Regensburg historian receives 700,000 euros for environmental research!
Regensburg historian receives 700,000 euros for environmental research!
Universität Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Deutschland - The University of Regensburg has announced that PD Dr. Luminita Gatejel, a historian who specializes in technology and environmental history, is funded as part of the Heisenberg program of the German Research Foundation (DFG). This funding amounts to almost 700,000 euros and is valid until 2030. In her current research project, Gatejel examines ecological redesign processes and the associated social conflicts along the Danube, with a special focus on Romania in the 20th century. In doing so, she analyzes the history of the Romanian floodplain landscapes and their modernization processes in rural areas.
gatejel also researches social, economic and environmental policy distribution struggles that occurred in relation to the floodplain landscapes. She completed her habilitation at the University of Regensburg and she previously headed an international joint project of the Leibniz community. Even now, Gatejel is planning a deeper collaboration with international colleagues, for example at Trinity College in Dublin and at the University of Maastricht. In doing so, she wants to expand her research perspectives and promote interdisciplinary approaches.
interdisciplinary approaches in research
The Heisenberg program aims to support outstanding scientists on the way to a long-term professorship. Scientists of all specialist disciplines that have habilitation or comparable services are particularly eligible to apply. However, this funding is not intended for professors in domestic tenure track programs or for owners of permanent bodies such as W2/W3. There are various variants of funding that can be combined during the maximum five -year term. These include Heisenberg professorships, Heisenberg positions and Heisenberg scholarships.
In another context, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology under the direction of Adam Izdebski discuss the methodological challenges that arise from historical research in the anthropocene. In your latest article, you argue that interdisciplinary research, which links historical narratives with scientific knowledge, is necessary to overcome the challenges of the anthropocene. Results show that climate change and historical peoples are often perceived either as a disaster or as an innovation. This requires new, sustainable narrative methods that recognize and integrate the strengths and weaknesses of both narratives equally.The connection of historical stories and scientific data is also illustrated on the basis of case studies such as the "536 event", which was characterized by volcanic eruptions in the 6th century AD. At the same time, it is shown how the understanding of climate change and human adaptation can be enriched by interdisciplinary approaches.
with the research by PD Dr. Luminita Gatejel and the international efforts to strengthen interdisciplinary environmental history becomes clear that modern challenges require cooperation across traditional discipline.
For more information about the funding and possibilities of the Heisenberg program, please visit the website of the DFG . Details on the historical and interdisciplinary approaches can be found on the website of the Max-Planck-Instituts .
also read the complete communication of the University Regensburg for more information about PD Dr. Gatejel's work and its importance for science.
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