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
Gute Küste Niedersachsen – Real-world laboratories for ecosystem-strengthening coastal protection on the coast of Lower Saxony

Led by: Prof. Christina von Haaren overall project management: Ludwig-Franzius-Institut Prof. Torsten Schlurmann)

Team: IUP: Dr. Daniela Kempa, Dr. Kremena Burkhard (until August 2021), Dipl.-Umweltwiss. M.Sc. Birte Bredemeier (January - April 2023)

Year: 2024

Funding: Lower Saxony Ministry of Research and Culture

Duration: January 2020 - December 2024
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
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
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