Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU)
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Since 1998, the Centre for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU) has dedicated itself to transdisciplinary research on climate change, resource management, nutrition security, water scarcity and energy transition, through international cooperation, including transition and developing countries.
In this capacity, ZEU is an ideal platform for joint international projects. Since its foundation, ZEU has successfully implemented more than 80 interdisciplinary projects, including capacity-building-projects within DAAD. Currently ZEU leads the SDGnexus Network, a global community of universities, research centres, and stakeholders committed to promoting the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development, in the framework of the Higher Education Excellence in Development Programme (EXCEED) of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). ZEU recruits its academic members from the faculty of JLU’s departments of law, economics and business studies, social sciences, physics, geography, agricultural sciences, nutritional sciences, biology, as well as environmental management.
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Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU)
Zentrum für internationale Entwicklungs- und Umweltforschung (ZEU)
Senckenbergstrasse 3
D-35390 Giessen
Phone: +49 641 99 12700
Fax: +49 641 99 127-09/-19
office@zeu.uni-giessen.de
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This call for applications concerns the members of the SDGnexus network:
In 2023, there is now another call for applications for a
Visiting Professorship in Sustainable Development Goal InteractionsThe position is open from 01 July 2023 for a minimum period of twelve months.
The application deadline is 31 March 2023.
You can find the full advertisement on the project website .
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We are looking for a Post Doc for a upcoming project “Actionable local Climate Information for Germany”.
Postdoctoral Scientist /Research Scientist (m/f/d) in the field of climate science, AI/ML and climate extremesThe position is open from 1 June 2023 for a period of three years.
The application deadline is 28 April 2023.
You can find the full advertisement on JLU career website website .
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BIOVALUE »
Fork-to-Farm agent-based Simulation Tool augmenting BIOdiversity in the Agri-Food VALUE ChainCLINT »
CLImate INTelligence: Extreme Events Detection, Attribution and Adaption Design using Machine LearningCROP »
Impacts of Compound Weather Extremes in Crops in Germany: Present and FutureDAKI-FWS »
Data- and AI- supported early warning system to stabilise the German economyFURA »
Determinants of Food Insecurity in Urban and Rural AfghanistanGAGTR »
Global Agricultural Governance and Transnational RelationsHydroCrowd»
Citizen Science in HydrologyIVAC »
Virtual academic collaboration between Justus Liebig University Gießen and the University of SydneyNUKLEUS »
Useful local Climate Information for GermanySDGnexus Network »
Global Community of Universities, Research Centers and Stakeholders commited to promoting the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable DevelopmentTRANS-LIVESTOCK»
Economic integration of livestock husbandry in the trans-border region of Tajikistan and UzbekistanWater Resources, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Erosion and Land Management »
Different Projects in Eastern Africa, spanning Environmental Issues such as Water Resources, Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Erosion and Land Management
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The SDGnexus Network is a global community of universities, research centers, and stakeholders committed to promoting the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development. The SDGnexus Network is a part of the DAAD “Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation – exceed” program and, as such, it aims to strengthen higher education for enabling effective and innovative contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.
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