Research projects

CARMINE: Climate Resilient Development Pathways in Metropolitan Regions of Europe

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Carl Anderson, Manuel Urrutia

Year: 2028

Funding: EU Horizon

Duration: 1.2.2024 – 31.1.2028
SpongeWorks: Co-creating and Upscaling Sponge Landscapes by Working with Natural Water Retention and Sustainable Management

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Carl Anderson, Sarah Gottwald, Laura Boeker, Sonja Grigat, Maike Gebker

Year: 2028

Funding: EU Horizon

Duration: 01.09.2024-30.08.2028
SpongeScapes: Evidence and Solutions for improving SPONGE Functioning at LandSCAPE Scale in European Catchments for increased Resilience of Communities against Hydrometeorological Extreme Events

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Carl Anderson, Sana Jajeh

Year: 2027

Funding: EU Horizon

Duration: 1.10.2023 – 30.9.2027
KOLA: Empirical research on theories and methods in contemporary landscape framework plans

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christian Albert, Dr. Stefan Schmidt

Team: Malte Viergutz

Year: 2025

Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

Duration: 2022 - 2025
Revitalizing river landscapes – assessment and evaluation of ecosystem services and the importance of communication

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren

Team: Prof. Dr. Christian Albert (bis Juli 2016); M.Sc. Martin Grov (bis Juni 2016), M.Sc. Cedric Gapinski (ab September 2016), M.Sc. Johannes Hermes (ab 2017)

Year: 2021

Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF); Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN); Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB)

Duration: Dezember 2015 - März 2021
Junior Research Group PlanSmart: Planning and Implementing Nature-based Solutions

Led by: Jun. Prof. Dr. Christian Albert, Dr. Barbara Schröter

Team: M.Sc. Sarah Gottwald, M.Sc. Paulina Guerrero, M.A. Jennifer Henze, Beate Meis, M.A. Mario Brillinger, Claire Nicolas, Dr. Stefan Schmidt

Year: 2021

Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Förderpriorität Sozial-ökologische Forschung

Duration: 2016 - 2021
Further developing nationwide indicators for cultural ecosystem services (KÖSL 2.0)

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Junior-Prof. Dr. Christian Albert

Team: M.Sc. Johannes Hermes, Dipl.-Umweltwiss. M.Sc. Birte Bredemeier

Year: 2020

Funding: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)

Duration: Dezember 2018 - Februar 2020
RESI-Lahn: Erfassung und Bewertung von kulturellen Ökosystemleistungen

Teilprojekt von "River Ecosystem Service Index praktische Umsetzung Lahn"

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Dr. Julia Thiele, Dr. Stefan Schmidt

Year: 2020

Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Fördermaßnahme Regionales Wasserressourcen-Management für den nachhaltigen Gewässerschutz in Deutschland (ReWaM)

Duration: 2019-2020
Textbook: Landscape Planning with Ecosystem Services – Theories and Methods for Application in Europe

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Prof. Dr. Andrew A. Lovett, Prof. Dr. Christian Albert

Team: M.A. Ingrid Albert and authors from Europe and beyond

Year: 2019

Funding: Eigenmittel

Duration: Januar 2018 - September 2019
Charting the Unknown – Assessing and Communicating Uncertainties for Decision-Support in Landscape Planning

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Christian Albert

Team: M.Sc. Felix Neuendorf

Year: 2018

Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Duration: January 2014 - September 2017
Erfassung und Bewertung von kulturellen Ökosystemleistungen als Teilprojekt des BMBF-Drittmittelvorhabens "River Ecosystem Service Index"

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Dipl.-Geogr. Julia Thiele

Year: 2018

Funding: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) innerhalb des Förderschwerpunktes Nachhaltiges Wassermanagement (NaWaM)

Duration: Juni 2015 - Oktober 2018
Valuing Cultural Ecosystem Services in Germany

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Christian Albert

Team: M.Sc. Johannes Hermes

Year: 2017

Funding: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)

Duration: November 2013 - April 2017
Natural Capital Germany – TEEB-DE: Coordination of the report "Ecosystem services in rural areas and their valorization"

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Christian Albert

Team: M.A. Sebastian Krätzig, M.A. Ingrid Albert

Year: 2016

Funding: Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN); Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Duration: May 2013 - January 2016
Smart Spatial – Potential analyses and environmental aspects in the development of smart grids

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Dr.-Ing. Claudia Palmas, Dipl.-Geogr. Almut Siewert

Year: 2015

Funding: Ministry for Science and Culture, Lower Saxony (Nds. MWK)

Duration: March 2012 - February 2015
QUANTIFY – Quantifying ecosystem services for decision support in landscape planning.

Led by: Dr. Christian Albert

Team: Dr. Nina Buhr, M.Sc. Johannes Hermes, M.Sc. Felix Neuendorf

Year: 2014

Funding: Leibniz University Hannover

Duration: September 2012 - August 2014
Integrative energy crop cultivation

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Prof. Dr. Michael Rode

Team: Dipl.-Ing. Wiebke Saathoff, Dr. Christian Albert

Year: 2014

Funding: Ministry for Science and Culture, Lower Saxony (MWK)

Duration: 2009 - 2014
Etablierung nachhaltiger Sicherungsmaßnahmen für den Naturschutz in der Diepholzer Moorniederung

Led by: Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Dr. Cord Petermann

Team: Dipl.-Ing. Christian Albert, Bernd Mahnkopf

Year: 2007

Funding: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)

Duration: 2004 - 2007