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Research
The Climate Lab attempts to better understand the dynamics of climate, with a particular interest in the interplay between human action and climate. The central focus of our research rests on the world’s glaciers. Glacier melt is largely an effect of the climate change caused by humans, and it greatly impacts large parts of humanity through sea-level rise and changed seasonalities in water availability.
Our methodological focus is on numerical modelling. In its application, we deal with the atmospheric circulation in the glaciated areas, with the exchange of matter and energy between the atmosphere, glaciers and the hydrosphere, and with the dynamic behaviour of glacial ice. Because our work is closely linked to projects in human geography we are able to identify vulnerabilities and future potential for conflict, e.g. in the distribution of water.
Why do some regions grow economically, while others stagnate or even shrink? How do companies organize their economic activities and how this is reflected in space? How do successful companies affect an entire region? What options are available to guide the economic development of these processes and at what guidelines they should they follow?
We deal with these and related questions, analyzing the interaction between the spatial organization of economic activities and regional development processes. We also consider dynamic frameworks such as globalization, structural change, and the increasing importance of the knowledge economy.
The research group of Geomorphology and Coastal Dynamics studies geomorphological processes of coastal systems, particularly coastal ecosystems, as well as their interactions with human and climatic drivers. Teaching and research encompass aspects of global climate change and sea-level rise in coastal regions, their impacts on coastal systems, and the integration of nature-based solutions (NbS) for adapting coastal zones to global change.
Besides conveying theoretical knowledge, practical field and laboratory data collection and computer-based modeling, also play a crucial role in our work. Methodologically, this includes measuring and modeling contemporary hydro- and morphodynamic processes, reconstructing past coastlines from sediment cores, and simulating coastal (eco)systems in the context of global change. Interdisciplinary collaboration, especially in developing coastal management plans, is of critical importance to our work.
The Urban Geography research group works at the intersections of social and cultural theory to explore cities and urban life. Departing from the materiality of urban spaces, and the processes of their production and design, we examine questions of urban development in the context of increasing societal diversity. Doing so, we conceptualise the term ‘development’ in an open manner, to capture both the ‘top-down’ processes guiding urban development as well as the everyday, emancipatory and resisting practices shaping cities ‘from the bottom’.
As a group, we believe in the importance of locating urban change within its wider context. To us global dynamics are as important to consider as practical problems, debates and cultures (of planning) on the ground. We also value systematically and critically considering the opinions of the diverse actors involved in urban development. These include local policy-makers and administrations, commercial and private enterprises, civil initiatives and societal organisations, and the everyday inhabitants of cities.
Empirical research revolves around questions such as sustainable development on the international scale, with projects on adaptation in the wake of climate change, migration as well as changes in the environment, land use and water catchment areas. This research with a regional focus on Indonesia, Ghana and New Zealand is embedded in the artec Research Center for Sustainability. Details of current research projects can be found under http://www.uni-bremen.de/de/artec/forschung/projekte.html
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