Prof. Linstädter discussed key challenges and solutions for global desertification on the German radio program “Deutschlandfunk Kultur”.

Our working group participates in the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1644 “Phenotypic Plasticity in Plants (PhenPlast)”.

Our PhD candidates Lisa-Maricia Schwarz and Sophia Meyer presented their results at the 53rd Annual Conference of the German Ecological Society in Freising

The final workshop of the Greenhouse Gas Determination in West Africa’s Agricultural Landscape Project was held at the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana

Results from a large coordinated global study on climate change impacts on dryland vegetation make it into Nature Journal.

Recently published research with contributions from our working group highlights that biodiversity is key under future climate conditions.

What does fashion have to do with microscopy?

During the past two years, the phenology of herbaceous plants has been monitored within a citizen science project called Plant Climate Culture!

NamTip researchers visited the study sites and collected data as part of the main fieldwork campaign of NamTip’s second phase.

We are happy to welcome two new project coordinators for the GreenGaDe project to our working group.

The Kick-Off Meeting of NamTip Phase II was held in Windhoek, Namibia, with the participation of local partners and stakeholders.

Working group and project members learn about scientific writing and multivariate statistics

Our working group had a wonderful Christmas Party in the Botanical Garden.

Prof. Linstädter was interviewed during an episode of the TV program “Planet Wissen”.

Fieldwork started for the 2nd phase of the NamTip project

Congratulation to Helen Schroeter for successfully defending her MSc thesis in the framework of the NamTip project.

Our new group member

Working group welcomes Thomas Bringhenti, a new addition to our NamTip project.

The last field campaign of the SeBAS project was successfully completed.

Our research group welcomes a new scientific postdoc and a new PhD candidate

As part of their course work, students explore research on global change ecology in research projects around Germany.

The project team of Pflanze KlimaKultur! and our workgroup welcomes again citizen scientists in the Botanical Garden Potsdam.

Our PhD students Florian Männer and Lisa-Maricia Schwarz presented results of their studies at the IGC 2023 in Kentucky, USA.

Our working group is looking for a Scientific Postdoc for synthetic analyses in GreenGaDe.

The magazine “Portal” interviewed us for its latest issue on research topics at University of Potsdam related to the future.

Members of the SeBAS project joined the annual assembly of the Biodiversity Exploratories in Wernigerode.

Project members from Burkina Faso, Germany, Ghana and Niger met for their annual workshop at the University of Potsdam.

Our group had a wonderful party to end the year.

Team of Future Rural Africa project establishes a research partnership with colleagues from Uni. of Namibia on human-wildlife conflict in Zambezi Region.

UP News reports on the NamTip project and its relevance.

Members of our working group presented their research at Tropentag 2022.

Data collection along different climate gradients and land-use types in Ghana.

The project team of Pflanze KlimaKultur! and our workgroup welcomes citizen scientists in the Botanical Garden Potsdam.

Head of working group Prof. Linstädter is interviewed by ARD television

Vegetation ecologists take part in agricultural wildflower experiment.

Our working group extends a sunny welcome to our 3 newest PhD candidates

A major step for our new GreenGaDe project focusing on greenhouse gas emissions in West Africa

Interview at Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Prof. Anja Linstädter warns of threat to livelihoods from advancing desertification.

UP’s news magazine Portal features research activities in the Botanical Garden.

After a long pause data collection in Namibia can be finalized at last.

Exploratory trip to Zambia promises interesting cross-border comparisons.

Our working group is hiring two new Doctoral researchers / PhD students

Our working group is hiring student staff and lab assistants.

More than 40 participants from project partner institutes and invited stakeholders attended the kick-off workshop.

Please note the new office hours and the 2G-Rules.

The Collaborative Research Center Future Rural Africa has been granted another four years of funding by DFG.

Note! Important!: For the Saturday Excursions contact the lectures, please! They can add you to the excursions lists.

Our working group welcomed three new members on their first day of work, with a tour of the facilities and a joint lunch.

Because of renewed inquiries: the Excursions moved to a later time.

International research team investigates seasonal diet dynamics of cattle in a South African savanna.

There are new appointments for Saturday Excursions (see it under "Teaching")

Researchers from our group will study the impact of land-use change on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks in West Africa’s agricultural landscapes.

Roots of grassland plants are modulated by wind intensity, with consequences for plant-soil-feedbacks.

for secretary informations contact: Jennifer Kaminski (biodiversity@uni-potsdam.de)

Working group welcomes Prof. Dr. Anja Linstädter with a small celebration.