https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/ 2026-06-02T04:31:18+00:00 https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/ https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/_media/wiki/favicon.ico text/html 2024-09-02T10:27:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-10-17_vollmer?rev=1725265655&do=diff Introduction. "Competences for Sustainable Development" Jürgen Vollmer " Complex Dynamics Group, Institute for Theoretical Physics " Core Questions * What are “Competences for Sustainable Development”? * What do we try to teach in the present course? text/html 2024-09-02T10:28:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-10-24_polowy?rev=1725265705&do=diff 17 Goals for Sustainable Development? Veit Polowy " Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in der universitären Lehrkräftebildung, Zentrum für Lehrer:innenbildung und Schulforschung (ZLS), Uni Leipzig Initiative Bildung in Zukunft e.V. (IBiZ), Leipzig" Core Questions * What are the 17 UN Goals for Sustainable Development? * What is their use when they will not be achieved? Abstract <https://www.un.org/en/exhibits/page/sdgs-17-goals-transform-world> The talk will provide a critical intr… text/html 2024-10-31T14:44:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-11-07_wirth?rev=1730382296&do=diff Christian Wirth " Professor for Spezielle Botanik & Funktionelle Biodiversität" Biodiversity loss and climate change as one crisis: mechanisms and solutions Core Question * Why do we need a systems approach to analyze the biodiversity and climate crisis? Abstract The talk will deal with topics discussed in text/html 2024-09-02T10:31:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-11-14_glaesmer?rev=1725265868&do=diff Armed conflict, forced migration, and mental health Heide Glaesmer " Head of the research units Suizidalitätsforschung​ and Psychotraumatologie und Migrationsforschung Department for Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig" Core Questions * How do armed conflicts matter? * What are their long-term consequences? Abstract In the recent past the number of armed conflicts has rapidly increased worldwide, and this entailed a steady increase in … text/html 2024-09-02T10:31:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-11-21_fritsche?rev=1725265915&do=diff “We” make(s) a difference: The social psychology of climate action Immo Fritsche " Professor for Social Psychology Wilhelm-Wundt-Institut für Psychologie, Universität Leipzig" Core Questions * What is causing change of behavior? * How can we reach agreement about climate actions? Abstract Tackling global climate change needs individuals who act in a way that reduces climate gas emissions. This includes both private everyday conduct as well as engagement in activist behavior or accep… text/html 2024-11-05T03:25:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-11-28_burghardt?rev=1730773516&do=diff Digital Environmental Humanities: An overview of recent nature-culture-computer entanglements Manuel Burghardt " Professor for Computational Humanities Institut für Informatik, Leipzig University" Core Questions * What are current perspectives on Digital Environmental Humanities? * How can digital humanities tools and methods support research in the environmental humanities? text/html 2025-03-22T13:04:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-12-05_pfeffer?rev=1742645043&do=diff Climate change and health risks due to invasive hematophagous arthropods Martin Pfeffer " Professor at the Institut für Tierhygiene und Öffentliches Veterinärwesen, Universität Leipzig" Core Questions * Which species will we encounter in the near future? * How will they change our lives? Abstract Climate change, the associated extreme events and rising temperatures entail multiple health risks for animals and humans. This is causing evident risks of cardiovascular diseases. However, a… text/html 2024-09-02T10:34:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-12-12_zielhofer?rev=1725266042&do=diff Fluvial Anthropospheres — perspectives of sustainable land-use Christoph Zielhofer " Professor für Physische Geographie, Institut für Geographie, Universität Leipzig" Core Questions * What do we know about the magnitude and frequency of hydrological extremes? * How do socioeconomic path dependencies prevent sustainable development in floodplains? text/html 2024-09-02T10:34:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2024-12-19_wunderling?rev=1725266090&do=diff Tipping elements in climate and society Nico Wunderling " Postdoctoral Researcher at FutureLab on Earth Resilience in the Anthropocene, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)" Core Questions * What are the long-term consequences of our actions? * How do changes of behavioral patterns come about? Abstract Human-made global warming can lead to a destabilisation of large-scale components of the Earth system such as the large polar ice sheets, ocean circulation patterns or gl… text/html 2024-09-02T10:36:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2025-01-09_huth?rev=1725266160&do=diff Global forests and their role in the global carbon cycle Andreas Huth " Department of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ" Core Questions * What do we know about forest growth and biodiversity? * How do forests interact with the climatic system? Abstract Forests play an important role in the global carbon cycle as they store large amounts of carbon. Understanding the dynamics of forests is an important issue for ecology and climate change researc… text/html 2024-09-02T10:37:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2025-01-16_poehlker?rev=1725266228&do=diff Aerosols as climate drivers Mira Pöhlker " Head of the Department for Atmospheric Microphysics Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research" Core Questions * What is the role of aerosols and clouds in the climate system? * How do their properties change due to human and natural impact? Abstract In addition to long-lived climate drivers such as CO2, aerosol particles represent a significant short-lived climate driver that can affect the Earth's radiative budget (Figure 1). Aerosols c… text/html 2024-09-02T10:37:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/2025-01-23_brito?rev=1725266276&do=diff Large language models in the understanding of the systemic impacts of extreme events Mariana M. de Brito " Speaker of the Working Group “Social-Science Water Research” Member of the Working Group "Environmental Risks and Extreme Events" Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)" Core Questions * How does unstructured text data reveal actionable information about systemic socio-economic impacts of climate hazards? text/html 2026-02-04T17:34:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/jvwikis/line/en/bne/ringvorlesung_wise2024-25/start?rev=1770222865&do=diff Ringvorlesung in the Winter Term 2024/25 In the winter term 2024/25 the Ringvorlesung will be conducted in English. Program Time and venue * Thursday, 17:15 – 19:00 * Hörsaal für Theoretische Physik, Linnéstr. 5 * Streaming for registered users via