Research Training Group ECO-N has started

Martin Quaas, Photo: Antje Gildemeister
Martin Quaas, Photo: Antje Gildemeister

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A new Research Training Group at Leipzig University, called Economics of Connected Natural Commons (ECO-N), has begun to explore the complex interactions between the economy, human behaviour and natural resources. A welcome week for the first doctoral researchers will be held from 23 to 27 September 2024.

The first cohort of 14 doctoral researchers will study approaches to the sustainable use of common natural resources in the areas of atmosphere and biodiversity. They will gain expertise in their respective fields - economics, meteorology and integrative biodiversity research - and develop a systemic perspective on the challenges of sustainable development.

The doctoral researchers will be supervised by experts from the Faculty of Economics and Management Science, the Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences, the Faculty of Life Sciences, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) and the non-university research institutions Helmoltz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS) .
The Research Training Group is an important step towards the Cluster of Excellence Breathing Nature, for which Leipzig University recently submitted a full proposal to the DFG.