Plant protection is not the only thing that fascinates Prof. Dr. Georg Petschenka. Since March of last year, he has been head of the Applied Entomology department at the University of Hohenheim, which traditionally focuses on the control of insect pests, but his work also contributes to the protection of biodiversity.more
The environment is changing, and this is not only due to climate change. Plants respond to these changes. Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Schweiger is researching how to better predict these reactions of plants in the ecosystem - and how to use them as a basis for adaptation strategies for more sustainable land use. more
2G, full control instead of random checks, mandatory masking during exams: As of this week, stricter rules also apply to teaching on campus. This poses a major challenge for many universities. At the University of Hohenheim, on the other hand, a system has been in place since the start of the semester that goes beyond the requirements of the Corona Ordinance. Major changes...more
The Covid-19 pandemic has also left its mark on the Online Courier: Among other things, since the beginning of the pandemic there was not enough time to conduct the traditional welcome interviews with new professors. With the start of this winter semester, we are making up for lost time in the form of written questionnaires: 18 new professors have started at Hohenheim since...more
To gain increased insight into the complex interactions in climate-stressed agricultural systems by means of state-of-the-art visualization technology – and to derive concrete recommendations for action for policy makers and society: This is the common goal of the interdisciplinary research network BioInterAct of the Universities of Hohenheim and Tübingen and the Stuttgart...more
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved almost EUR 3 million for the second phase of the P-FOWL research group (FOR 2601). Since 2017, the participating researchers have been looking into how laying hens can optimally process phosphorus from plant sources. At the University of Hohenheim, six departments are involved in this on an inter-faculty basis. They have...more
For a year and a half, there was more or less nothing happening on campus. But the committed students from the Sustainability Working Group (AKN) didn't let Covid slow them down: the First Semester Academy, Sustainability Weeks, Sustainable Mondays, Greef Office-Initiative - all of that was moved to the digital space very quickly. The Hohenheim University Council also finds...more
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