Press Releases:
Research projects sustainability
Droughts & Digitalization:
University of Hohenheim Wants to Use Big Data to Protect Against Droughts [03.04.2017]
Climate change is here, and in Europe droughts and crop failures are already increasing. To arm agriculture, business, and society against this, a research team at the University of Hohenheim is not only relying on plant breeding and adapted cultivation methods. They are looking to find the breakthrough in the increasing digitalization and the Internet of Things. For this...more
Biodiversity Day at Germany's Most Biodiverse Campus
[11.06.2013]
Everybody who loves nature and would enjoy experiencing the diversity of species at our doorstep is welcome. Biodiversity Day is about finding as many plant and animal species within a self-selected area over the course of 24 hours. The target: to tally 1,000 species on the university campus with the help of zoologists, botanists and landscape ecologists of the University of...more
Fighting Poverty & Conserving Resources:
Solutions for humanity’s problems are complex - yet possible [18.04.2012]
The ground is fertile: During the course of the next two days, 200 researchers will be formally wrapping up 12 years of intensive problem analysis, innovative developments and contributions towards sustainable development. However, parallel to the completion of the collaborative research centre (SFB), the insights won are already being put into practice. With regards to this,...more
Bioenergy, World Food Issues & Biodiversity:
Environmental conference organised by the University of Hohenheim offers forum for debate and dialogue
[09.02.2012]
Bioenergy, world food issues and biological diversity are often perceived to be in opposition to each other. The University of Hohenheim deals with all of them as the focus of its many on-going research projects. Scientists and visitors to the upcoming conference intent to intensify the dialogue and debate regarding these issues. The 38th "Umwelttagung" sponsored by the...more
Tackling climate change:
Business professor advocates more green growth. [01.12.2011]
Sustainable, ecologically-friendly economic development could potentially solve the three greatest crises of our time: the environment, the economy and society. That is the belief of environmental economist, Prof. Dr. Werner Schulz of the University of Hohenheim, which he expressed at the start of the World Climate Conference. The state, as a means of facilitating development,...more