DFG Young Researcher Workshop mit Doktoranden 2013

In einer DFG geförderten Forschungsgruppe arbeiten Doktoranden aus unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen und Nationen gemeinsam an einem integrierten Modell zur Bestimmung von Klimafolgen auf die Landwirtschaft auf kleinräumiger Skala. Das internationale Team aus Nachwuchswissenschaftlern erarbeitete in einem von Stefan Rötzel moderiertem Workshop die Schnittstellen der Modelle, vergleichte und diskutierte die jeweiligen Ansätze und entwarfen ein prototypisches Modell. Die Zusammenarbeit konnte dadurch besser gefestigt werden und Schnittstellen konnten besser definiert werden. 

 

The research project upon agricultural Landscapes under Global Climate Change on a regional scale requires an interdisciplinary coordinated modeling‐approach to describe the interdependencies and dynamics of the climate, soil, plants and field management by farmers on a regional scale. The researchers are in the need of formulating cross‐disciplinary targets and tasks to impose such an integrated model based on the linkage of ten different models. The main goal of the workshop was to advance the understanding of each other research approach and objectives and to improve the current activities and linkages.

 

In several moderated sessions the current progress was discussed and

improvements for the interdisciplinary communication, cooperation and further progress were proposed. This was done within a field trip outside after they had visited several research stations. By visualizing the model integration the researchers could improve the linkages, tasks and objectives in the project. The overall atmosphere was very concentrated and respectful, the moderator Stefan Rötzel from the University of Kassel summarized the workshop. To organize a suitable communicative format for these researchers from different fields of research and from 8 nations worldwide was an interesting challenge. All participants made positive reflections and advanced their understanding of the project for the next upcoming tasks.

 

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