohl, F.
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Core partners: Technical University of Dortmund; University of Stuttgart; KaiserIngenieure; Vietnam National University of Agriculture; The University of the Philippines Diliman; Thammasat University
Duration: 03/2021 - 02/2025

FReCom: Flood risk management and resilience building at community level in rapidly growing cities in China and Germany
Project lead: Garschagen, M., Yang, L.E.
Project staff: Feng, W.; Wannewitz, M.; von Streit, A.; Tu, J.
Donor: Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (DFG-NSFC)
Core partners: Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2024

Completed projects