VAO Symposium 2025, 02.-04.04.2025 Kaprun/ Austria Every two years, the VAO Symposium facilitates the exchange of the latest research findings and future collaborative research pursuits in the Alps among members and interested individuals. The symposium emphasizes productive interdisciplinary collaboration among those working in the Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Relief, and Lithosphere fields. For this the symposium focuses more on transdisciplinary workshops than on individual talks and aims to develop future research ideas and projects over two days. Aim: Transdisciplinary…
Read MoreVAO Symposium 2025, 02.-04.04.2025 Kaprun/ Austria
VAO Symposium 2025, 02.-04.04.2025 Kaprun/ Austria Every two years, the VAO Symposium facilitates the exchange of the latest research findings and future collaborative research pursuits in the Alps among members and interested individuals. The symposium emphasizes productive interdisciplinary collaboration among those working in the Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Relief, and Lithosphere fields. For this the symposium focuses more on transdisciplinary workshops than on individual talks and aims to develop future research ideas and projects over two days. Aim: Transdisciplinary…
Read MoreEGU 2023 – numerous sessions organized together with DGGM members
Also this year, numerous sessions at the EGU General Assembly in Vienna (23.04. to 28.04.2023) will be organized by or in participation with members of the German Society for Geomorphology (DGGM e.V). A complete list can be found here, we are looking forward to your participation!
Read MoreResearch associte (f/m/d) in the field of “Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Alpine Natural Hazards”
Research Associate at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering | Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Engineering in the field of “Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Alpine Natural Hazards”. (Remuneration according to remuneration group 13 TVöD) from 01.07.2023 (or 01.10.2023) for 3 years on a full-time or part-time basis with the subsequent possibility of extension up to a maximum of 6 years. Our institute represents the subject of hydromechanics and hydraulic engineering in its entire range of research…
Read MoreWorkshop conference: Earth – Evolution at the Dry Limit, University of Cologne, 09-11 August 2023
We would like to draw your attention to the conference ‘Earth – Evolution at the Dry Limit’ to be held in Cologne, Germany, 9-11 August 2023. The aim of the conference is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on the geo-, bio- and atmosphere and their interactions in extremely water-limited environments such as the Atacama or Namib deserts. Please indicate your interest in attending: crc1211_interest@uni-koeln.de For more information, see our flyer!
Read More[EGU 2023] International Tracing Day – UniVienna – Sunday 23rd of April
Dear experts of sediment tracing, In addition to the tracing session “Techniques for quantifying the sources and the dynamics of sediment in river catchments across a range of spatial and temporal scales”, that will be held during EGU 2023 in Vienna, we organise an additional International Tracing Day at the University of Vienna on Sunday 23rd of April (just before EGU starts). This will be the opportunity to discuss in person the challenges associated with sediment fingerprinting. More information will…
Read MorePhD Position at the University of Vienna
In the frame of the project Increasing Preparedness And Resilience Of European Communities By Co-Developing Services Using Dynamic Systemic Risk Assessment (PARATUS) which is funded by Horizon Europe Framework Programme, we are looking to fill PhD position at the University of Vienna (Austria). Project aims and objectives In the PARATUS project, we aim to develop an open-source platform for dynamic risk assessment that allows us to analyse and evaluate multi-hazard impact chains, risk reduction measures, and disaster response scenarios in the light of systemic…
Read More[EGU 2022] International Tracing Day – UniVienna – Sunday 22 May
Dear experts of sediment tracing, In addition to the tracing session that will be held during EGU on Monday 23 May in Vienna (in hybrid mode), together with Olivier Evrard (Univ. Paris-Saclay, in copy), we organise an additional International Tracing Day at the Univ. of Vienna on Sunday 22 May (just before EGU starts). After these long months of on-line activities, this will be the opportunity to discuss again in person about the challenges associated with sediment fingerprinting. (No hybrid…
Read MoreDGGM supported “The International Geodiversity Day”, NOW ESTABLISHED on 6th October yearly!!!
About a year ago Prof. Zwolinski contacted us to support the enquiry for the “The International Geodiversity Day” at the UNESCO General Conference, which we happily did with a supporting letter. It was possible to prepare a full dossier with support letters from 117 international and national organisations and individuals from all continents by December 2020. “On the 23rd of November 2021 The International Geodiversity Day was established by the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference!! From now on,…
Read MorePhD position (75% TV-H) at the University of Gießen, Germany
The Department of Geography at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen / Germany, metropolitan region of Frankfurt / Main invites applications for a PhD position in “Reconstructing Landscape Evolution of the NE Iranian Plateau, applying luminescence dating techniques to Pleistocene-Holocene sediments”. The research project deals with the reconstruction of landscape evolution on the Iranian Plateau. Neotectonics, environmental and climatic changes have shaped the geomorphological development of the Plateau since the late Pleistocene, which will be reconstructed based on late Pleistocene-Holocene…
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