Research projects

DAAD scholarship for doctoral candidates on 1.10.2019

ExTrass wants to arm German big and medium cities better against heat and heavy rain.

(DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 2043/1; Laufzeit: 10/2015 bis 03/2020)

DAAD-doctoral fellowship

(COST-Action CA 17109)

Adaptation to flood risks

Investigation of potentials for the use of Copernicus data and services

for the implementation of the Flood Risk Management Directive; carried out by up transfer GmbH in cooperation with Terranae UG on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency; duration: 02/2019- 05/2019

Cooperation with authorities on climate change

carried out by up transfer GmbH on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency; duration: 11/2015 to 10/2018

Ecology and Gender Based Flood Resilience Building in Thua Thien Hue, Central Vietnam

Ecology and Gender Based Flood Resilience Building in Thua Thien Hue, Central Vietnam

Urban resilience to extreme weather events (definition phase)

Heavy rain prevention

carried out by up transfer GmbH on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency; duration: 01/2017 to 04/2018

ENHANCE – Enhancing risk management partnerships for catastrophic natural disasters in Europe

Evaluation of the operation "Hochwasserkatastrophe 2013" for Aktion Deutschland Hilft (ADH)

carried out by up transfer GmbH; duration: 10/2015 to 01/2016

BMBF joint project "Investigations on flood management in June 2013", sub-project "Potential and actual damage reduction through precaution and early warning".

Survey of private households on events in August 2010 and January 2011

in cooperation with the University of Innsbruck

SCP - Scientific coordination project for the second Era-Net CRUE funding initiative "Flood resilient communities - managing the consequences of flooding".