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 Helmholtz 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.