The Lower Saxony Centre for Climate Research (Zentrum Klimaforschung Niedersachsen, ZKfN) at TU Braunschweig is poised to become the central point of contact for all stakeholders working on climate research in Lower Saxony. The Centre consists of an Administrative Office and several topic-specific Future Labs (Zukunftslabore).
For several decades now, scientists have been monitoring and researching human-induced climate change and its effects. To give this research a decisive boost in the coming years, topic-specific Future Labs will provide a platform for developing interdisciplinary solutions for a safe and just climate future. Interdisciplinary consortia of researchers and industry partners based in Lower Saxony can apply for funding under the framework of these Future Labs.
The ZKfN will pool all Future Lab activities and facilitate their strategic linkage. The network of stakeholders from science, economics and society that are assembled under the Centre’s umbrella will focus on research across multiple disciplines and locations. We specifically encourage scientists from the various universities in Lower Saxony to come together and cooperate in these Future Labs.
The ZKfN’s backbone is its Administrative Office, which, along with the Centre, is located at TU Braunschweig. Its staff are the first point of contact for all ZKfN stakeholders and provide support for the Future Labs’ operations and management. In conjunction with Future Lab partners, they will make the outcome of this research available to the general public.
The calls for proposals for the Climate Future Labs "Climate-adapted Urban Development and Spatial Planning" and "Impacts of Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems" have been closed. The proposals received will now be forwarded by the ZKfN office to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Volkswagen Foundation as an independent expert body. The Volkswagen Foundation will review the proposals and make a funding recommendation. On this basis, the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony will make the funding decisions. Calls for proposals for further Future Labs are in preparation and will be published in summer 2024.
Since November 2023, the Lower Saxony Centre for Climate Research (ZKfN) has been a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen e.V. (German Society for Sustainability at Universities). The Centre is thus part of a network of 56 universities and 1100 people. The aim of the DG HochN is to make sustainable development at universities in Germany visible and to strengthen sustainability stakeholders through application-related co-creative exchange. Further information on the DG HochN can be found here.
Contact:
Mühlenpfordtstraße 23
38106 Braunschweig
- Room 819 -
+49 531 391-10070
+49 (0) 151 10022545
zkfn(at)tu-braunschweig.de
http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/zkfn
Contact:
Mühlenpfordtstraße 23
38106 Braunschweig
- Room 819 -
+49 531 391 10071
m.winter(at)tu-braunschweig.de
http://www.tu-braunschweig.de/zkfn
