Dr. Ramesh Glückler

In April I had the pleasure of taking part in two productive workshops: In the first, organized by Sarah Ivory at Penn State University in State College, USA, discussing the future of charcoal-based paleofire data within Neotoma. Coincidentally, the day after the workshop was marked by a prescribed burn near campus (see Gallery)! In the second workshop, organized by Graciela Gil-Romera at CSIC in Zaragoza, Spain, we discussed as a mixed group of paleofire researchers and applied forest and fire managers how to bring these perspectives together more efficiently. I am very much looking forward to continuing work on both topics and thank the organizers for their invitation! 

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!