GRK 692:  Formation and Development of Present-Day Landscapes

• Subject Area: Geography
• Term: from 2001 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273267

The research training group is centred on the landscape of the TriRhena region (the plain of the Upper Rhine and the surrounding uplands). Man's influence on the formation and development of this landscape has been very much greater than was previously thought - that, at least, is the hypothesis motivating the College's work. The natural and anthropogenic changes to the environment that occurred in the TriRhena region over the period of time from Neolithic times to the present-day can only be analysed effectively when specialists from different disciplines work closely together';' research methods from both the natural and the cultural sciences (for instance, history and archaeology) need to be used. The staff are drawn from four of Freiburg University's faculties: the Philosophy Faculty IV, and the Faculties of Biology, Geosciences and Forestry. The collaboration of these staff in the College's programme is facilitated by grouping the programme's topics according to generalised spheres of study.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Arno Bogenrieder; Professor Dr. Ulrich Deil; Professor Dr. Hermann Goßmann; Professor Dr. Ernst Eugen Hildebrand (†); Professor Dr. Lutz Jaeger; Professor Dr. Werner Konold; Professor Dr. Rüdiger Mäckel; Professor Dr. Hans Ulrich Nuber (†); Professor Dr. Albert Reif; Professor Dr. Uwe Eduard Schmidt; Professor Dr. Jörg Stadelbauer; Professor Dr. Heiko Steuer; Professor Dr. Thomas Zotz
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Rainer Glawion