Regulate celebrates the successful disputation of Dr. Linda Söller Linda Söller successfully defended her dissertation on July 7 – we congratulate her wholeheartedly! As part of the BMBF-funded interdisciplinary junior research group “regulate,” Linda (supervised by Dr. Robert Lütkemeier and Prof. Petra Döll) conducted research at the Institute of Physical Geography in collaboration with the
Regulate represented at the 30th Groundwater Workshop hosted by NLWKN in Cloppenburg On June 24, 2025, the 30th Groundwater Workshop organized by the Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) took place in Cloppenburg. This well-established event serves as a central platform for professional exchange on the sustainable use and
Successful Workshop in Albacete, Spain: Exchange on Groundwater and Hydrosocial Perspectives On June 26, 2025, regulate team members Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky and David Kuhn travelled to Albacete, Spain to participate in a workshop at the University of Castilla-La Mancha. The aim of the event was to present the regulate findings on the Spanish case study and to identify
Regulate presents results and transfer successes from five years of groundwater research at the 2025 Junior Research Groups Conference in Kassel On 23 May 2025, the Regulate junior research group presented the key insights and societal impact that have emerged from five years of transdisciplinary research on groundwater governance at the Junior Research Groups Conference 2025 –
ISOE Policy Brief Presented in Brussels: Groundwater in Europe – Cornerstone for Resilience On April 29, 2025, the research team of the regulate project, led by ISOE – Institute for Social-Ecological Research, presented key findings from five years of European groundwater research in Brussels. At an expert lunch hosted in cooperation with the Representation of
Regulate project at international climate‑change conference in Croatia Keynote by Robert Lütkemeier on telecoupled waters On 29 May 2025, the Regulate project was prominently represented at the international conference Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change: Understanding Impacts and Vulnerabilities in Rijeka, Croatia. In his keynote, “Telecoupled Waters: New spatial relationships via long‑distance water transfers, tourist
Launch of InfraSETS – Infrastructuring Social-Ecological Transformations in Water Management and Nature Protection in Karst Landscapes We are pleased to announce the launch of InfraSETS – Infrastructuring Social–Ecological Transformations in Water Management and Nature Protection in Karst Landscapes, which will start in July 2025 and run until June 2030. Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation’s Change!
Expert Lunch in Brussels: Groundwater as a Cornerstone for Resilience Groundwater is more critical than ever for sustaining people and ecosystems, acting as buffer to increasing water extremes. Not only in view of this year’s World Water Day on March 22, the protection of our groundwater is crucial regarding the restoration of water cycles amid
World Water Day Every year on March 22nd, World Water Day serves as a global reminder of the importance of protecting our water resources and promoting sustainable water use. This annual observance highlights the critical role that water plays in our daily lives, economies, and ecosystems. This year, the United Nations focused on the protection
Reflections on Boundaries in Inter- and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research At the DKN Sustainability Summit, regulate members Fanny Frick-Trzebitzky and Linda Söller chaired a session on “Boundaries as Integration, Boundaries of Integration”—a critical topic in inter- and transdisciplinary research. The discussion, inspired by insights from the regulate research group, explored how boundaries shape sustainability research and
