Dr. Ramesh Glückler

Together with other colleagues from the German Geo.X research network we conducted a survey among early-career geoscience researchers to find out how they see interdisciplinarity, how they practice it, and what advantages or disadvantages they see in it. Our study presents results of this survey and discusses potential lessons and recommendations to better facilitate interdisciplinary research among young geoscientists:

Past week marked the inaugural BeNeLux Geography Conference in Leuven, Belgium. By convening a dedicated session "Learning from the past: Landscape dynamics and relationships to human activity throughout the Holocene", I aimed at bringing a long-term dimension to this exciting new community-building effort. I really appreciated the diverse range of perspectives geography has in store. That being said, I'd like to encourage more of my fellow physical geographers to join and mingle with the experts from human geography - they don't bite! See you in Groningen 2028! 

In this news report for the Horizon Europe project "Past to Future", I summarize recent progress with evaluating Holocene wildfire histories across the boreal zone using a new compilation of charcoal data. Thanks to all contributors of this ongoing research project - paleoecology experts from the Netherlands, Czechia, Estonia, Canada, and the US! Read the news post on the Past to Future website and find our more detailed project report here.